Modern Defense
Modern Defense (B06) starts 1.e4 g6. In 23,623 games between strong players, White wins 46%, 11% are drawn and Black wins 43%; the most played move is 2.d4 (82%).
1.e4 g6
- ECO
- B06
- Games between strong players
- 23,623
- To move
- White
White wins, draws and Black wins, from this position.
What strong players play next
The moves played most from this position in over-the-board broadcasts and the Lichess Elite Database, how often, and how the games ended.
| Move | Played | Results | Leads to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.d4 | 82% (19,430) | – | |
| 2.Nc3 | 5% (1,231) | – | |
| 2.Nf3 | 5% (1,189) | – | |
| 2.h4 | 4% (985) | – | |
| 2.d3 | 1% (198) | – | |
| 2.g3 | 1% (157) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from King's Pawn Game 1.e4
- Modern Defense: Standard Line 14,817 games
- Modern Defense: Geller's System 828 games
- Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense 753 games
- Rat Defense: Accelerated Gurgenidze 596 games
- Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack 365 games
- Modern Defense: Bishop Attack 132 games
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nf3 75 games
Top players' games in the Modern Defense, reviewed
Every Modern Defense line
- Modern Defense: Standard Line 14,817 games
- Modern Defense: Standard Defense 10,053 games
- Modern Defense: Averbakh System 3,834 games
- Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation 3,150 games
- Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack 1,897 games
- Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl 1,352 games
- Modern Defense: Geller's System 828 games
- Modern Defense: Kotov Variation 827 games
- Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit 758 games
- Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense 753 games
- Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation 605 games
- Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation 416 games
- Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack 365 games
- Modern Defense: Gurgenidze Defense 232 games
- Modern Defense: Bishop Attack 132 games
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation 105 games
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nc3 88 games
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nf3 75 games
- Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit 75 games
- Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch 55 games
- Modern Defense: Pterodactyl Variation 52 games
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