E60 · Grunfeld Defense
Grunfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5
In the Grunfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Grunfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code E60. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5: 8 moves in, with White to play.
It belongs to the Grunfeld Defense family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.
Club players rarely lose the Grunfeld Defense: Counterthrust Variation in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.
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