Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Pawn Grab Line

D85

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+

How it went

5 ours · 60 masters

White wins 40% Draws 40% Black wins 20%

Continuations

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

Master games

Kramnik, Vladimir — Ivanchuk, Vasyl 1-0 · 1995
Onischuk, Alexander — Nakamura, Hikaru 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Salem, A.R. Saleh — Navara, David 0-1 · 2015
Nakamura, Hikaru — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 · 2008
Shulman, Yury — Kamsky, Gata 1/2-1/2 · 2010

Games in Spain

Alonso Garcia,R (2334) — Torrecillas Martinez,A (2313) 1-0
Gavilan Diaz,M (2259) — Stachanczyk,J (2076) 1/2-1/2
Hernando Rodrigo,Ju (2223) — Micic,Aleksa (2223) 0-1
Gavilan Diaz,M (2202) — Nematov,Tokhir (2103) 1/2-1/2
Gromovs,S (2157) — Fernandez Lopez,Ruben (2144) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7 7 Nf3 c5 8 Rb1 O-O 9 Be2 Nc6 10 d5 Bxc3+
d4 Nf6 c4 g6 Nc3 d5 cxd5 Nxd5 e4 Nxc3 bxc3 Bg7 Nf3 c5 Rb1 O-O Be2 Nc6 d5 Bxc3+
d4, Nf6, c4, g6, Nc3, d5, cxd5, Nxd5, e4, Nxc3, bxc3, Bg7, Nf3, c5, Rb1, O-O, Be2, Nc6, d5, Bxc3+