Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Bishop Attack
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1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Bc4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Bishop Attack824k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%300k48%
33%275k48%
7.5%62k49%
7.1%58k51%
5.3%43k45%
3.7%31k43%
2.5%21k48%
1.3%11k47%
0.7%5.9k47%
0.6%5.4k41%
Famous games in this line159 master games
Topalov, V. (2798) – Carlsen, M. (2876)Peng Zhaoqin (2392) – Malakhov, V. (2696)Rozentalis, Eduardas (2585) – Cicak, Slavko (2497)Khamrakulov, Dzhurabek (2524) – Dzhumaev, Marat (2552)Ivanovic, Bozidar (2535) – Todorcevic, Miodrag (2480)Bacrot, E. (2695) – Perez, Fl (2304)Potapov, P. (2482) – Golubov, Saveliy (2469)Rabiega, Robert (2475) – Urban, Klaudiusz (2470)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, M. · Malakhov, V. · Rozentalis, Eduardas · Bacrot, E.
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4
FianchettoAggressiveHypermodern
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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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