D87

Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Seville Variation

Key moves: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4/Bg5

The Russian System and other sidelines where White avoids the main Exchange Variation. These lines lead to less theoretical but still rich positions.

History & Notable Players

Employed by many Russian grandmasters as a practical alternative to the Exchange Variation.

Best Games

Praggnanandhaa,R vs Firouzja,Alireza1/2-1/2
86th Tata Steel Masters • 2024★ Notable
Praggnanandhaa,R vs Erigaisi,Arjun1/2-1/2
85th Tata Steel Masters • 2023★ Notable
Gukesh,D vs Kamsky,G1/2-1/2
55th Biel GM 2022 • 2022★ Notable
Duda,J vs Giri,A1/2-1/2
83rd Tata Steel Masters • 2021★ Notable
Wang Hao vs Vachier Lagrave,M1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2020 • 2020★ Notable
Caruana,F vs Nepomniachtchi,I1/2-1/2
FIDE Candidates 2020 • 2020★ Notable
Aronian,L vs Mamedyarov,S1-0
6th Norway Chess 2018 • 2018★ Notable
Ponomariov,R vs Aronian,L1/2-1/2
Tal Memorial • 2009★ Notable
Beliavsky,A vs Topalov,V1/2-1/2
38th Olympiad • 2008★ Notable
Carlsen,M vs Svidler,P1-0
Tal Memorial Blitz • 2008★ Notable
Ivanchuk,V vs Morozevich,A1-0
Tal Memorial • 2008★ Notable
Jussupow, Artur vs Svidler, Peter1/2-1/2
Dortmund • 1998★ Notable
Nadj, Aleksander vs Navara, David0-1
Wch U12 • 1997★ Notable
Kamsky, Gata vs Anand, Viswanathan1/2-1/2
PCA-Wch Candidats final • 1995★ Notable
Shirov, Alexei vs Kamsky, Gata1-0
Linares • 1993★ Notable
Jussupow, Artur vs Kamsky, Gata1-0
Tilburg • 1992★ Notable
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
Linares • 1992★ Notable
Shirov, Alexei vs Gurevich, Ilya0-1
Wch U20 • 1990★ Notable
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir vs Timman, Jan H1/2-1/2
Linares • 1989★ Notable
Karpov, Anatoly vs Kasparov, Gary0-1
World Championship 34th-KK4 • 1987★ Notable

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