Grandmaster Repertoire is a series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for the club championship

Grandmaster Repertoire 8 - The Grünfeld Defence Volume One offers a repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6. This volume covers the Fianchetto Variation, the Russian Variation with 5.Qb3, the Bf4 and Bg5 lines, as weil as all White's minor tries. Grandmaster Repertoire 9 will complete the repertoire.

• Hundreds of novelties
• Busts many recommended lines
• Critlcal llnes explained by an expert
• A world-class repertoire aqainst 1.d4

Boris Avrukh is a grand master from Israel. He is an Olympiad gold medaIlist, former World Junior Champion and analysis partner of World Championship finalists. Avrukh's two previous Grandmaster Repertoire books on 1.d4 received universal rave reviews and have been hugely influential on chess players all over the world, including at the very highest level.

Content:
006 Key to Symbols used & Bibliography

Early Deviations 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6

007 1 Rare Third Moves

013 2 3.f3

Fianchetto Systems 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb6

037 3 Rare Lines

043 4 5.b3

050 5 Rare Seventh Moves

058 6 7.Qb3

067 7 White exchanges on d5

Various 4th Moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5

085 8 Rare Options

094 9 4.Qa4+

104 10 4.Qb3

Closed Variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7

115 11 Various Fifth Moves

127 12 5.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4

148 13 Sidelines

157 14 6.Rc1

172 15 5.e3 c5 - Introduction and Sidelines

187 16 7.Rc1 - Sidelines and 9.Nge2

203 17 9.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5

226 18 Sidelines

242 19 5.Bf4

255 20 5.Bh4 - Sidelines

259 21 7.e3 - Sidelines

266 22 8.Rb1

275 23 8.Nf3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7

291 24 Rare Fifth Moves

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4

296 25 6.Bh4

304 26 6.cxd5

Russian System1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Nc6

317 27 Without 8.Be2

327 28 8.Be2

341 Variation Index