Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Bishop Attack, Bücker Gambit
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1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Bc4b5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Bishop Attack, Bücker Gambit489 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
54%26452%
38%18852%
2.5%1233%
1.4%757%
1.4%714%
0.8%425%
0.4%250%
0.2%1100%
0.2%10%
0.2%10%
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Vulevic, Vjekoslav (2315) – Klauser, Markus (2380)- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 b5
GambitFianchettoAggressiveHypermodern
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Letting White build the entire centre while fianchettoing quietly was considered close to disrespectful; Ufimtsev was playing it in the late 1930s, and Karl Robatsch did the theoretical work that turned it into a system — across much of Europe it is still called the Robatsch Defence. The big centre is not an asset — it's a target.
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