The Grünfeld Defence is characterised by 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5. Named after Ernst Grünfeld, who in Vienna in 1922 famously defeated future world champion Alexander Alekhine with it.
Now fairly popular, it’s a hypermodern defence, allowing white to build a strong pawn centre, which black then attempts to undermine.
Featured Video: Shirov vs Kamsky – Linares 1992, analysed by Shirov.
Games
- Aronian vs Hammer – Grünfeld Defence – 2013 Norway Chess Rd6 – preparation flaws
- Wang Hao vs Svidler – Neo Grünfeld – 2013 Norway Chess Rd2 – Svidler inaccurate coming out of the opening
- Schirm vs Lucke – Grünfeld Defence – Germany, 1992 – wild miniature
- Gelfand vs Grischuk – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd14 – watching the other games
- Grischuk vs Carlsen – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd11 – ‘blitz’ line solidly defended
- Ivanchuk vs Gelfand – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd11 – sharp position, but quick draw
- Radjabov vs Svidler – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd10 – white happy with half a point
- Kramnik vs Svidler – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd8 – white’s kind of game
- Svidler vs Gelfand – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd5 – Gelfand takes on the Grünfeld expert and a wildly swinging game ensued
- Ivanchuk vs Carlsen – Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd5 – small opening advantage
- Kramnik vs Grischuk – Neo-Grünfeld – 2013 Candidates Rd3 – Grischuk navigates Kramnik’s preparation
- Giri vs Wang Hao – Grünfeld Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd 8 – relatively quick draw
- Sokolov vs Aronian – Grünfeld Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd5 – disastrously straying down a pet line
- Karjakin vs Giri – Neo-Grünfeld Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd5 – Karjakin strays from 1.e4
- Sokolov vs Giri – Grünfeld Defence – 2013 Tata Steel Rd3 – passive Grünfeld
- Jones vs Anand – Neo-Grünfeld Defense – 2012 London Classic Rd5 – brutal hypermodern in action
- Spassky vs Fischer – Grünfeld Defence – 1966 Santa Monica Rd8
- Mareco vs Hansen – Grünfeld – 2012 Chess Olympiad Rd3 – keeping up the pressure
- Weller vs Hanley – Grunfeld Defence – 2012 British Championship Rd 4
- “Hook and Ladder Trick” – Aronian vs Svidler – Grünfeld Defence – 2006 Tal Memorial
- Shirov vs Kamsky – Grünfeld Defence – Linares 1993
- Anand vs Gelfand – 2012 World Chess Championship Game 3
- Anand vs Gelfand – 2012 World Chess Championship Game 1
- Carlsen vs Dominguez, Corus 2010, Part 1
- Carlsen vs Dominguez, Corus 2010, Part 2
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