Semi-Closed · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit
5/5
1.d4g62.h4Nf63.h5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit4.6k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
79%3.6k50%
11%48144%
4.4%20244%
2.1%9543%
1.7%7942%
0.4%1853%
0.4%1825%
0.3%1443%
0.2%1136%
0.2%1132%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Sichinava, Z. (2298) – Matlakov, M. (2686)David, Alberto (2455) – Kantsler, Boris (2495)Samovojska, Damir (2355) – Dizdar, Goran (2535)Casagrande, Harald (2365) – Lau, Ralf (2510)Novik, Maxim (2490) – Klimakovs, Sergejs (2287)Mukic, Josko (2365) – Sarno, Spartaco (2412)Casagrande, Harald (2385) – Rolletschek, Heinrich (2370)Heroes of this opening Kantsler, Boris · Dizdar, Goran · Lau, Ralf · Klimakovs, Sergejs
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5
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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