Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O

ECO D74

The Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation is a chess opening reached after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.O-O, catalogued under code D74 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move O-O is chosen by White on move 7.

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