Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1
The Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D83, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 41 times by this move order. White won 71%, 5% were drawn and Black won 24%. The most popular continuation is 6… c5 (44% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 6… c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Nf3)
- ECO
- D83
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 36 | |
| All | 41 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… c5 | 18 (44%) | |
| 6… c6 | 8 (20%) | |
| 6… a6 | 4 (10%) | |
| 6… dxc4 | 4 (10%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 3 (7%) | |
| 6… b6 | 2 (5%) | |
| 6… Bf5 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
680 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 25%, Black 30%). The strongest:
- GM So, W. (2770) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2789) 0-1 · GCT Rapid Paris 2016 · 2016-06-09
- GM Boris Gelfand (2759) – GM Alexander Grischuk (2795) 0-1 · Petrosian Memorial 2014 · 2014-11-05
- GM Anish Giri (2779) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2774) 1-0 · 7th Sinquefield Cup 2019 · 2019-08-28
- GM So, W. (2770) – GM Anish Giri (2776) 0-1 · Magnus Carlsen Inv KO · 2021-03-18
- GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek (2750) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2767) 1/2-1/2 · 79th Tata Steel GpA · 2017-01-14
Highest-rated Lichess games
- always63 (2524) – Alirezaqwerty (2602) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IM Chomuszka (2478) – SouthWind06 (2554) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Kapuzinerstein (2508) – OliverT96 (2498) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
Continuations
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation D83 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6
More Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch A56
- Grünfeld Defense D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Zaitsev Gambit D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Accelerated Variation D81
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack D82
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted D84
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.