Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...g6

Queen's Pawn: Modern
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. d4 g6

Queen's Pawn Opening: Modern Defence

1...g6

The Modern Defence is a solid, if not offbeat, response to White's 1. d4. Black gives up the centre in exchange for slower development on the kingside. White's most common reply is 2. e4, and Black usually responds with 3...Bg7 attacking the pawn and aiming at the d4-square.

White's options are many. Here are the 2 most popular:

  • 2. e4 - Pirc (Robatsch) or Modern transposition
  • 2. c4 - Heading for various queen's pawn games (e.g. KID, OID, QGD)

Theory table

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

1. d4 g6

2 3 4 5
Pirc Defence e4
...		 See 1. e4 g6 2. d4 =
c4
Bg7		 Nc3
d6		 Nf3
Nd7		 g3
e5		 Bg2
Ne7		 =
Beefeater defence ...
...		 ...
c5		 d5
Bxc3+		 bxc3
f5
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Queen's Pawn Modern Nf3



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References

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


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Chess Opening Theory
1. e4
1...e5 · Open
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
Four knights: (
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Italian game: (
)
Spanish game: (
)

With other 2nd moves:
2. Other

1...c5 · Sicilian
2. Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:

With 2...d6:

With 2...e6:

With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1... other
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4
1...d5 · Closed
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1...Nf6 · Indian
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other
1... other
Flank
Unorthodox
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