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Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation

ECO D85 · 111 games · Black to move

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1

46% White7% Draw47% Black

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What gets played next

Move	Games	Share	White / draw / Black	Leads to
O-O	71	64.0%
Nc6	10	9.0%

A further 30 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

Queen's Pawn Game 1. d4 Indian Defense 1... Nf6 Indian Defense: Knights Variation 2. Nf3 East Indian Defense 2... g6 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation 3. c4 Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation 4... Bg7 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 7. Nf3 Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 7... c5Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation 8. Rb1

Other lines in this family

Grünfeld DefenseD80… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d58,805 Exchange VariationD85… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd53,953 Three Knights VariationD90… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg73,441 Three Knights VariationD90… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf32,436 Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange VariationD85… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf31,366 Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange VariationD85… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c51,036 Three Knights Variation, Burille VariationD94… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3989 Stockholm VariationD80… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5823 Exchange Variation, Classical VariationD86… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4816 Three Knights Variation, Petrosian SystemD91… 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 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.