Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack
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1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Nc3d64.f4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack719k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
41%292k44%
15%106k46%
12%84k43%
8.8%63k49%
7.7%56k45%
5.9%43k41%
2.5%18k49%
1.9%14k36%
1.8%13k41%
1.5%11k40%
Famous games in this line5.4k master games
Anand, V. (2793) – Caruana, F. (2829)Nakamura, Hi (2769) – Carlsen, M. (2843)Anand, V. (2797) – Caruana, F. (2811)Aronian, Levon (2813) – Svidler, Peter (2769)Karjakin, Sergey (2760) – Kramnik, Vladimir (2791)Anand, V. (2759) – Nakamura, Hi (2769)Anand, V. (2776) – Nepomniachtchi, I. (2751)Anand, V. (2782) – Fedoseev, Vl3 (2718)Heroes of this opening Anand, V. · Caruana, F. · Svidler, Peter · Karjakin, Sergey
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4
FianchettoAggressiveHypermodern
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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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