[Event "Grunfeld defense: Chapter 1"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/eMUN5PEp/47LpT6v5"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D80"] [Opening "Grünfeld Defense: Stockholm Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/realhercules"] [UTCDate "2020.07.17"] [UTCTime "08:03:37"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/eMUN5PEp/47LpT6v5"] [Orientation "white"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 { The beginning of the grunfeld defense } { [%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7d5] } 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. c4 Qe4 11. O-O Bxb5 12. cxb5 Nd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Rc4 Qe6 { A complex situation has arisen, even though some minor pieces have been exchanged. Black has good long-term prospects on the queenside and White has some initiative in the centre. } 17. Rd1 { A brilliant combination that wins the exchange. WARNING: Loose pieces drop off! This is a dictum popularised by John Nunn. It means that unprotected pieces are more likely to fall into shadow as the result of a tactical operation. Some players, like Karpov and Kasparov, more or less always have their pieces overprotected just in case. } 17... Rfe8 18. d5 Qd6 19. Bg3 e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Rd6 Qe7 22. Ra4 Nf8 23. Qd5 Rad8 24. Nd2 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Nc4 Qd7 27. h3 Ne6 28. Qe4 Bf8! { A brilliant combination that wins the exchange. WARNING: Loose pieces drop off! This is a dictum popularised by John Nunn. It means that unprotected pieces are more likely to fall into shadow as the result of a tactical operation. Some players, like Karpov and Kasparov, more or less always have their pieces overprotected just in case. } 29. Bxf8 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa4 31. Be7 Re8 32. Bf6 Ng7 33. Qd3 Qxa2 34. Bb2 Re6 35. Qc3 f6 36. Qd3 h5 37. e4 Qa4 38. Nd6 Qb4 39. Nc4 Qxb5 40. f4 Qc6 41. e5 f5 42. Nd6 Re7 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Qg5 Qd7 45. Qg3 Ne6 46. Qf3 b5 47. Qa8 Qd8 48. Qd5 b4 49. g3 a5 50. Qc6 Qd7 51. Qa6 a4 52. Ba1 a3 53. Qc4 Qc6 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. Kh2 Qf2+ { 0-1 White resigns } *