Russian 5.Qb3
Grünfeld Defence · D97 · you play Black. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4
About the Russian 5.Qb3
The Russian System, 5.Qb3, wins the c4 pawn back with the queen and builds the centre with e4. Black plays ...Bg4, ...Nfd7 and ...Nb6 to harass the queen and attack d4. The Smyslov Variation is the classical answer.
Playing the Grünfeld Defence as Black? The Russian 5.Qb3 (D97) begins 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7, and is one of 3 lines you can practise here. Go through the Russian 5.Qb3 one move at a time, and when you know it, try to play the whole line without help. After the opening, the page shows the typical middlegame plans, the endgames that often follow and grandmaster games with the Russian 5.Qb3. Train it regularly as part of your set of defences against 1.e4 and 1.d4: the speed mode and drill show quickly which moves you still forget.