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Queen's Pawn: Modern
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8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black pawnf7 black pawng7 black kingh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black pawnh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 white pawne4 black kingf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 black kinge2 white pawnf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

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Moves: 1. d4 g6

Queen's Pawn Opening: Modern Defence

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1...g6

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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

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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

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