Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5

ECO D71

The Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation is a chess opening reached after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5, catalogued under code D71 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nxd5 is chosen by Black on move 5.

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