Winning against Grünfeld

The Grünfeld Defense is a very dynamic opening in which the black position in many variations seems to be hanging by a thread. However, this unstable balance is more than enough and the Grünfeld Defense is very popular - right up to the highest levels of top-level chess. As a white player in the Grünfeld Defense, you often have the feeling that your opponent keeps slipping through your fingers. No matter how hard you try, victory seems unattainable. Even in theoretical preparation and analysis, it seems difficult to find advantageous variations. Many variations end in a forced draw. This repertoire suggestion against the Grünfeld Defense, starting with 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be3, is based on a classical approach: White establishes a solid pawn center and uses it to exert positional pressure.