Semi-Open · a defense for Black

Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation, Tal Gambit

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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)20011–0Murdzia, Piotr (2471)Bartel, Mateusz (2624)2013½–½Kogan, Artur (2475)Kantsler, Boris (2455)1996½–½Monroy, Charles (2338)Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae (2493)20041–0Neimer, Vitaly (2350)Kantsler, Boris (2474)20091–0Zlotnikov, Mikhail (2346)Kobas, Adnan (2285)20051–0Drljevic, Ljilja (2218)Bukal, Vladimir Jr (2387)2009½–½
Heroes of this opening Fressinet, Laurent · Monroy, Charles · Neimer, Vitaly · Zlotnikov, Mikhail
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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