page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,022  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Euwe vs Alekhine 1-0 36 1935 Alekhine-Euwe World Championship Match D97 Grunfeld, Russian 2. S Landau vs Rellstab 1-0 34 1937 Kemeri D97 Grunfeld, Russian 3. Gilg vs Pelikan   1-0 71 1937 Prague D97 Grunfeld, Russian 4. V Mikenas vs J Enevoldsen   1-0 80 1939 Buenos D97 Grunfeld, Russian 5. Feigin vs Szabo   1-0 23 1939 Kemeri D97 Grunfeld, Russian 6. Szabo vs G Barcza   1-0 44 1939 Makovetz mem D97 Grunfeld, Russian 7. P Dubinin vs Botvinnik   ½-½ 41 1940 USSR Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian 8. V Mikenas vs E Gerstenfeld   0-1 37 1940 USSR Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian 9. Tartakower vs Znosko-Borovsky   1-0 26 1940 Paris D97 Grunfeld, Russian 10. Kmoch vs Prins   1-0 17 1940 Amsterdam D97 Grunfeld, Russian 11. K Junge vs H Heinicke 1-0 36 1941 Hamburg Nordmark-Con D97 Grunfeld, Russian 12. Stahlberg vs Najdorf   ½-½ 40 1943 Mar del Plata ;HCL 24 D97 Grunfeld, Russian 13. Najdorf vs Illesco   1-0 33 1945 Mar del Plata D97 Grunfeld, Russian 14. Lilienthal vs Kamyshov 1-0 38 1946 09 D97 Grunfeld, Russian 15. M Luckis vs E Reinhardt   1-0 35 1946 Mar del Plata ARG D97 Grunfeld, Russian 16. Jacobo Bolbochan vs J de Souza Mendes   ½-½ 43 1946 Mar del Plata ARG D97 Grunfeld, Russian 17. M Luckis vs H Carlos   ½-½ 27 1946 Mar del Plata ARG D97 Grunfeld, Russian 18. M Riedmiller vs L Endzelins 1-0 18 1946 Augsburg GER D97 Grunfeld, Russian 19. P Tautvaisas vs R Arlauskas 0-1 17 1946 Augsburg GER D97 Grunfeld, Russian 20. Bidev vs Gligoric   0-1 58 1946 YUG-ch D97 Grunfeld, Russian 21. Bronstein vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 22 1947 Piarnu D97 Grunfeld, Russian 22. Bronstein vs O Bogatyrev 1-0 26 1947 Ch Moscow D97 Grunfeld, Russian 23. Flohr vs P Dubinin   1-0 73 1947 USSR Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian 24. Flohr vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 57 1947 Tournament D97 Grunfeld, Russian 25. Alatortsev vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 40 1947 USSR Championship D97 Grunfeld, Russian  page 1 of 41; games 1-25 of 1,022    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-20-04    Helloween: This is the system that I use against the Grünfeld. Black doesn't get the kind of play he was looking for in the exchange variation, and the development of the White pieces pleases me. Most players unfamiliar with this position will play something silly like 7...Nbd7?! Jul-20-04    tomh72000: Yes, although black can get some pretty interesting counterplay with 7...c6!?, 7...a6 or Kasparov's favourite 7...Na6. Smyslov's idea of ...Bg4, ...Nfd7, ...Nc6 is also very a very interesting plan. Jul-20-04    Helloween: Interesting is the Queen sac line 7...Nbd7?! 8.e5 Nb6 9.exf6! Nxc4 10.fxg7 Kxg7 11.Bxc4. I think Smyslov's 7...Bg4/Nfd7 plan is the best way for Black to continue from a strategic standpoint. 7...Na6/c7-c5 with the idea of using the c-file is also good. Jul-20-04    tomh72000: The queen sac is very interesting, I agree, but after 11...Bg4 or even 11...Bf5 black looks a little better to me. Jul-20-04    Helloween: <tomh72000>I strongly disagree. The position after 11.Bxc4 has been reached about 7 times, with White winning 5 times and drawing 2! It seems as though White has all the play and can play with a draw in hand. Here is a recent example: [Event "AUT-chT2M 0001"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Hager,Franz"] [Black "Schoeppl,Engelbert"] [Result "1-0"] [Eco "D97"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Nbd7 8.e5 Nb6 9.exf6 Nxc4 10.fxg7 Kxg7 11.Bxc4 Bg4 12.Be3 Bxf3 13.gxf3 c6 14.0-0-0 b5 15.Bb3 Qc7 16.h4 h5 17.Kb1 a5 18.f4 e6 19.Rc1 a4 20.Bd1 Qe7 21.Ne4 Rac8 22.Bf3 Rfd8 23.Rhg1 a3 24.b3 Kf8 25.Ng5 Qb4 26.Rgd1 c5 27.dxc5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Qc3 29.Bd4 Qb4 30.c6 Rd8 31.c7 1-0 I have played a similar Queen sac in this type of position online before, only in the 4.Qb3 variation of the Grünfeld. The play was almost identical and the Black tried to sac an exchange to destroy the power of my minor pieces, only to end up being overwhelmed and losing in about 40 moves. Jul-21-04    tomh72000: Fair enough, +5 =2 -0 is a pretty impressive record. I have looked at some of the games, and white does indeed seem to have most of the play. It is probably a draw with best play though.

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