Chess openings / Modern Defense
Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation
Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation (B06) starts 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3. In 3,150 games between strong players, White wins 47%, 11% are drawn and Black wins 42%; the most played move is 4…Nf6 (39%).
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3
- ECO
- B06
- Games between strong players
- 3,150
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4…Nf6 | 39% (1,217) | Pirc Defense: Classical Variation | |
| 4…a6 | 37% (1,163) | – | |
| 4…c6 | 8% (255) | Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation | |
| 4…Nd7 | 5% (152) | – | |
| 4…Bg4 | 4% (136) | – | |
| 4…Nc6 | 4% (126) | – |
Where it comes from and where it goes
Branches from Modern Defense: Standard Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6
More Modern Defense lines
- Modern Defense 23,623 games
- Modern Defense: Standard Line 14,817 games
- Modern Defense: Averbakh System 3,834 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
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