Semi-Closed · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Randspringer Variation
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1.d4g62.c4Bg73.Nc3d64.e4f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Randspringer Variation64k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
28%18k55%
22%14k55%
19%12k50%
13%8.0k51%
4.5%2.8k51%
3.4%2.2k53%
2.6%1.6k49%
2.4%1.5k42%
1.2%74952%
0.8%52652%
Famous games in this line52 master games
Gurevich, Mikhail (2641) – Banikas, Hristos (2523)Huebner, Robert (2599) – Nikolaidis, Ioannis (2505)Stohl, Igor (2560) – Petran, Peter (2410)Rogoff, Kenneth (2520) – Van Wijgerden, Cor (2435)Lempert, Igor (2495) – Petkevich, Jusefs (2445)Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis (2445) – Zapata, Alonso (2435)Polgar, Zsuzsa (2495) – Vigh, Bela (2365)Ghitescu, Theodor (2460) – Grunberg, Sergiu Henric (2395)Heroes of this opening Banikas, Hristos · Huebner, Robert · Lempert, Igor · Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Closed
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A42
- Line
- 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 f5
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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