Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5
The Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO D70, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5. It is a line of the Neo-Grünfeld Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 128 times by this move order. White won 47%, 8% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. cxd5 (91% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.32 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7)
- ECO
- D70
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 41 | |
| 2000+ | 85 | |
| All | 128 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. cxd5 | 116 (91%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 5 (4%) | |
| 4. e3 | 3 (2%) | |
| 4. e4 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4. Be3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
1,327 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 22%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) – Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-08-02
- Stockfish 14_202107131735 (3639) – LCZero 0.28-dev+_69626 (3623) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 21 Superfinal 2021 · 2021-08-02
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2881) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2791) 1/2-1/2 · 2nd Norway Chess 2014 · 2014-06-05
- GM So, W. (2754) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2875) 1/2-1/2 · 7th Norway Armageddon · 2019-06-12
- GM Levon Aronian (2805) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2789) 1/2-1/2 · 9th London Classic 2017 · 2017-12-06
Search all games of the Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Goglidze Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- XuBofang (2591) – human_machine (2683) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- FM iustin104 (2599) – Egor_Kharitonov (2605) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- GM Nebonik (2506) – KaptanPark (2618) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Indian Defense: Anti-Grünfeld, Alekhine Variation 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3
More Neo-Grünfeld Defense lines (all)
- 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… c5 8. dxc5) 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.