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Grünfeld Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqk2r/ppp1ppbp/6p1/8/2BPP3/2P5/P4PPP/R1BQK1NR b

Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4

7. Bc4

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This move places the bishop on a good, active post. However, the drawback is that Nf3 will become unplayable, since Bg4! will put unbearable pressure on d4. It's either Be2/Nf3, Bc4/Ne2 or Bc4/Nf3/h3. In this setup, the bishop will be more active, while in the other setup, the knight will be so. That other setup has increasingly popular since the 1980's.

Theory table

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7 8 9
Bc4

c5

Ne2

O-O

O-O

Nc6

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Bc4

O-O

Ne2

c5

O-O

Nc6

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Chess Opening Theory
1. e4 e5
Open games
2. Nf3
2...Nc6
3. Bb5
Spanish
3. Bc4
Italian
3. Nc3
Three knights
Other
2...Nf6
Russian
2...d6
Philidor
Other
2. f4
King's gambit
2...exf4
Accepted
Other
Declined
2. Nc3
Vienna
Other
1. e4 c5
Sicilian
2. Nf3
2...Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
2...Nc6 other
2...d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
2...d6 other
2...e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
2...e6 other
Others
Anti-Sicilians
1. e4 e6
French
1. e4 c6
Caro-Kann
1. e4 other
1. d4 d5
Closed games
2. c4
Queen's gambit
2. Nc3
2. other
1. d4 Nf6
Indian
2. c4 e6
2. c4 g6
2. c4 other
2. Nf3
2. other:
1. d4 f5
Dutch
1. d4 ...other:
Flank
Unorthodox
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