Svetushkin: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld Klassiker The Opening

The Opening

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Svetushkin: The Ultimate Anti-Grünfeld Klassiker The OpeningBy playing 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3, White kills three birds with one shot. First of all, this is a natural way of seizing space. The second merit of 3. f3 is that it throws the Grnfeld fans out of their main repertoire. The third point is that it allows White to delay the development of his queen's knight. While in most systems its natural stand is on c3, against c5 plans it may go to d2 or a3, leaving c3 free for the other knight. Of course, Black