D98: Gruenfeld, Russian, Smyslov variation

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4

Gruenfeld, Russian, Smyslov variation

D98 Sub-variants:

Gruenfeld, Russian, Smyslov variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4

Gruenfeld, Russian, Keres variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O-O

Overview

Games on Database:

651

Last Played:

Dec 2025

Overall score:

34.3%

40.2%

25.5%

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Played frequently by:

White
Gennadi Sosonko	21 games
Vlastimil Babula	18 games
Ivan Farago	7 games

Black
Vlastimil Jansa	20 games
Lubomir Ftacnik	15 games
Vassily Smyslov	14 games

Possible continuations:

8. Be3

520

36.3 %

41.3 %

22.3 %

8. Be2

95

25.3 %

32.6 %

42.1 %

8. Ne5

28

28.6 %

46.4 %

25 %

8. Bg5

2

50 %

50 %

8. e5

2

50 %

50 %

8. Ng5

2

100 %

8. Bf4

2

50 %

50 %