Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5
The Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D80, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 7. d5 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 43; best line 7. d5 Bg7 8. e3 Qb6 9. Rb1 Nd7)
- ECO
- D80
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qd2 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. d5 | 2 (67%) | |
| 7. e3 | 1 (33%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 50%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- FM Mikhail Pesotskiy (2245) – IM Gregory Shahade (2476) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 23rd June · 2020-06-23
- Jacek Gradowski (2072) – Piotr Majocha (2004) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-POL 2nd League 2023 · 2023-09-09
Search all games of the Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- NM killer74 (2254) – TacticalCombo (2261) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- knightfighter55 (2182) – Pawelzik (2158) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Pattprofi (2083) – jrti (2041) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
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: Lutikov Variation D80
- Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack 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.