Tree path 4 levels English Opening › Anglo-Indian Defense › Queen's Knight Variation › English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense
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- English Opening A10
- Anglo-Indian Defense A15
- Queen's Knight Variation A16
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English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense
Overview
English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A16.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation, which itself descends from the root opening English Opening.
It branches into 3 notable variations — English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation, English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 6 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- A16
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
960,262 games · White 48.5% / Draw 6.2% / Black 45.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxd5 | 706,723 | |
| d4 | 91,199 | |
| e3 | 60,206 | |
| g3 | 41,613 | |
| Nf3 | 23,440 | |
| d3 | 12,431 | |
| e4 | 10,648 | |
| b3 | 5,138 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:43:59
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Variations (3)
Show all 6 sub-variations (full subtree)
- A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 7-ply
- A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 10-ply
- A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 10-ply
- A17 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense 10-ply
- A16 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Anglo-Grünfeld Variation 8-ply
- A16 English Opening: Anglo-Grünfeld Defense, Korchnoi Variation 12-ply