Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4
The Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO D80, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 11 times by this move order. White won 36%, 9% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bxg4 (64% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.56 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4… dxc4 5. g5 Nh5 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be3)
- ECO
- D80
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. g4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 11 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bxg4 | 7 (64%) | |
| 4… dxc4 | 3 (27%) | |
| 4… Bg7 | 1 (9%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 50%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Sinisa Drazic (2394) – GM Nikola Sedlak (2604) 0-1 · Budapest Spring Open 2018 · 2018-04-25
- IM Paulo Bersamina (2361) – GM Darwin Laylo (2484) 1/2-1/2 · ch-PHI 2015 · 2015-10-25
Search all games of the Grünfeld Defense: Gibbon Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2597) – FNENAD (2617) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2564) – nuitet989893 (2583) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Mitichkin_Ivan (2519) – Egor_Kharitonov (2611) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Grünfeld Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
More Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch A56
- 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
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit, Capablanca Variation D83
- Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit 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.