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The Modern Defense (also known as the Robatsch Defence after Karl Robatsch) is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it. The Modern Defense usually starts with the opening moves: 1. e4 g6
A distinction is usually drawn between the Pirc and lines where Black delays the development of his knight to f6, or omits it altogether; this is known as the Modern or Robatsch Defence. The tenth edition of Modern Chess Openings (1965) grouped the Pirc and Robatsch together as the "Pirc–Robatsch Defense".
Modern Defense: Averbakh System: 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 ... Modern Defense: Geller's System: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3; B08 Pirc, Classical (Two ...
The Modern Variation is the most common variation of the Alekhine Defence. As in the Exchange Variation, White accepts a more modest spatial advantage with the expectation of maintaining it. There are a number of possible Black responses: 4...Bg4, pinning the knight is the most common response, which White usually parries with 5.Be2. Black will ...
The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves: . 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6. The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit.Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively, although Steinitz essayed it in the first official World Chess Championship of 1886.
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[13] [14] Anatoly Karpov faced the Najdorf many times with the white pieces, and frequently opted for the Classical/Opočenský Variation (6.Be2) (inspired by Efim Geller, who acted as Karpov’s second). [15] The Classical Variation aims to castle kingside for a more positional game, which suited Karpov's style. [16]
(Black players leery of the double-fianchetto system, where White plays g3 and b3 and fianchettos both bishops, have preferred 5...g6 intending 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 Nxa6! The point is that it is awkward for White to meet the threat of ...Nb4, hitting d5 and a2, when Nc3 may often be met by ...Nfxd5 because of the latent pin down the long diagonal .