Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
The Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit 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. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 255 times by this move order. White won 50%, 7% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (45% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 Na6)
- ECO
- D83
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 117 | |
| 2000+ | 128 | |
| All | 255 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 116 (45%) | |
| 6. Rc1 Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation | 41 (16%) | |
| 6. h3 | 30 (12%) | |
| 6. cxd5 | 24 (9%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 16 (6%) | |
| 6. c5 | 12 (5%) | |
| 6. Be2 | 6 (2%) | |
| 6. Qb3 | 5 (2%) |
Master games
294 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 34%, draw 22%, Black 44%). The strongest:
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2678) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784) 1/2-1/2 · Legends of Chess Prelim · 2020-07-24
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2678) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2784) 0-1 · Legends of Chess Prelim · 2020-07-24
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2709) – GM David W L Howell (2644) 1-0 · 19th European Teams · 2013-11-14
- GM Konstantin Sakaev (2594) – GM Boris Gelfand (2747) 1/2-1/2 · Vladimir Petrov Mem 2015 · 2015-03-07
- GM Alexander Moiseenko (2709) – GM Vladislav Kovalev (2583) 1-0 · 19th European Teams · 2013-11-15
Search all games of the Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit and its sub-variations
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 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
Continuations
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation D83 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted D84 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7
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, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation D85
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.