Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's Line

D85

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. h3

How it went

19 ours · 135 masters

White wins 39% Draws 28% Black wins 33%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Kasparov, Garry 1/2-1/2 · 2000
Grischuk, Alexander — Kasparov, Garry 1-0 · 2021
Svidler, Peter — Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2015
Grachev, Boris — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 · 2017
Van Foreest, Jorden — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 · 2019

Games in Spain

Harikrishna,P (2719) — Chigaev,M (2639) 1-0
Eljanov,P (2694) — Suarez Uriel,A (2353) 1/2-1/2
Pultinevicius,Paulius (2546) — Chigaev,M (2631) 0-1
Alonso Rosell, Alvar (2563) — Burg, Twan (2511) *
Juksta,Karolis (2384) — Alsina Leal,D (2519) 0-1
Khademalsharieh,S (2494) — Padmini,R (2370) 1/2-1/2
Fernandez Diaz,Cr (2252) — Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2447) 0-1
Oms Pallisse, Josep (2437) — Barcelo Melnyk, Marc (2023) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.h3
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 g6 3 c4 Bg7 4 Nc3 d5 5 cxd5 Nxd5 6 e4 Nxc3 7 bxc3 c5 8 h3
d4 Nf6 Nf3 g6 c4 Bg7 Nc3 d5 cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nxc3 bxc3 c5 h3
d4, Nf6, Nf3, g6, c4, Bg7, Nc3, d5, cxd5, Nxd5, e4, Nxc3, bxc3, c5, h3