Semi-Closed · a defense for Black

Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense

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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)2015½–½Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav (2558)Motwani, Paul (2501)20091–0Yurtaev, Leonid (2476)Dzhumaev, Marat (2526)20071–0Maksimenko, An (2484)Fernandez, Dan SIN (2465)20191–0Jurcik, Mari (2398)Svoboda, S. (2397)20231–0Van Gisbergen, Stan (2350)Martens, Martin (2390)1992½–½Bauer, Peter2 (2210)Vrona, Mihail (2405)1994½–½Saitou, Atsushi (2218)Hale, Andrew (2244)2019½–½
Heroes of this opening Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav · Yurtaev, Leonid · Maksimenko, An · Jurcik, Mari
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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