Chess openings / Modern Defense
Modern Defense: Standard Line
Modern Defense: Standard Line (B06) starts 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3. In 14,817 games between strong players, White wins 47%, 11% are drawn and Black wins 43%; the most played move is 3…d6 (49%).
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3
- ECO
- B06
- Games between strong players
- 14,817
- To move
- Black
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3…d6 | 49% (7,196) | Modern Defense: Standard Defense | |
| 3…c6 | 23% (3,461) | – | |
| 3…c5 | 9% (1,261) | Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl | |
| 3…a6 | 8% (1,111) | – | |
| 3…e6 | 5% (806) | – | |
| 3…d5 | 5% (760) | Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Modern Defense 1.e4 g6
- Modern Defense: Standard Defense 10,053 games
- Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl 1,352 games
- Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit 758 games
- Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation 605 games
- Modern Defense: Gurgenidze Defense 232 games
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nc3 88 games
More Modern Defense lines
- 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: Geller's System 828 games
- Modern Defense: Kotov Variation 827 games
- Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense 753 games
- Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation 416 games
- Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack 365 games
- Modern Defense: Bishop Attack 132 games
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation 105 games
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nf3 75 games
- Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit 75 games
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