Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense
4/4
1.e4g62.d4Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense352k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
36%127k50%
34%120k50%
13%46k50%
5.1%18k45%
2.8%10.0k49%
2.5%8.7k43%
2.4%8.3k45%
1.1%3.7k44%
0.9%3.3k43%
0.7%2.4k49%
Famous games in this line243 master games
Caruana, F. (2819) – Carlsen, M. (2875)Anand, V. (2767) – Carlsen, M. (2875)Adams, Michael (2728) – Carlsen, Magnus (2826)Predke, A. (2676) – Carlsen, M. (2872)Carlsen, Magnus (2835) – McShane, Luke J (2706)Anand, V. (2786) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2732)Aronian, L.. (2781) – Nakamura, Hi (2736)Grischuk, Alexander (2717) – Aronian, Levon (2752)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Adams, Michael · Nepomniachtchi, I. · Grischuk, Alexander
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6
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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