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Anish Giri vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
World Championship Candidates (2020/21), Yekaterinburg RUS, rd 3, Mar-19
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Mar-20-20  Ulhumbrus: 6 Bd2 spends a tempo and places the bishop passively in order to prepare 7 e4. One example of a move which this suggests is 7...f5.
Mar-12-21  Messiah: It is really perplexing why anyone keeps the Grünfeld in their repertoire as the main weapon. In the past several decades White already figured out how to retain activity, so I fail to understand why this opening needs to be forced constantly by MVL. His only classical wins against very strong opposition are

G Sargissian vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2008

A Tari vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2016

Shirov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2011

Navara vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2018

W So vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2012

Nepomniachtchi vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2013

Wojtaszek vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2006

G Meier vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2019

and Shirov vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2010

in this database. Probably there are a very few more. I do not try to say the Grünfeld is refuted - it is not, obviously, but its place should be in the auxiliary (or "reserve", but I don't like this word in this context) opening lines over 2600 or so.

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