Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (7… c5 8. dxc5)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
The Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO D75, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5. It is a line of the Neo-Grünfeld Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8… Nc6 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.66 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 8… Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Bd7 11. Bg5)
- ECO
- D75
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbq1rk1/pp2ppbp/6p1/2Pn4/8/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 b - - 0 8- PGN
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… Nc6 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 37%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Kveinys, A. (2547) – IM Jonathan Dourerassou (2502) 0-1 · TCh-FRA Top 12 2014 · 2014-05-31
- IM Zoran S Ilic (2311) – FM Sava Zivkovic (2351) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-Central SRB 2012 · 2012-09-30
- IM Murad Ibrahimli (2415) – CM Arman Ghevondyan (2216) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Aug Late · 2024-08-27
- Nemanja Cvetkovic (2253) – Gojko Vucinic (2265) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-Belgrade Premier liga 2013 · 2013-10-18
- Markus Raeber (2237) – FM Volker Meier (2272) 0-1 · 4th Innsbruck Open 2020 · 2020-08-28
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Angel9 (2382) – SleeperinoBombino (2260) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4
More Neo-Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack D70
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with Nf3 D70
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3 (3. g3 d5) D70
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (5. cxd5 Nxd5) D71
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (5… Nxd5 6. Nf3) D71
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3 (6… Nb6 7. Ne2) D72
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: with g3 (4… Bg7 5. Nf3) D73
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (6… Nxd5 7. O-O) D74
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (7… c5 8. O-O) D75
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (7. O-O Nb6) D76
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation D77
- Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Defense D77
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.