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Grunfeld, Exchange (D87)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cxd5 Nxd5 5 e4 Nxc3 6 bxc3 Bg7
7 Bc4 O-O 8 Ne2 c5

Number of games in database: 1765
Years covered: 1931 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 37.2%
   Black wins 25.0%
   Draws 37.8%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Ivan Farago  22 games
Svetozar Gligoric  22 games
Rainer Knaak  16 games
Wlodzimierz Schmidt  18 games
Sergey Kudrin  16 games
Jan Smejkal  15 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965
Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1988
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1959
Karpov vs Kasparov, 1987
M van der Werf vs Nijboer, 2001
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 page 1 of 71; games 1-25 of 1,765  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Stoltz vs Kashdan 0-1311931BledD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
2. W Winter vs V Mikenas ½-½371935Warsaw OlympiadD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
3. P Wallis vs S Landau  0-1591939BournemouthD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
4. Bondarevsky vs I Pogrebissky  1-0281940URS-sfD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
5. Bondarevsky vs Petrov  ½-½321940USSR ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
6. Lisitsin vs V Mikenas 1-0441940USSR ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
7. J F Donovan vs R Durkin  ½-½251941Ventnor CityD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
8. J de Souza Mendes vs Eliskases  1-0431943quad CGPD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
9. Tolush vs Boleslavsky 1-0281944KievD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
10. A Sokolsky vs Tolush 1-0241944URS-ch sf 13thD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
11. B Ratner vs Botvinnik 0-1381945USSR ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
12. Bondarevsky vs I Rudakovsky  ½-½671945USSR ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
13. Levenfish vs Simagin  ½-½291946URS-ch sf LeningradD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
14. I Branicki vs A Pytlakowski  1-0401946Polish ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
15. K Ozols vs L Endzelins  ½-½701946AugsburgD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
16. F Henneberke vs O'Kelly  1-0391948HoogovensD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
17. W Potasman vs B Gruber  0-1451948Yugoslav Semifinal NorthD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
18. Bronstein vs Kotov 1-0591948Saltsjobaden InterzonalD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
19. Tolush vs Kotov 1-0291948USSR ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
20. O Cruz Filho vs J C Almeida Soares  1-0321948Brazilian ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
21. S Vukovic vs Gligoric  ½-½211948Yugoslav Championship 1948/49D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
22. E Pedersen vs C Poulsen  1-0211949DEN-chD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
23. L de Campelo Gentil vs J Gondim  1-0351949Brazilian ChampionshipD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
24. Gligoric vs B Milic 0-1401949Yugoslav Championship 1948/49D87 Grunfeld, Exchange
25. V A Vasiliev vs I Pogrebissky  ½-½521949URS-ch sf TbilisiD87 Grunfeld, Exchange
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-01-05  akashic: I only play this against 1. d4 nf6 2. nf3. Against c4 Nimzo is my choice.

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