Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.chesspublishing.com/" rel="nofollow">chesspublishing.com</a> has seven well-annotated (by GMs Glenn Flear and Neil McDonald) games starting with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.b4, ranging from 1999 to 2009. They're not free, though.</p>
  
  <p>The games are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Rabrenovic - Atalik 1999</li>
  <li>Aleksandrov - Oral 2000</li>
  <li>Bruzon Batista - Sutovsky 2004</li>
  <li>Suvrajit - Harika 2004</li>
  <li>Georgiev - Holzke 2007</li>
  <li>Akobian - Perelshteyn 2007</li>
  <li>Akobian - Ponomariov 2009</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>All have lots of verbal annotations and variations, at about the level of detail you'd expect to see in a opening book that is organized by annotated games.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Interesting, thanks! Can you share any more info, e.g. players involved in the contests? I doubt that I'd shell out their subscription fee just to get these 7 games, no matter who the players are, but I *know* I won't without knowing. :)
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Answers.Body: <p>Chess.com has a few hundred examples:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chess.com/games/results?e=776&amp;ml=MS5kNCBOZjYgMi5jNCBnNiAzLk5jMyBkNSA0Lk5mMyBCZzcgNS5lMyBPLU8gNi5iNA%3D%3D" rel="nofollow">http://www.chess.com/games/results?e=776&amp;ml=MS5kNCBOZjYgMi5jNCBnNiAzLk5jMyBkNSA0Lk5mMyBCZzcgNS5lMyBPLU8gNi5iNA%3D%3D</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I would appreciate references to sources, be they books or any other sort of media, that contain annotated games in the Makogonov Variation of the Grünfeld Defense (two possible move-orders for which are given below):</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4) Bg7 5.b4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I would imagine that some books specifically on the Grünfeld would have what I'm after, but I don't know that literature well at all, and the couple I've looked at don't have tons of info. For instance, <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/9056913719"><em>The Kaufman Repertoire for Black &amp; White</em></a> proposes the Grünfeld against <code>1.d4</code>, but the sum total of its coverage of the Makogonov (unless I missed something) is to give the following single line assessment, with no words or additional analysis:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 a4 9.Ba3 Be6 $10
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I mention that only as a fact, not as criticism, since the Makogonov doesn't seem to be regarded as a critical test for the Grünfeld, and Kaufman has to choose where to focus.</p>
  
  <p>Avrukh's <a href="http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/103/grandmaster_repertoire_8_-_the_grunfeld_defence_volume_one_by_boris_avrukh/"><em>Grandmaster Repertoire 8: Grünfeld Defence, Volume One</em></a> gives more to chew on, offering 4+ solid pages on the Makogonov in tree-of-variations form, and it mentions a handful of games where some of the lines come from. But still, that's not quite what I'm after; I'd like to find some Makogonov Variation games that are annotated <em>qua</em> complete games, in order to get a "feel" for this variation. So, to recap:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Can someone point me to some complete, annotated games in the Makogonov Grünfeld?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Title: Annotated games in the Makogonov Grünfeld?
ThreadText: # Annotated games in the Makogonov Grünfeld?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2012-12-01)
  
  I would appreciate references to sources, be they books or any other sort of media, that contain annotated games in the Makogonov Variation of the Grünfeld Defense (two possible move-orders for which are given below):
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.b4) Bg7 5.b4
  
  ```
  
  I would imagine that some books specifically on the Grünfeld would have what I'm after, but I don't know that literature well at all, and the couple I've looked at don't have tons of info. For instance, [*The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White*](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/9056913719) proposes the Grünfeld against `1.d4`, but the sum total of its coverage of the Makogonov (unless I missed something) is to give the following single line assessment, with no words or additional analysis:
  
  ```
  [FEN ""]
  
  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.b4 c6 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 a4 9.Ba3 Be6 $10
  
  ```
  
  I mention that only as a fact, not as criticism, since the Makogonov doesn't seem to be regarded as a critical test for the Grünfeld, and Kaufman has to choose where to focus.
  
  Avrukh's [*Grandmaster Repertoire 8: Grünfeld Defence, Volume One*](http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/103/grandmaster_repertoire_8_-_the_grunfeld_defence_volume_one_by_boris_avrukh/) gives more to chew on, offering 4+ solid pages on the Makogonov in tree-of-variations form, and it mentions a handful of games where some of the lines come from. But still, that's not quite what I'm after; I'd like to find some Makogonov Variation games that are annotated *qua* complete games, in order to get a "feel" for this variation. So, to recap:
  
  > Can someone point me to some complete, annotated games in the Makogonov Grünfeld?
  
  **Tags:** opening, master-games, grunfeld-defense
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: To make the search more challenging, Ed is a USCF Expert, so he probably doesn't need B-player annotations. :-)  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2013-05-20. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  [chesspublishing.com](http://www.chesspublishing.com/) has seven well-annotated (by GMs Glenn Flear and Neil McDonald) games starting with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.b4, ranging from 1999 to 2009. They're not free, though.
  
  The games are:
  
  * Rabrenovic - Atalik 1999
  * Aleksandrov - Oral 2000
  * Bruzon Batista - Sutovsky 2004
  * Suvrajit - Harika 2004
  * Georgiev - Holzke 2007
  * Akobian - Perelshteyn 2007
  * Akobian - Ponomariov 2009
  
  All have lots of verbal annotations and variations, at about the level of detail you'd expect to see in a opening book that is organized by annotated games.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Interesting, thanks! Can you share any more info, e.g. players involved in the contests? I doubt that I'd shell out their subscription fee just to get these 7 games, no matter who the players are, but I *know* I won't without knowing. :)  
  > **username_2**: I have added more detail to my answer.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2013-04-19. Score: 0
  
  Chess.com has a few hundred examples:
  
  <http://www.chess.com/games/results?e=776&ml=MS5kNCBOZjYgMi5jNCBnNiAzLk5jMyBkNSA0Lk5mMyBCZzcgNS5lMyBPLU8gNi5iNA%3D%3D>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Are any of them annotated?  
  
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