Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
The Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D82, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 633 times by this move order. White won 49%, 6% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bg7 (82% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.18 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4… Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. cxd5)
- ECO
- D82
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 35 | |
| 1500-1999 | 336 | |
| 2000+ | 262 | |
| All | 633 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bg7 | 521 (82%) | |
| 4… c6 | 51 (8%) | |
| 4… c5 | 21 (3%) | |
| 4… a6 | 20 (3%) | |
| 4… dxc4 | 15 (2%) | |
| 4… e6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 4… Bf5 | 1 (0%) | |
| 4… Nbd7 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
951 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 34%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- PlentyChess6.0.14 (3588) – Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-03
- Stockfishdev-20250802-a37b38bd (3731) – PlentyChess6.0.14 (3588) 1-0 · TCEC 28 Premier 2025 · 2025-08-03
- LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-6147500 (3634) – Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab8 (3662) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-05-21
- Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab8 (3662) – LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-6147500 (3634) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-05-21
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2757) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2872) 1/2-1/2 · FIDE Candidates · 2013-03-20
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM AtalikS (2658) – GM novik70 (2541) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- always63 (2524) – Alirezaqwerty (2602) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IM Chomuszka (2478) – SouthWind06 (2554) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Grünfeld Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
Continuations
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit D83 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit D83 · 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5
More Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch A56
- 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, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted D84
- 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.