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LeeRoth God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/22/05	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #9 - 12/03/11 at 17:06:31	Post Tools	Print Post
	If memory serves, Dunnington recommended 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.Nge2. More commmon is 9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.0-0 Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 Now, 14.Nd5 is the old move. But White fails to get an advantage after either 14..e5 15.Bh2 Be6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Qc4 Nf6 18.e4 Rac8 or 15.Rxc6 bxc6 16.Ne7 Kh8 17.Nxc6 Qb6 18.Ncxe5 Be6 14.g4 is the latest trend. It looks wrong for White to ruin his pawn structure like this, but such is modern chess. White plays for dynamic activity. 14..Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Rad8 17.Rd5 was Postny-Caruna, EU-Ch Aix-les-Bains, 2011. And here Postny indicates in his notes that Svidler's move 17...Qa3! is the most precise way to equality.


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HoemberChess God Member Offline Posts: 512 Location: Lake d4 on Planet Chess Joined: 10/08/07 Gender:	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #8 - 12/01/11 at 13:55:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	TN wrote on 10/21/11 at 06:32:05: Out of interest, are you intending to meet 5...0-0 with 6.e3 or 6.Rc1? 6.Rc1

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Smyslov_Fan God Member Correspondence fan Offline Progress depends on the unreasonable man. ~GBS Posts: 6902 Joined: 06/15/05	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #7 - 10/21/11 at 06:32:59	Post Tools	Print Post
	I like Dreev's handling of this opening, deferring Nf3 as long as possible because in many situations Nge2 is more challenging for Black. Karpov covered Nf3 and Bf4 in Beating the Grunfeld. I don't know of too many repertoire books that cover the Grunfeld from White's perspective. Has Khalifman written an OFWADreev?


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TN God Member Offline Posts: 3420 Joined: 11/07/08 Gender:	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #6 - 10/21/11 at 06:32:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	Out of interest, are you intending to meet 5...0-0 with 6.e3 or 6.Rc1?

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Gilchrist is a legend God Member Offline Posts: 1039 Location: Manchester, UK Joined: 03/02/10	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #5 - 10/20/11 at 20:43:07	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have Dunnington's book, except I bought it in Spain so it is in Spanish. The 4. Bf4 line is the line with the pawn exchanges on c5 and c4.

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gewgaw God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing.com! Posts: 687 Location: europe Joined: 09/09/04	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #4 - 10/20/11 at 20:31:49	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hóember Chess - why do you want to play this line? Is there a model game, that inspired you?

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nimzo5 Junior Member Offline d4! Posts: 92 Location: USA Joined: 09/06/09 Gender:	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #3 - 10/20/11 at 20:22:04	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think the point is that the traditional Bf4 followed by e3 is not played in this line.

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gwnn Senior Member Offline Posts: 472 Joined: 03/21/11	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #2 - 10/19/11 at 15:51:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	I know Angus Dunnington had a Bf4 line vs the Grunfeld in his d4 book (which is of course quite old now). edit: it's 4 Bf4 actually. I guess he plays Nf3 later though?


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fling God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 1591 Joined: 01/21/11 Gender:	Re: any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld? Reply #1 - 10/19/11 at 13:42:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	The books I can think of right now are: Understanding the Grunfeld - Rowson The Safest Grunfeld - Delchev and Agrest GM Repertoire 8 or 9 - Avrukh Maybe also Dangerous Weapons?


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any book on the "Nf3+Bf4"-Grünfeld?
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I am including it in my (White) repertoire right now.

I have checked them out:
Dreev: My 100 Best Games (2007)
Ftacnik's Repertoire DVD for White (2010)

What other literature on the subject exists?

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