D80 · Grunfeld Defense
Grunfeld Defense: Lundin Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5
In the Grunfeld Defense: Lundin Variation, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.
The Grunfeld Defense: Lundin Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO code D80. It is reached after the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5: 12 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: Lundin 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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