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Grandmaster Repertoire 9

he Grinfeld Defence

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Boris Avruh

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Preface

he position which occurs ater the opening moves l.d4 lf6 2.c4 g6 3.lc3 d5 4.cxd5 lxd5 will

provide the starting point fo r this, the second volume in my two-part work on the Grinfeld. (I

m not sure if" Grinfeld Dence" is really an accurate term.) In case the reader is not yet fa miliar

with Vo lume One, I will once again share the story ofhow I became a devotee of this wonderful

opening. s I wrote in the Preface to the first volume:

"Ater I moved to Israel in 1995 my opening repertoire was rather shaky, so during my first

fe w months there I made a serious efort to improve it. Fortunately the Beer-Sheva Club

and its manager Ilyahu Levant provided the best possible conditions fo r such work. My first

coach in Israel was Mark Tseitlin, whom I continue to regard as something of a 'Grinfeld

guru'. I also received high qulity support from lex Huzman, a strong player who is best

known fo r being the long-term coach of Boris Gelfand.

Ever since my first few lessons with Mark, I immediately understood that the Grinfeld was

the opening fo r me. I was attracted by the combative and dynamic positions to which it leads,

and relished the prospect offighting fo r the initiative with the black pieces. It was especially

helpful that all the strong players in my new club knew this opening well. Indeed, in the

present work the reader will find plenty of references to the games of Mark Ts eitlin, Alex

Huzman, Alon Greenfeld, Victor Mikhalevski and Alex Finkel. At that time the influence of

the computer was not so strong, and by analysing together we managed to discover a lot of

interesting ideas. The Grinfeld has remained my first choice against 1.d4 fo r sixteen years

(and counting!), whereas against l.e4 I have changed quite a lot."

In the first volume I mentioned the problem of fighting against the Fianchetto Va riation, which I

had recommended in Grandmster Repertoire 2 -I.d4 olume Two. But this was not the only time

I had to ofer an antidote 'against myself'. I have used the main lines involving 3.lc3 d5 4.cxd5

lxd5 5.e4 in numerous games with the white pieces, and I continue to relish the challenges

presented by the Grinfeld from either side of the board. One of my fa vourite weapons with the

white pieces has been the fa mous 8J!b1 system, but as you can see in Chapters 13-16, Black is

currently doing fine there, so I have been fo rced to explore other avenues when playing against

my pet opening. Another critical battleground is the 7..c4 system, against which I decided

to ofer a choice between two diferent approaches fo r Black, details of which can be fo und in

Chapters 17-21.

his second volume completes my Grandmaster Repertoire in the Grinfeld. I have gained a lot of

enjoyment as well s excellent results over the board with this great opening, and I hope that my

two books will help the reader to do the same.

Boris Av rukh

Beer-Sheva, June 201 1

Contents

Key to Symbols used & Biblio g raphy

Various 5th Moves l.d4 J6 2. c4 g6 3.Jc3 d5 4.cxd5 Jxd5

4.cxd5 Jxd5 5.Jf3

2 5.Ja4

3 5.id2

4 5. g 3

Various 7th Moves l.d4 J6 2.c4 g6 3.Jc3 d5 4.xd5 Jxd5 5.e4 Jxc3

6.bxc3 �g7

5 7.i g 5

6 7.ia3

7 7.Wa4 t

8 7.ib5 t

l.d4 J6 2. c4 g6 3.Jc3 d5 4.xd5 Jxd5 5.e4 Jxc3 6.bxc3 �g7 7.�e3

9 Two Rook Moves

10 8.Jf3

108

11 8. W d2

134

l.d4 J6 2. c4 g6 3.Jc3 d5 4.xd5 Jxd5 5.e4 Jxc3 6.bxc3 �g7 7.J3

12 Various 8th Moves

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