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Modern Defense

Black lets White build the center and puts the bishop on the long diagonal to hit it later.

4 openings · 14 lines

Modern Defense

You play WhiteECO code B06Difficulty: Medium16 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3
  2. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5
  3. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2
  4. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2
  5. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nh6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. exf5
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Modern Defense

You play WhiteECO code A40Difficulty: Medium3 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5
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Modern Defense

You play Black1. d4ECO code A40Difficulty: Medium7 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6
  2. 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6
  3. 1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5
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Modern Defense

You play Black1. e4ECO code B06Difficulty: Medium14 moves to learn

Lines

  1. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2
  2. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Qa5+
  3. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 b5
  4. 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6
  5. 1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 e6 4. d4 Bxd4
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