Chess opening · ECO B06
Modern Defense
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7
Modern Defense is catalogued under ECO code B06. It is reached after 2 moves (4 half-moves): 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7. After the last move it is White to play. White opens 1. e4. It is the defining line of the Modern Defense family, which has 39 catalogued lines in total. 3 deeper lines continue from here, listed below.
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Continues with
- Modern Defense: Standard LineB06
- Modern Defense: Modern PterodactylB06
- Modern Defense: Standard DefenseB06
More Modern Defense lines
- Modern Defense: Fianchetto GambitB06
- Modern Defense: Norwegian DefenseB06
- Modern Defense: Pterodactyl VariationB27