1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 has been played by grandmaster latter then 2007. How often do you expect a variation that does not arise until after the 13 move to be played? Notable deviations include the Seville Variation with 12. Bxf7+, 11...Bd7, various 10th move alternatives for Black, and the entire modern exchange variation with 7. Nf3.
Grunfeld, Spassky Variation
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Well chessgames.com classify Spassky variation as:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 (D88)
and shows no games after 2007 for that line, the game you posted is listed in Grunfeld, Exchange, Classical Variation (D86). I Guess I should look at these games...
ECO codes are more or less useless when it comes to the Grunfeld. The Modern Exchange Variation was unknown when ECO was devised, so it is jammed in D85 with various sidelines. It looks like chessgames.com stopped bothering to correctly index the Classical Exchange Variation after 2007. The ECO code also seems to have enshrined a diffrent move order then the one actually used.
On a related note, when is the last time you ever saw the Grunfeld Gambit accepted? Does anyone call the fianchetto variation the Neo-Grunfeld?
Hello everyone,
i was just searching for some recent games with Spassky variation of the Grunfeld defense. Right now, i play this line as White and I had some success but wanted to see how others play it. On chessgames.com there is not even a single game with this line played after 2007. What caused White to stop playing this line? Was it "solved" or are there other, more promising, lines for White against Grunfeld? Tnx...