Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5
The Grünfeld Defense: Flohr Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D94, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. White is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.57 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qb3 Qd7)
- ECO
- D94
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rn1q1rk1/pp2ppbp/2p2np1/3p1b2/2PP4/2NBPN2/PP3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 6 8- PGN
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bf5
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Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 45%, Black 22%). The strongest:
- IM Boris Abrashkin (2407) – GM Baadur Jobava (2603) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 15th June · 2021-06-15
- IM Daniel Sadzikowski (2433) – GM Vidmantas Malisauskas (2460) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Wroclaw Open A · 2012-07-05
- GM Adam Kozak (2604) – FM Hunor-Zoltan Antal (2250) 1-0 · 17th Arad Open 2024 · 2024-08-07
- GM Alexander Rustemov (2525) – Shahruh Turayev (2217) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 4th Oct Late · 2022-10-04
- CM Timur Safin (2083) – GM Emin Ohanyan (2520) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Sep 2026 · 2026-09-01
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Comes from
Slav Defense (2… c6 3. Nc3) 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3
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, Grünfeld Gambit D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Botvinnik Variation D83
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.