Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A56), reached after 16 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6.

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About this opening

Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A56. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 16 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. O-O Nc6.

It belongs to the Grünfeld Defense family. Within that family this is a level-3 branch (the Three Knights Variation → Burille Variation → Reversed Tarrasch line). The immediate parent line is Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, transitioned via 8…Nc6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 c5, 3.e3 g6, 4.Nc3 Bg7, 5.Nf3 O-O, 6.Be2 cxd4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.