Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Fianchetto Gambit
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1.e4g62.d4f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Fianchetto Gambit27k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%14k65%
30%8.1k57%
8.6%2.3k59%
2.8%75952%
1.6%44053%
1.4%38153%
1.2%33951%
0.9%24960%
0.7%19656%
0.6%15648%
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 f5
GambitFianchettoHypermodern
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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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