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Modern Defense

1. e4 g6

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White to move

Legal moves
30
Games in the next 4 moves
442,824
Different positions among them
154,536
Named lines from here
41

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Also called the Robatsch Defense. Black fianchettoes the bishop on g7 first and decides about the centre later.

It is reached after 2 moves: 1. e4 g6.

White is to move and has 30 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 442,824 different games. Those games reach 154,536 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.9 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 41 further lines after this position, such as Norwegian Defense (2. d4 Nf6) and Fianchetto Gambit (2. d4 f5).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Modern Defense
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 442,824 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... g6Modern Defense

Named lines from here

Related openings

FEN

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