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Grünfeld Defence

chess opening 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
Class type of: King's Indian Defence Q753005

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
chess opening
Subclass of
King's Indian Defence
Part of
chess terminology[5]
Discoverer or inventor
Moheschunder Bannerjee[3]
Named after
Ernst Grünfeld[4]
Portable Game Notation
d4 Nf6, c4 g6, Nc3 d5[8][9][10]
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation
rnbqkb1r/ppp1pp1p/5np1/3p4/2PP4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 4[11]
Sport
chess[7]
Time of discovery or invention
1855[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Grünfeld Defence en 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 ar دفاع غروينفلد cs Grünfeldova indická obrana cs Grunfeldova indická obrana de Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung de Grünfeld-Indisch de Grünfeldindische Verteidigung el Άμυνα Γκρίνφελντ en-gb 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 es Defensa Grünfeld es Defensa Grunfeld fa دفاع گرونفلد fi Grunfeldin puolustus fi Grünfeldin puolustus fr 1. d4 Cf6 2. c4 g6 3. Cc3 d5 fr Defense Grunfeld fr défense Grünfeld he הגנת גרונפלד he הגנת גרינפלד
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh2004005503
GND ID
4123316-5
ECO code
D70–D99
FAST ID
1201342
Freebase ID
/m/01zmtr
J9U entity ID
987007559272605171
Stack Exchange tag
chess.stackexchange.com

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Instance of 1
chess opening
Named after 1
Ernst Grünfeld
Sport 1
chess
Subclass of 1
King's Indian Defence
Subtypes 1
The Game of the Century
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Summary

Grünfeld Defence is a chess opening[1]. It is a type of King's Indian Defence[2].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Moheschunder Bannerjee
    Sport → chess
    Part of → chess terminology
    Instance of → chess opening
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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