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Grünfeld Defense:Russian Variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3

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Black to move

Legal moves
34
Games in the next 4 moves
1,635,716
Different positions among them
537,310
Named lines from here
10

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It is reached after 9 moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense.

Black is to move and has 34 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 1,635,716 different games. Those games reach 537,310 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 3 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 10 further lines after this position.

The same moves can be played in 480 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3, which starts as the English Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 1,635,716 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. d4Queen's Pawn Game
  2. 1... Nf6Indian Defense
  3. 2. c4Indian Defense: Normal Variation
  4. 2... g6Indian Defense: West Indian Defense
  5. 3. Nc3King's Indian Defense
  6. 3... d5Grünfeld Defense
  7. 4. Nf3Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
  8. 4... Bg7Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation
  9. 5. Qb3Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation

Named lines from here

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