D86: Gruenfeld, exchange, classical variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4

Gruenfeld, exchange, classical variation

D86 Sub-variants:

Gruenfeld, exchange, classical variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4

Gruenfeld, exchange, Larsen variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. O-O b6

Gruenfeld, exchange, Simagin's lesser variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 b6

Gruenfeld, exchange, Simagin's improved variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6

Overview

Games on Database:

6892

Last Played:

Jul 2025

Overall score:

34.3%

37.2%

28.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Igor Naumkin	51 games
Peter Lukacs	47 games
Rainer Knaak	47 games

Black
Josef Pribyl	34 games
Wlodzimierz Schmidt	33 games
Lubomir Ftacnik	29 games

Possible continuations:

7... c5

4583

34.5 %

38.1 %

27.4 %

7... O-O

2207

33.8 %

35.4 %

30.7 %

7... b6

27.3 %

40.9 %

31.8 %

7... Nc6

29 %

32.3 %

38.7 %

7... Qd7

43.8 %

7... e6

75 %

25 %

7... Nd7

33.3 %

7... a6

33.3 %

66.7 %