I have been looking to take this up, but the lack of literature on this opening is killing me. I think the latest book is from '04, which is probably not nearly good enough for this opening. Does anyone play this stuff? I was digging around chessbase and looking at some stuff, and what does Black do after this stuff?
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.Rb1 c5 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6
This seems to be a somewhat critical line, and I am not sure how black goes about gaining winning chances in this variation!
Here's a game I played as white in the line in question, granted it is against Meman but still.
Game 1138824
He (it) played 14. ... b6 (a rather rare line [11 times in my larger database]) however I prefer 15. ... Qe6 over the text 15. ... Qb2.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!Trisic - Leko, Dortmund 1992 you mean? It's also been played by Ivanchuk for a draw in 1990. However both those games went with 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 e5 17.d5 Nd7 and not the line I went for.
Yeah, when I was looking through my database I saw that line played by Leko I think. If I recall the game I think he won too. That was a brutal game. Strong play by "it". Hahaha, cheers. Thanks for the info too.
Originally posted by EnigmaticCamTrue, but it's also the position black is striving for if he is a Gruenfeld player. That is the whole idea! He wants to prove the pawns are weak!
When I'm white, I'm happy to see black play the Grunfeld. I get my classic pawn formation, c3-d4-e4, without any effort! 🙂 Not that it guarantees a win, but my understanding is that this is the position white is striving for when he initially plays 1. d4.
Originally posted by !~TONY~!The biggest enigma involving the Gruenfeld to me was how to spell it.
True, but it's also the position black is striving for if he is a Gruenfeld player. That is the whole idea! He wants to prove the pawns are weak!
I always used Grunfeld, but it seems like people prefer Gruenfeld.
Spelling was never my specialty . . . nor english for that matter.
"Me fail english, that's unpossible."
Originally posted by BlueEyedRookIt IS Grunfeld, however the "u" has an umlaude (sp.?), german term for those two dots above the vowel. Which kind of makes it sound like gruenfeld.
The biggest enigma involving the Gruenfeld to me was how to spell it.
I always used Grunfeld, but it seems like people prefer Gruenfeld.
Spelling was never my specialty . . . nor english for that matter.
"Me fail english, that's unpossible."