vs Grünfeld: 4.Bf4
Against the Grünfeld · D82 · you play White. 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5
About the vs Grünfeld: 4.Bf4
4.Bf4 against the Grünfeld pressures c7 and keeps things solid. White plays e3, Rc1 and Nf3, wins back material after ...Qa5 and ...Qxc5, and keeps the bishop pair. It avoids the heaviest Grünfeld theory.
Playing the Against the Grünfeld as White? The vs Grünfeld: 4.Bf4 (D82) begins 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7, and is one of 3 lines you can practise here. Go through the vs Grünfeld: 4.Bf4 one move at a time, and when you know it, try to play the whole line without help. Knowing the moves is only half the work, so this page also covers the plans for the middlegame, the endgames to aim for and some grandmaster games. Train it regularly as part of your set of lines to play with White: the speed mode and drill show quickly which moves you still forget.