Who plays Grunfeld and why is it awesome?

still the analysis was great, I like Mr. Turzos style of teaching

Bobby fischer playing gruennfeld and it is awesome

Yup! 
He also said that while the Grunfeld is sound, it's a bad repertoire choice because it requires far too much revision to keep up on all the various lines White can throw at you. White only needs to prepare one line, while Black needs to be ready to face any of half a dozen good opening tries, each quite different from the other.

Do you think that what applies at Super Grandmaster level has any relevance at Super Patzer level?  I don't.

Hi Robbie,

I play the grunfeld. It's fun!

Tim 

I'm a super patzer and scores 70% with the Gruenfeld. See my Sicilian and Gruenfeld Miniatures. For longer games, view my archive.

@robbie_1969, it depends on what we’re talking about whether a super GM’s concern is relevant to average players. In the case of how much energy it takes to stay current in an opening, yes it’s very relevant. At least, it’s relevant for anyone who wants to compete in tnmt chess.

chess for me is now a form of meditation.  The chessmen are simply objects upon which to focus the mind, logic used to seek a pathway and to falsify the algorithm as to its veracity or otherwise.  I do sometimes feel my mind wandering when there is nothing concrete to calculate or visualize,  Squares become fields, pawns farmers and the bishop a longbow man.  I have no talent for chess and not enough will power to try to train to compensate for said lack of talent, but that is ok for my enjoyment is sought merely in contemplation.

Yeah, I have not much sex these days either.

That's what makes the Gruenfeld challenging. You never know what white plays. Among antiGruenfeld, Only the Tromposky is worth studying.

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Same for you!

I began playing the Sicilian against e4 which evolved into an accelerated dragon Sicilian & Hyper - accelerated dragon which have the king side  as a fianchettoed castled position and another site that I played against the computer said I should play the KID and I have been playing it fairly successfully but I like what I've seen of the Grunfeld in this thread; to me, it's like the KID with a one, two punch with d5 and then c5, so I'm gonna give it a try.

I'd prefer to eat less chips and lose more weight.

Grunfeld is an excellent opening for all levels. At a higher level, deep memorization is key, but at a lower level, understanding of the dynamics is the cornerstone of success. Overall, if you play the Grunfeld, your chess skill in general will improve. Highly recommended. Some key players as black you should look out for are MVL, Peter Svidler and Kasparov

Thank you Fide Master it gives one confidence.

As I mentioned above, Svidler considers the Grunfeld to be a bad repertoire choice because of all the memorization required for Black. But perhaps there are short-cuts for lower rated tournament players.

I do agree that for players below a certain level, it’s all just chess and the strategies involved in the Grunfeld can be an excellent building block for future understanding.

Smyslovfan you bad ol puddy cat, how are you!

The grunfeld is a top level opening that is difficult for black to lose early and is difficult for white to maintain a lead. 

Svidler, Vachier-Lagrave, and AlphaZero play it.
Smyslov, Fischer, Kasparov used to play it.
It is awesome because black gets a queen's side pawn majority and thus a distant passed pawn b6 and thus black wins the endgame if he can defend against white's attack based on white's strong center d4-e4.
The Grünfeld is so strong, that some grandmasters like Korchnoi played the English opening to avoid the Grünfeld: 1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 g6 3 e4 Bg7 4 d4 and black is in the King's Indian Defence.
In the Yekaterinburg Candidates Tournament the Grünfeld was played 5 times: 5 draws.
Those 5 games are a good start to study the state of the art.