Exact catalogue record

Mikenas DefenseA40

Mikenas Defense is the source catalogue’s name for the exact position reached by the move order below. It is filed under ECO A40, in volume A (flank openings, irregular first moves, and many English/Reti structures).

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1. Scope of this record
2. Comes from
3. Main continuations
4. Other records under Mikenas Defense
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ECO code

A40

Opening family

Mikenas Defense

Recorded half-moves

2

Last numbered move

1

Side to move

White

Castling rights

White kingside, White queenside, Black kingside, Black queenside

Material

Material is level

FEN

r1bqkbnr/pppppppp/2n5/8/3P4/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 1 2

Scope of this record

This page preserves a source name, one exact legal move sequence and its resulting FEN. It does not claim that the sequence is best, common or strategically self-contained. Opening names can cover several move orders; the links below report only parent, continuation and family relationships present in this catalogue.

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Comes from

• Queen's Pawn Game (A40)

Main continuations

• Montevideo Defense (A40)
• Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation (A40)
• Mikenas Defense: Lithuanian Variation (A40)
• Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit (A40)

Other records under Mikenas Defense

These records share the source catalogue’s family label; that relationship alone does not imply the same plans or resulting position.

• Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation (A40)
• Mikenas Defense: Lithuanian Variation (A40)
• Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit (A40)

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