user167: 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):
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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 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:
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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 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?


user291: 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.

167: <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>
 291: <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>
