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Gruenfeld Defense, Exchange Variation, Modern Exchange Variation, Kramnik's line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.h3

ECO: D85

Average Player Rating: 2373

Performance Rating: 2430

Color: white

Opening Statistics

White Win %

39.8%

Black Win %

25.6%

Draw %

34.5%

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Trivia: The oldest surviving chess manual is from the Arab world and dates back to the 9th century.

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- Irving Chernev

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