Semi-Closed · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense
6/6
1.d4g62.c4Bg73.e4e5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense50k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
80%40k53%
7.6%3.8k54%
7%3.5k64%
3%1.5k51%
1.5%73848%
0.5%27665%
0.2%8549%
0%2452%
0%540%
0%367%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Riazantsev, A. (2646) – Morozevich, A. (2711)Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (2558) – Motwani, Paul (2501)Yurtaev, Leonid (2476) – Dzhumaev, Marat (2526)Maksimenko, An (2484) – Fernandez, Dan SIN (2465)Jurcik, Mari (2398) – Svoboda, S. (2397)Van Gisbergen, Stan (2350) – Martens, Martin (2390)Bauer, Peter2 (2210) – Vrona, Mihail (2405)Saitou, Atsushi (2218) – Hale, Andrew (2244)Heroes of this opening Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav · Yurtaev, Leonid · Maksimenko, An · Jurcik, Mari
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A41
- Line
- 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5
FianchettoHypermodern
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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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