Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...g6

Modern Defence
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pppppp1p/6p1/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w
Moves: 1.e4 g6
ECO code: B06
Parent: King's Pawn Opening

Modern Defense

The Modern or Robatsch Defense. Black makes clear intentions to fianchetto a Bishop. Black firmly embraces the hypermodern approach of controlling the center from the sides. The Bishop can quickly take the strong diagonal a1-h8, and also provide some defense for the King if castling on this side.

Moves:

2. d4

2. Nf3

2. f4

White has also the possibility to launch a quick attack on the f7 pawn by the means of 2. Bc4 and Qf3.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. e4 g6

	2	3	4
Main Line	d4 Bg7	Nc3 d6	f4 Nf6	∞
	Nf3 Bg7	d4 d6		∞
	f4 Bg7	Nf3 d6		∞
Monkey's Bum	Bc4 Bg7	Qf3 e6	d4 Bxd4	=

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.

• Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14. 1999. Nick de Firmian, Walter Korn. ISBN 0-8129-3084-3.

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.