page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 254  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alatortsev vs S Von Freymann   1-0 46 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 2. Veresov vs Alatortsev   0-1 43 1934 USSR Championship 1934/35 D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 3. Fine vs Keres ½-½ 42 1937 Semmering/Baden D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 4. Levenfish vs Botvinnik 1-0 41 1937 Botvinnik-Levenfish D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 5. Euwe vs V Mikenas   1-0 40 1937 Stockholm ol ;HCL 44 D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 6. S Gotthilf vs Botvinnik   0-1 40 1938 1/2 final D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 7. Capablanca vs Flohr 1-0 37 1938 AVRO D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 8. Reshevsky vs Santasiere   1-0 41 1938 New York D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 9. Capablanca vs Reshevsky ½-½ 42 1938 AVRO D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 10. Fine vs H Morton   1-0 54 1938 USA Ch D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 11. Cruz W/Cruz O/Silva Rocha vs Alekhine/Trompowski 0-1 34 1939 Rio de Janeiro D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 12. Tolush vs Botvinnik 0-1 37 1939 USSR Championship D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 13. Ragozin vs Botvinnik   0-1 41 1940 Leningrad D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 14. Fine vs P Woliston   1-0 38 1940 New York USA ch, USA D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 15. Bogoljubov vs Foltys   ½-½ 61 1941 Munich D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 16. Bogoljubov vs Cortlever   1-0 74 1941 Munich D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 17. Fine vs B Blumin   ½-½ 41 1941 US Open D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 18. Fine vs Kashdan   1-0 41 1942 New York USA speed ch (10-sec/move), USA D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 19. Reshevsky vs Kashdan   1-0 35 1942 USA-ch playoff-1pl D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 20. M Napolitano vs G Barcza   0-1 44 1942 Munich D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 21. V Liublinsky vs Smyslov   ½-½ 85 1945 09, Moscow-ch ;HCL 43 D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 22. G Negyesy vs Szabo   0-1 22 1946 HUN D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 23. G Wood vs Znosko-Borovsky 1-0 49 1946 Zaanstreek D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 24. Sajtar vs Lilienthal   ½-½ 20 1946 Moscow-Prague D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 25. F Herzog vs S Wolk 0-1 24 1946 Regensburg GER D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 254    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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Jan-06-04    Benjamin Lau: Question: What exactly is being gambited? In the position above, it looks like nothing is "loose" or en prise. Jan-06-04    ossolinskm: I think the gambit arrives after 5... 0-0 when the game follows: 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 and allowing the Bishop to take the pawn at c7 on the 8th move. So, to answer your question i think the pawn at c7 is en prised Jan-06-04    Benjamin Lau: Thanks, I had been expecting something to be free immediately, I guess the above position is more of a puzzle. Black's compensation seems to be free piece play I guess but the opening explorer apparently frowns upon it. Jan-06-04    ossolinskm: i don't understand why it isnt grunfeld, grunfeld gambit accepted After all, black is accepting the gambit. Wouldn't he see it? Mar-14-04    Dillinger: Dillinger: black is the gambiter, not accepting the gambit. White accepts eventually with Bxc7. Mar-22-04    Dillinger: and no I am not talking to myself.. Apr-23-04    morphyvsfischer: Yeesh; 5...c5 is infinitely more logical... Jun-06-05    aw1988: Hmm. Grunfeld Grunfeld gambit. Odd name for an opening, but it's black's simplest try in the Grunfeld. Sep-10-06    WTHarvey: Here's a little collection of puzzles in D83 miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/d83.html Mar-02-09    FiveofSwords: if white is prepared I actually think this gambit is insufficient compensation. White's position is quite solid, and difficult to reach, and when black doesnt have his c pawn white's d4 is like a rock that holds all of your pieces at bay. Against a strong player, if you go for this as black, you can expect to be miserably trying to draw an 80 move endgame where you are a pawn down. Mar-02-09    chessman95: I deffinetly don't think this gambit gets black enough compensation. First of all, it's not really much of a gambit: instead of putting a peice out for white to capture, black simply leaves a peice unguarded while making trades in the center. Looking at what the pawn "sacrifice" does for black, I cannot find any way it helps. It does not speed up development, or get a good center, or do anything; in fact I think it only helps white. Looking from white's perspective, taking the pawn gets rid of black's pawn majority on the queenside, and gives white a pawn majority on the kingside, where black just castled. Also, without the c-pawn, white's strong center will be very hard to break apart. I cannot see what the point of playing this strange gambit is; it looks to me like it's just another gambit that came into being when a strong player blundered by castling in that position and ended up winning, so people though it was a sound opening. (That's how the Chicago Gambit got started) Jun-19-09    zoren: That would be a funny explanation if that were true. Jan-30-12    Penguincw: Opening of the Day Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit 1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.c3 d5 4.f4 g7 5.e3 O-O click for larger view

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