Modern Defense

1.e4 g6. ECO A04–B27, 39 named variations.

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Modern Defense

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Tactics from the Modern Defense 200 puzzles

All Modern Defense variations

ECOVariation
B06 Modern Defense
1.e4 g6
B06 Modern Defense
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7
B06 Fianchetto Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 f5
B06 Norwegian Defense
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6
B06 Bishop Attack
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4
A40 Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit
1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5
B06 Standard Line
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3
B06 Three Pawns Attack
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4
B06 Westermann Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bd2
B06 Wind Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bd3
A41 Modern Defense
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
B06 Bishop Attack, Bücker Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 b5
B06 Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d5
B06 Modern Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5
B06 Mongredien Defense, with Nc3
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 b6
B06 Mongredien Defense, with Nf3
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 b6
A41 Neo-Modern Defense
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 e5
B06 Standard Defense
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
A42 Averbakh System
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4
B07 Geller's System
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3
B06 Pseudo-Austrian Attack
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4
B06 Two Knights Variation
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3
B06 Bishop Attack, Monkey's Bum
1.e4 g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 3.Qf3 e6 4.d4 Bxd4
A42 Kotov Variation
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nc6
B06 Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 d6
B27 Pterodactyl Variation
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5
A42 Randspringer Variation
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 f5
A04 Semi-Averbakh Variation, Polish Variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 Qb6
A04 Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 Qa5+
B06 Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d6
B06 Anti-Modern
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qe2
A42 Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.f3
A40 Beefeater Variation
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5
B06 Dunworthy Variation
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d5 4.exd5 c6 5.dxc6 Bxd4
B06 Gurgenidze Defense
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 d5 5.e5 h5
B06 Masur Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nh6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bxh6 Bxh6 5.exf5 O-O
A04 Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Accepted
1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c4 c5 5.dxc5 Qa5+
B06 Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Declined
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Qa5+
B06 Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation, Tal Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Qd2 Qxb2

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