Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit
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1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Nc3d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit75k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%36k51%
26%20k54%
7.8%5.8k55%
7.1%5.3k53%
5.5%4.1k53%
2%1.5k50%
0.9%65446%
0.6%46547%
0.4%30052%
0.3%25053%
Famous games in this line497 master games
Vachier Lagrave, M. (2780) – Ponkratov, P. (2632)Predke, A. (2676) – Ponkratov, P. (2632)Mamedyarov, S.. (2770) – Chatalbashev, B.. (2530)Morozevich, A. (2656) – Ponkratov, P. (2630)Narayanan, SL. (2657) – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2614)Alekseenko, K. (2637) – Tomczak, J. (2631)Fier, A. (2558) – Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. (2641)Socko, Bartosz (2654) – Tomczak, Jacek (2541)Heroes of this opening Predke, A. · Mamedyarov, S.. · Morozevich, A. · Narayanan, SL.
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5
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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