Lifetime Repertoires Giri-s 1 E4 Part 3 Pgn -

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Bd2 e6 9.O-O-O Bb4 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Bd3 Nbd7 13.Rhe1 O-O-O 14.Bf1! +/= (Giri’s subtle retreat – preparing b4/c4).

{ Giri chooses 3.e5 (Advance) vs 1...c6 to avoid endgame lines after 3.Nc3 dxe4. } 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nh4! Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bd3 c5 10.c3 Nc6 11.Be3 {Solid space advantage.} Rc8 12.Qe2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nb6 14.a3 Nc4 15.Bc1 b5 16.f4 +/= (Giri – Rapport, 2023). Lifetime Repertoires Giri-s 1 E4 Part 3 pgn

{ Against Modern (1...g6 without d6 early): } 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.Bh6! Bxh6 9.Qxh6 c5 10.d5 Qb6 11.O-O e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.a4! +/=. Bxh6 9

{ ==================== SCANDINAVIAN ==================== } avoid early Qd2).

{ Against 3.Nd2 (Classical/Rubinstein): } 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 (3...c5) 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nf3 O-O 12.Bg5! h6 13.Bh4 Be8?! 14.Ng3! +/= (Giri’s preference – slow buildup, avoid early Qd2).

{ Giri uses the Austrian Attack (4.f4) against Pirc to avoid hypermodern complications. } 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Bg4 8.Be3 e5?! 9.d5 Nd4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd3 12.cxd3 +/= (Giri – Harikrishna, 2019).

{ If Black plays 3...c5 (the “Botvinnik” Caro): } 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.Bb5 e6 6.Be3!? {Giri’s choice – less common than Nf3, keeps tension.} Qa5+ 7.Nc3 Bxc5 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bd3 +/=.