Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...g6

Queen's Pawn: Modern
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Queen's Pawn: ModernEdit

1...g6Edit

As with many of Black's off-beat 1st move alternatives, this move does not hold independent status as it usually transposes into other mainstream openings. It's quite a good move but usually the mainline is part of another opening. White may transpose into the Pirc or Modern defence by playing 2. e4, so black must enjoy playing these defences or should shy from this move.

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)

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Theory tableEdit

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		=
Queen's Pawn Modern	Nf3					=

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ReferencesEdit

• Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.

External linksEdit

• 365Chess. 1.d4. g6
• chessgames. 1.d4 g6