Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation is a chess opening with the ECO code D75, part of the Neo-Grünfeld Defense family. It goes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... Nf6. After 15 moves it is Black to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
1... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
2. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
2... g6 – Black plays the pawn to g6
3. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4
3... Bg7 – Black plays the bishop to g7
4. g3 – White plays the pawn to g3
4... O-O – Black castles kingside
5. Bg2 – White plays the bishop to g2
5... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5
6. cxd5 – White captures on d5 with the c-pawn
6... Nxd5 – Black takes on d5 with the knight
The line goes on for 3 more moves; the lesson shows them all.
About the Neo-Grünfeld Defense
Black uses Grünfeld ideas (...g6, ...Bg7, ...d5) when White has played g3 or f3 instead of Nc3. Black still attacks White's centre.
...d5 challenges the centre and frees the knight to hop to d5 or b6.
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