A Grunfeld set-up with 5...c6 and ...d5
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Mikhalchishin vs Naiditsch 1-0 (1998)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c6
5...b6 Psakhis vs Mikhalchishin ½ (1985)
6.d4
6.Be2 Smyslov vs Ftacnik ½ (1990)
6...a5
6...d5 7.Nbd2! and Black has many possibilities:
7...a5 Korchnoi vs Rogers 0-1 (1990)
7...Bg4 Korchnoi vs Belotti 1-0 (1990)
7...Bf5 Smyslov vs Tatai 1-0 (1967)
7...Ne4 Kempinski vs Moor 1-0 (2001)
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7.b5 cxb5 8.cxb5 d5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf5
12.Rc1 Ne8 13.Ba3 Nd6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bf5 16.Bc5 Bh6
17.Ngf3 Be6 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Rfd1 Rc8 20.Qa3 Na8 21.Qa4 Bf5
22.Bf3 Nc7 23.Bb6 Ndxb5 24.Be2 Nd6 25.Qxa5 Ra8 26.Qb4 Rc8
27.Qa5 Ra8 28.Qc3 Ncb5 29.Qc5 Qc8 30.Bxb5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Nxb5
32.Rxb5 Rxa2 33.Rxd5 Rb2 34.Ndc4 1-0
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A Grunfeld set-up with 5...c6 and ...d5
(click on the names to open a database version of the game)
Mikhalchishin vs Naiditsch 1-0 (1998)
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 c6
5...b6 Psakhis vs Mikhalchishin ½ (1985)
6.d4
6.Be2 Smyslov vs Ftacnik ½ (1990)
6...a5
6...d5 7.Nbd2! and Black has many possibilities:
7...a5 Korchnoi vs Rogers 0-1 (1990)
7...Bg4 Korchnoi vs Belotti 1-0 (1990)
7...Bf5 Smyslov vs Tatai 1-0 (1967)
7...Ne4 Kempinski vs Moor 1-0 (2001)
Continue Mikhalchishin vs Naiditsch
7.b5 cxb5 8.cxb5 d5 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Nbd2 Bf5
12.Rc1 Ne8 13.Ba3 Nd6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Ng5 Bf5 16.Bc5 Bh6
17.Ngf3 Be6 18.Ne5 Re8 19.Rfd1 Rc8 20.Qa3 Na8 21.Qa4 Bf5
22.Bf3 Nc7 23.Bb6 Ndxb5 24.Be2 Nd6 25.Qxa5 Ra8 26.Qb4 Rc8
27.Qa5 Ra8 28.Qc3 Ncb5 29.Qc5 Qc8 30.Bxb5 Qxc5 31.Rxc5 Nxb5
32.Rxb5 Rxa2 33.Rxd5 Rb2 34.Ndc4 1-0
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