Chess Opening Explorer

Members · Prefs · Laboratory · Collections · Openings · Endgames · Sacrifices · History · Search Kibitzing · Kibitzer's Café · Chessforums · Tournament Index · Players ·

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6

diagram

White to move
1,056 games · 1942-2025
search database for this position

move

games

white wins - draws - black wins %

8. Nc3

1,273

34.6%

42.8%

22.6%

8. e4

44

25%

29.5%

45.5%

8. Qc2

16

62.5%

31.2%

8. a4

8

50%

50%

8. e3

3

66.7%

33.3%

8. h3

3

66.7%

33.3%

8. b3

2

50%

50%

8. Ne5

2

100%

8. Nbd2

S Sulskis vs Aronian, 1996 1-0

8. Bf4

S Gagare vs D Paravyan, 2018 0-1

8. Bd2

S Rocha vs A Ventura Sousa, 2020 0-1

8. Be3

V Bernadskiy vs D Sapenov, 2024 1-0

8. Qd2

B Kurajica vs N Fercec, 1998 1-0

8.Nc3 +0.56 (37 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Smyslov vs Lilienthal, 1942 (1-0)
Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1948 (1/2-1/2)

DEBUT: Smyslov vs Lilienthal, 1942 (1-0)
RECENT: R Jumabayev vs T Kantans, 2017 (0-1)

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
D76: Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 (1056)

FEN:
URL:

<< BACK TO INITIAL POSITION

< BACK ONE HALF-MOVE

Copyright 2001-2025, Chessgames Services LLC