Modern Defense (모던 방어)

한국어

The Modern Defense family holds 39 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.

The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.

Main line

1. e4 g6

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1. e4
1… g6

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Modern Defense (B06)

1. e4 g6

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Variations in this family

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  1. A04Semi-Averbakh Variation, Polish Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qb6

  2. A04Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 Qa5+

  3. A04Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Accepted10 movesPlay this line

    1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. c4 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+

  4. A40Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit5 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5

  5. A40Beefeater Variation10 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5

  6. A41Modern Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6

  7. A41Neo-Modern Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5

  8. A42Averbakh System7 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4

  9. A42Kotov Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6

  10. A42Randspringer Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 f5

  11. A42Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch9 movesPlay this line

    1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3

  12. B06Modern Defense2 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6

  13. B06Modern Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7

  14. B06Fianchetto Gambit4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 f5

  15. B06Norwegian Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6

  16. B06Bishop Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4

  17. B06Standard Line5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3

  18. B06Three Pawns Attack5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4

  19. B06Westermann Gambit5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bd2

  20. B06Wind Gambit5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bd3

  21. B06Bishop Attack, Bücker Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 b5

  22. B06Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5

  23. B06Modern Pterodactyl6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5

  24. B06Mongredien Defense, with Nc36 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 b6

  25. B06Mongredien Defense, with Nf36 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6

  26. B06Standard Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6

  27. B06Pseudo-Austrian Attack7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4

  28. B06Two Knights Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3

  29. B06Bishop Attack, Monkey's Bum8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 e6 4. d4 Bxd4

  30. B06Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6

  31. B06Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6

  32. B06Anti-Modern9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qe2

  33. B06Dunworthy Variation10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d5 4. exd5 c6 5. dxc6 Bxd4

  34. B06Gurgenidze Defense10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. e5 h5

  35. B06Masur Gambit10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nh6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. exf5 O-O

  36. B06Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Declined10 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Qa5+

  37. B06Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation, Tal Gambit12 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2

  38. B07Geller's System7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3

  39. B27Pterodactyl Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Qa5

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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.