Semi-Open · a defense for Black
Modern Defense: Westermann Gambit
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1.e4g62.d4Bg73.Bd2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Modern Defense: Westermann Gambit18k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
40%7.4k48%
19%3.5k44%
8.6%1.6k38%
8.2%1.5k52%
5.4%98950%
4.9%89854%
3.7%68857%
3.6%65652%
2%36940%
1.2%22546%
- Family
- Modern Defense
- Category
- Semi-Open
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- B06
- Line
- 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bd2
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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