Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...Nf6/2. c4/2...g6/3. Nc3/3...d5/4. cxd5/4...Nxd5/5. Na4
Appearance
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Grünfeld Defence | |
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) | |
Moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 |
Grünfeld Defence - Nadanian Variation
[edit | edit source]5. Na4!?
[edit | edit source]This strange looking move was first employed by Ashot Nadanian in 1996. Usually it is not recommended to put Knights on the edge of the board, but here it is meaningful. White takes the important c5-square under control and going to force black's Knight from the center with е4. Eventually, the a4-Knight can occupy the c5-square and attack the pawn on b7.
Theory table
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||
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Na4 Bg7 |
e4 Nb6 |
Be3 O-O |
Nf3 Bg4 |
= | |||
... e5 |
dxe5 Bb4+ |
Bd2 Ne3 |
fxe3 Bxd2+ |
Qxd2 Qh4+ |
g3 Qxa4 |
∞ | |
... Nf6 |
Nf3 Bg7 |
g3 Nc6 |
Bf4 Nd5 |
∞ |
References
[edit | edit source]- Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.