Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld (4. d4 Nf6)
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6
The Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld is a chess opening classified as ECO A08, reached after 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 194 times by this move order. White won 55%, 9% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 5. O-O (89% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.30 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Bd7)
- ECO
- A08
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 61 | |
| 2000+ | 131 | |
| All | 194 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. O-O Reversed Grünfeld (4… Nf6 5. O-O) | 173 (89%) | |
| 5. c4 | 13 (7%) | |
| 5. c3 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5. a3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5. dxc5 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5. Bg5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 29%, draw 28%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Anish Giri (2774) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2021 · 2021-12-06
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) – GM Anish Giri (2774) 1-0 · chess.com Speed 2021 · 2021-12-06
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2683) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Aug Early · 2024-08-27
- GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2701) – GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (2632) 1-0 · Chess.com Rapid Wk9 KO · 2022-04-10
- GM Sanan Sjugirov (2712) – GM Zhongyi Tan (2530) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 28th Feb Late · 2023-02-28
Search all games of the Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM umagon20 (2762) – BoneCrusher2020 (2743) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- aqeen055 (2617) – FM CartonMaster (2570) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- GM Sailor1951 (2653) – IM Kabeljaukrieger (2488) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld (3… Nc6 4. d4) 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4
Continuations
- Zukertort Opening: Reversed Grünfeld (4… Nf6 5. O-O) A08 · 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O
More Zukertort Opening lines (all)
- Zukertort Opening (1. Nf3) A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense, Drunken Knight Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Basman Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Black Mustang Defense A04
- Zukertort Opening: Drunken Cavalry Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation A04
- Zukertort Opening: Herrstrom Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Kingside Fianchetto A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit A04
- Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit Deferred A04
- Zukertort Opening: Pirc Invitation A04
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.