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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation

ECO D85 · 1,036 games · White to move

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5
44% White8% Draw48% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
Be333332.1%
Bb5+17116.5%
Rb112211.8%Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation D85
Be2605.8%
Bc4595.7%
h3272.6%
Bb2242.3%
e5191.8%

A further 221 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4Indian Defense 1... Nf6Indian Defense: Normal Variation 2. c4Indian Defense: West Indian Defense 2... g6King's Indian Defense 3. Nc3Grünfeld Defense 3... d5Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation 4... Nxd5Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 7. Nf3Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 7... c5

Other lines in this family

Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange VariationD85…1,366Exchange Variation, Classical VariationD86… 7. Bc4816Exchange Variation, Spassky VariationD87… 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O400Exchange VariationD85…3,953Grünfeld DefenseD80…8,805Three Knights VariationD90… 4. Nf3 Bg73,441Three Knights VariationD90… 4. Nf32,436Three Knights Variation, Burille VariationD94… 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3989Stockholm VariationD80… 4. Bg5823Three Knights Variation, Petrosian SystemD91… 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5677

All 19 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.