Chess opening
Modern Defense: Standard LineB06
The Modern Defense: Standard Line is a chess opening classified under ECO code B06. It is reached after the moves:
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3
Play it vs Stockfish Open in analysis board
Comes from
Main continuations
- Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit (B06)
- Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl (B06)
- Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nc3 (B06)
- Modern Defense: Standard Defense (B06)
- Modern Defense: Two Knights Variation, Suttles Variation (B06)
- Modern Defense: Anti-Modern (B06)
- Modern Defense: Gurgenidze Defense (B06)
Related lines in the Modern Defense
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Polish Variation (A04)
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation (A04)
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Accepted (A04)
- Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation (A40)
- Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit (A40)
- Modern Defense (A41)
- Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense (A41)
- Modern Defense: Averbakh System (A42)
Train this opening
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