Answers.Body: <p>In <a href="https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/103/grandmaster_repertoire_8_-_the_grunfeld_defence_volume_one_by_boris_avrukh/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Volume 1</a> of his high-quality series on the Grünfeld for black, GM Avrukh recommends 3....b5!?, "playing in the spirit of the Benko Gambit". On page 6 of the <a href="https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GrandmasterRepertoire8-Excerpt.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PDF excerpt</a>, you can find his analysis.</p>
  
  <p>However, this may not be to everyone's taste. Instead, he also gives the line 3....c6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Bg7 etc... "with equal chances". To me, this seems a good way to play: black has several ways to develop his pieces on the queen side and to create counterplay (e.g. Nbd7-c5, e6) and it is not necessary to memorize any complicated lines.</p>
  
  <p>With 3.d5 white indeed avoids any Grünfeld structures, but it is relatively harmless and black can develop quite harmoniously.</p>
  
  <pre>
  <code>
        [StartPly "5"]
  
        [FEN ""]
        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 c6 (3...b5) 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 e6
  
  </code>
  </pre>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2017-10-02T10:35:11.333Z
Answers.Text: Thanks, I'll definitely adopt the 3...b5 line. It leads to interesting positions.
Answers.UserDisplayName: loukios
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2017-10-02T15:50:00.710Z
Answers.Text: Good luck in your future games!
Answers.UserDisplayName: Maxwell86
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2017-10-02T09:58:16.583Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2017-10-04T07:17:32.563Z
Answers.LastEditDate: 2017-10-04T07:17:32.563Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Maxwell86
Body: <p>This is not the most famous anti-Grünfeld out there, but the move <code>3. d5</code> is a bit unconfortable for a Grünfeld player, at least for me. </p>
  
  <p>Main moves are <code>3...Bg7</code> and <code>3...c6</code> challenging the <code>d5</code> pawn right away. But I don't see a clear follow-up in either case. 
  What would you recommand considering I'm not a King's indian player ?</p>
  
  <pre><code>rnbqkb1r/pppppp1p/5np1/3P4/2P5/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
  </code></pre>
  
Tags: <opening><1.d4><grunfeld-defense>
Title: Black's reply against anti-Grünfeld (3.d5)
ThreadText: # Black's reply against anti-Grünfeld (3.d5)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-02)
  
  This is not the most famous anti-Grünfeld out there, but the move `3. d5` is a bit unconfortable for a Grünfeld player, at least for me.
  
  Main moves are `3...Bg7` and `3...c6` challenging the `d5` pawn right away. But I don't see a clear follow-up in either case.
  What would you recommand considering I'm not a King's indian player ?
  
  ```
  rnbqkb1r/pppppp1p/5np1/3P4/2P5/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** opening, 1.d4, grunfeld-defense
  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-02. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  In [Volume 1](https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/103/grandmaster_repertoire_8_-_the_grunfeld_defence_volume_one_by_boris_avrukh/) of his high-quality series on the Grünfeld for black, GM Avrukh recommends 3....b5!?, "playing in the spirit of the Benko Gambit". On page 6 of the [PDF excerpt](https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/GrandmasterRepertoire8-Excerpt.pdf), you can find his analysis.
  
  However, this may not be to everyone's taste. Instead, he also gives the line 3....c6 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Bg7 etc... "with equal chances". To me, this seems a good way to play: black has several ways to develop his pieces on the queen side and to create counterplay (e.g. Nbd7-c5, e6) and it is not necessary to memorize any complicated lines.
  
  With 3.d5 white indeed avoids any Grünfeld structures, but it is relatively harmless and black can develop quite harmoniously.
  
  ```
  
        [StartPly "5"]
  
        [FEN ""]
        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 c6 (3...b5) 4.Nc3 cxd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.Be3 Nc5 10.Nd2 e6
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks, I'll definitely adopt the 3...b5 line. It leads to interesting positions.  
  > **username_1**: Good luck in your future games!  
  
  ---
  
  