opening novelty Grunfeld

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Avatar of ajian

I'm not saying this gives white a clear advantage or something, just pointing something out i haven't seen in books.

1. d4 Nf6

2.c4    g6

3.Nc3   d5

4.Bg5   Ne4

5.cxd5!? Nxg5

6.h4

Black's knight is trapped so white will regain the piece.

Avatar of grant_obama

Ok, thanks for showing this. But I'm pretty sure it's a book line since I found 79 games with 5. cxd5, assuming the players are aware that they will regain the minor piece back. 79 games with a certain line is not a novelty. It must have very few or no occurences at all to be considered as one.