Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation, Tal Gambit
12/12
1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Nc3d64.Nf3c65.Bg5Qb66.Qd2Qxb2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation, Tal Gambit582 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
95%55453%
1.9%1127%
0.7%450%
0.5%30%
0.5%367%
0.3%250%
0.3%2100%
0.3%20%
0.2%10%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Fressinet, Laurent (2581) – Iordachescu, Viorel (2578)Murdzia, Piotr (2471) – Bartel, Mateusz (2624)Kogan, Artur (2475) – Kantsler, Boris (2455)Monroy, Charles (2338) – Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae (2493)Neimer, Vitaly (2350) – Kantsler, Boris (2474)Zlotnikov, Mikhail (2346) – Kobas, Adnan (2285)Drljevic, Ljilja (2218) – Bukal, Vladimir Jr (2387)Heroes of this opening Fressinet, Laurent · Monroy, Charles · Neimer, Vitaly · Zlotnikov, Mikhail
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2
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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