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D97 Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation8a7b6c5d4e3f2g1h
1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4

D97 is the opening Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation of the volume D · Closed games: 13 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 6 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

1,517 games in the collections, from 1935 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2494.

White wins 38 %, draws 39 %, Black wins 23 %

Most games: Flear, Glenn C (41), Farago, Ivan (39), Kozul, Zdenko (39), Epishin, Vladimir (28), Piket, Jeroen (24)

All 6 variations

  1. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4
  2. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Byrne Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4 ♘c6
  3. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4 a6
  4. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Levenfish Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4 b6
  5. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Prins Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4 ♘a6
  6. Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Szabo Variation 1.d4 ♘f6 2.c4 g6 3.♘c3 d5 4.♘f3 ♗g7 5.♕b3 dxc4 6.♕xc4 O-O 7.e4 c6