Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4
The Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation, Murrey Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D80, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4. It is a line of the Grünfeld Defense. Black 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: −0.60 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6… Nc7 7. Nxc5 Nc6 8. e3 e5 9. Nb3)
- ECO
- D80
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4
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Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Jonathan P Levitt (2420) – FM Arno Bezemer (2287) 0-1 · 5th Terre degli Elimi Open 2014 · 2014-07-23
- IM Justin Sarkar (2352) – CM Jarmo Hartikainen (2133) 1-0 · Titled Tue 2nd Aug Early · 2022-08-02
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Comes from
Grünfeld Defense: Lutikov Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. f3
More Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch A56
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- Grünfeld Defense: Lundin Variation 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.