Learning The Grünfeld Defense
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Feb 4, 2014
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Two minds are greater than one
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Learning The Grünfeld Defense
So you want to learn how to play the Grünfeld Defense. You could try a few different things…
You could try posting a forum topic somewhere on chess.com asking for opinions on the Grünfeld Defense. You would probably get a rough assortment of advice from lots of different people, eventually a flame war would break out, and, well, that would be the end of that.
You could read, study, and follow a book on the Grünfeld, but once you're eventually out of "book", now what?
You could watch grandmaster videos and DVD’s on the Grünfeld, but if you had any questions, you can’t just ask the GM and expect him to answer all your questions. (Assuming, of course, you can even contact him.)
You could play a whole lot of individual games in the Grünfeld and do the best you can, but you could also be making the same mistakes over and over again without ever realizing it.
You could hire a private coach to answer all your questions, but, after a while, that could get quite expensive.
Or you could just hang out with a bunch of people who know something about the Grünfeld. Then you could all compare notes and share whatever bits of knowledge you've all gleaned over time...maybe from the methods listed above. But even that discussion would probably not last very long, nor would it answer questions that are likely to come up in the future.
The solution? Team Vote Chess! It's convenient, it’s informative, it's cheap, and, most importantly, it works. Each team Vote Chess game is a classroom and the opponents are the teachers. They provide the questions and together we strive to find the answers. Two minds are greater than one, but several minds are greater than two. The Grünfeld Study Group members are all classmates. We do not compete with each other, we cooperate with each other. In many cases, voting is mere a formality. It is not nearly as important as the actual discussion. The group discussion is where the real learning is done.
The Grünfeld Study Group exists for the sole purpose of learning, studying, and, in effect, teaching the Grünfeld Defense. We do not do this to prove the Grünfeld Defense is the best opening (although it might be). We do not play team Vote Chess to prove we are the best team (although we might be). We play team Vote Chess because it provides us with the best opportunity to learn, study, and teach each other the Grünfeld.
Please join our Study Group. Learn, study, and teach.