Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5
The Grünfeld Defense: Pachman Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D95, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5. 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: +0.52 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 8… e6 9. Bxe6 Qe7 10. Bh3 c5 11. O-O)
- ECO
- D95
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
r1bq1rk1/pppnppbp/5np1/6N1/2BP4/1QN1P3/PP3PPP/R1B1K2R b KQ - 4 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Ng5
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Comes from
Grünfeld Defense 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
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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.