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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

White to move
1,677 games · 1931-2025
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white wins - draws - black wins %

9. O-O

1,404

37.4%

37.5%

25.1%

9. Be3

367

38.1%

34.6%

27.2%

9. d5

14.3

57.1%

28.6%

9. h4

42.9%

14.3

9. Rb1

E German vs B Entin, 1960 1-0

9.Be3 +0.60 (31 ply)

NOTABLE GAMES: (?)
Geller vs Smyslov, 1965 (1-0)
Gligoric vs Smyslov, 1959 (0-1)
Bronstein vs Boleslavsky, 1950 (1-0)
M van der Werf vs Nijboer, 2001 (0-1)
Topalov vs Shirov, 2008 (1-0)

DEBUT: Stoltz vs Kashdan, 1931 (0-1)
RECENT: Shabalov vs M Flores, 2017 (1-0)

GAME COLLECTIONS:
Tabiyas 00013 +15 Moves + 100 Games by Miguel Medina

OPENING DESIGNATIONS:
D87: Grunfeld, Exchange (1670)
D88: Grunfeld, Spassky Variation, Main line, 10...cd, 11.cd (6)
D89: Grunfeld (1)

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