Semi-Open · a defense for Black

Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit

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1.e4g62.d4Nf63.e5Nh54.Be2d6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit14k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
91%13k38%
4.3%62145%
2.5%36657%
1.4%20755%
0.5%6638%
0.1%2053%
0.1%850%
0%721%
0%642%
0%633%
Famous games in this line53 master games
Caruana, F. (2819) – Carlsen, M. (2875)20190–1Adams, Michael (2728) – Carlsen, Magnus (2826)20101–0Anand, V. (2786) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2732)20170–1Leko, P. (2731) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2714)2014½–½Savchenko, Boris (2632) – Carlsen, Magnus (2802)20100–1Solak, D. (2632) – Rapport, R. (2704)20140–1Kovalev, Vl (2574) – Rapport, R. (2687)20130–1Antipov, M2. (2511) – Rapport, R. (2687)20130–1
Heroes of this opening Rapport, R. · Carlsen, Magnus · Adams, Michael · Nepomniachtchi, I.
Category
Semi-Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
B06
Line
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6
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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