Kaufman's New Repertoire for Black and White by Larry Kaufmann

Author:Larry Kaufmann
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: New in Chess

After the natural moves 5…♗g7 6.♗g2 0-0 7.0-0 I favor 7…c5. Now after White trades knights he can play either 9.d3 or 9.d4. The move 9.d4 is rather dangerous after 9…cxd4 10.♗e3! but the reply 10…d3! seems to lead to near-equality for Black. Instead, 9.d3 ♘c6 10.♗e3 is a dangerous gambit which gives White a pull if declined. So we take on b2 and retreat to f6 when attacked. Game 12.5 shows how Black can steer the game to the safety of an even-material bishops-of-opposite-color draw, or can play an original line I give which leads to the interesting balance of two bishops, rook, and extra pawn versus two rooks and a knight. So it seems to me that although 5.g3 should keep at least some edge, it is quite tiny with best play.

I conclude that the Anti-Grünfeld does not appear to give White any more of an edge than he gets in the real Grünfeld, but White does have a variety of interesting options here, so there is at least a reasonable case to be made for starting the game with 1.♘f3 if you expect to see the Grünfeld.

For this 2019 edition of the book, I close out this chapter with the symmetrical move 2…c5, intending to meet 3.♘c3 (or 3.g3) by 3…d5. This has become the preferred defense of the elite GMs who favor the Grünfeld. Black will usually play …g7-g6 soon, resulting in Grünfeld or Grünfeld-like positions, but the fact that he has not yet played …g7-g6 can work in his favor. This is now my main recommendation vs 1.♘f3. See Game 12.6.

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