Albert Becker and Ernst Grünfeld drew a four-game Vienna match 2–2, one win each and two draws. The fourth game has a place in opening history: in it Grünfeld played the central counterattack that now bears his name.
Four games, honors even
Becker and Grünfeld each won once and drew twice. The one-for-one exchange of decisive results left neither player ahead after the fourth game.
The complete score set is preserved under a single Vienna match label. Its four games and 2–2 result distinguish it from the pair's separate two-game encounter in 1921.
The fourth game and a new defence
In the fourth game, Grünfeld answered White's broad pawn centre with ...d5 and then ...c5 after exchanging on c3. The sourced biographical record identifies this game as the tournament-practice debut of the system now called the Grünfeld Defence.
That historical association gives a drawn four-game match a legacy far beyond its final score: one of modern chess's central opening ideas appears here at its point of entry into serious competition.
Cross table
1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.