page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 130  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Euwe vs Alekhine 1-0 45 1935 Alekhine-Euwe World Championship Match D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 2. Euwe vs Alekhine 0-1 44 1935 Alekhine-Euwe World Championship Match D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 3. Flohr vs Alatortsev   ½-½ 23 1935 Moscow (Russia) D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 4. Levenfish vs Flohr   ½-½ 33 1935 Moscow (Russia) D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 5. Levenfish vs Spielmann   ½-½ 42 1935 Moscow (Russia) D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 6. I Rabinovich vs Ragozin   0-1 34 1935 Leningrad D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 7. S Landau vs R P Michell   1-0 36 1936 Major Open D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 8. S Rubinstein vs Lokvenc   1-0 58 1936 Trebitsch Memorial 19th D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 9. Feigin vs Flohr 0-1 39 1937 Kemeri D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 10. Feigin vs V Mikenas   0-1 29 1937 Kemeri D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 11. Feigin vs Rellstab 1-0 40 1937 Kemeri D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 12. Fine vs V Mikenas   ½-½ 29 1937 Kemeri D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 13. S Landau vs V Petrov 1-0 56 1937 Kemeri D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 14. Fine vs Flohr   ½-½ 25 1937 Semmering D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 15. Fine vs Lilienthal 1-0 38 1937 Moscow D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 16. Reshevsky vs V Mikenas   1-0 45 1937 Hastings D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 17. Sokor vs Volck 0-1 16 1937 Leningrad D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 18. Reshevsky vs Flohr   1-0 44 1938 Amsterdam (Netherlands) D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 19. Flohr vs V Mikenas   1-0 66 1939 Kemeri (Latvia) D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 20. Lilienthal vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 48 1939 Leningrad-Moscow D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 21. Van Epen A vs Szabo   0-1 41 1939 Baarn A D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 22. Tsvetkov vs V Petrov   ½-½ 81 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 23. Tsvetkov vs R Flores-Alvarez   0-1 53 1939 Buenos Aires ol-8 pr B D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 24. V Makogonov vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 33 1939 Leningrad/Moscow D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation 25. V Makogonov vs I Pogrebissky   ½-½ 28 1939 URS-ch11 D81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 130    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jul-20-04    themindset: well, this opening has declined in popularity. i'm generally an e4 player, but i like to play d4 c4 once in a while, but i always hated playing agaist the gruenfeld - i usually play the exchange variation which seems to be more popular these days. i guess i just need to book up, is there anyone who believes this line is still playable? Jan-07-05    Flo: 4.Qb3 looks a bit strange to me. I wouldn't play this. themindset: I like the exchange variation more than other variations, too! But I play the Grunfeld with the black pieces because I very often play 1.e4. Jan-07-05    themindset: yeah, i'm a 1.e4 player by nature, but i think it's good to play a bit of everything. anyways, since i wrote that, i've booked up on the exchange variation and have had few problems with the gruenfeld since then. Jan-07-05    refutor: the 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 Russian Variation is much stronger than this and is just as good as the exchange against the Grünfeld Jun-28-05    aw1988: Yes, I have always thought of 4. Qb3 as a rather "unsuccessful attempt" and 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 to be of less questionable value. Jun-30-06    blingice: This looks similar to a variation of the Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik attack I've been playing recently in a few of my correspondence games. Notice that the d4 pawn (and square) is unprotected, and is awfully vulnerable, as I'm learning from the corr games still going... Apr-23-08    niemzo: Am I missing something here? Because tome, it seems very simple to transpose in the variaton <refutor> mentioned above. from this one. So how is this weaker? Mar-02-09    FiveofSwords: In my experience the russian system is a moderate headache for black but usually its not so bad. I usually played the najdorf system against it, with Na6 planning c5. I do think 4 Nf3 is more accurate, because once white commits to this system black doesnt need to hurry so much on Bg7 necessarily and can instead quickly begin on his queenside counterplay-the sooner black does this the less options white would have. Mar-02-09    samikd: Did anybody see today's game between Anand and Domoiguez-Perez ? Beautiful game in Russian Grunfeld. Does anybody know if 12..Ng4 is a novelty ? this whole line is kinda new to me , but looks interesting Mar-02-09    Kaspykov: <samikd: Did anybody see today's game between Anand and Domoiguez-Perez ? Beautiful game in Russian Grunfeld. Does anybody know if 12..Ng4 is a novelty ? this whole line is kinda new to me , but looks interesting> 11... Nbd7 look playable but i never read anything about this move. the usual continuation of the hungarian variation is: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 ... click for larger view In my database, Ng4 seems to be a novelty, but Anand as black played a similar games vs Dlugy Maxim in 93' Instead of 12..Ng4 he played Nxc4 which look like the best move. Apr-17-09    notyetagm: Anyone know what Dembo recommends against the Russian System in her book <PLAY THE GRUNFELD>? Thanks

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