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An idea for the c3 modern from Leela
They've been playing a bunch of moderns in the TCEC lately and this one caught my eye. Maybe interesting if you care about the Nf3/Bd3/c3 modern setups.


Started 12/15/22 at 11:21:31 by RosemarysBaby
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Exploiting Black's move order in Tiger's Modern
Consider the Austrian Attack vs. the Modern with a6:
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3
Here Tiger (in "Tiger's Modern"), Khalifman (in "Opening for White according to Anand IV") and th...

Started 03/22/10 at 14:33:05 by Lobachevsky
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Anti-Gurgenidze Variation
Hello all,
I wondered if anybody knows about a variation a clubmate recently played in one of his games.
The game went 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4!? - While this move is quite obvious (p...

Started 01/24/06 at 14:38:23 by IM Christoph Wisnewski
4 3766 Last Post 01/26/06 at 22:04:19
By: WilhelmHH
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Modern -- Averbakh line with ..Ne5
I recently bought the McDonald and Speelman book on the Modern.  In his introductory remarks on the Averbakh, Speelman gives a preview of the included games.  He mentions the line 1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.e4...

Started 02/28/08 at 03:47:00 by LeeRoth
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By: parisestmagique
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Modern Defense
8) Looking for as much info on the modern that i can find. i rarely transpose 2 the pirc, so just pure modern info.I own Speelman and McDonald's book and winning with the modern by Norwood. How will ...

Started 08/09/03 at 12:40:25 by htownmmm
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By: htownmmm
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Any move orders the Modern should avoid?
I'm curious about move orders in the Modern that shouldn't be used when White uses certain openings that might trick or confuse Modern defenses.
For example, I was surprised one day into being tr...

Started 04/18/15 at 00:41:10 by HagenWatch1
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Modern Defence, Gausel system etc.
I'm interested in Gausel's interpretation of the Modern after 3 Nc3. He plays 3 ...a6!?, so that 4 Nf3 can be met by 4 ...d6 but 4 f4 by the immediate 4 ...b5!, delaying (or even omitting) ...d6. Afte...

Started 05/17/05 at 09:46:29 by Michael Ayton
5 3915 Last Post 08/09/05 at 18:24:37
By: Michael Ayton
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Modern, Gurgenidze systems
Nowadays there are, it seems, no fewer than four Gurgenidze systems Black can play via the Modern! What do people think of the soundness and relative merits of these, esp. Azmaiparashvili's system? Be...

Started 01/15/05 at 08:37:08 by Michael Ayton
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By: IM Christoph Wisnewski
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Combined Anti-Pirc/Anti-Modern/Anti-Gurgenidze
Since I more or less already started a thread on this topic, I apologize for opening a new one; but since the material I obtained is beyond the scope of the previous thread, I hope this thread to be m...

Started 03/22/06 at 07:33:55 by IM Christoph Wisnewski
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By: JEH
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Davies Modern vs. Tiger's Modern?
I was wondering if Nigel Davies "Starting Out: The Modern Defense" and "Tiger's Modern" cover the same variations, and if anyone who's read both could compare them? I know they both deal with an early...

Started 11/13/10 at 03:52:53 by Carld
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By: HgMan
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Modern Defence 4 f4 Nc6!?
I wonder if someone with a copy of Carpathian Warrior can help me. I recall it discusses the Modern line 3 Nc3 d6 4 f4 Nc6!? 5 Bb5!? a6 6 Bc6 bc 7 Nf3 Nf6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Qe1, and gives a variation (based...

Started 08/28/06 at 23:56:10 by Michael Ayton
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By: Michael Ayton
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Austrian Attack with ...c6
In a recent update, Andy Martin mentioned that there were some unanswered questions in the line 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 c6 5.Nf3 but a quick database search reveals that White is winning game a...

Started 07/23/06 at 21:00:35 by roastednuts
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By: roastednuts
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Modern Defence - Nc6 line question
-1.d4 g6
2.c4  Bg7
3.Nc3 d6
4.e4  Nc6
5.Be3 e5 
If now White takes 6.d:e5, what is the best plan for Black?

Started 09/19/05 at 09:19:14 by Dzambus
7 4050 Last Post 09/20/05 at 04:27:28
By: alumbrado
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Modern Defense book by Jonathan Speelman
By looking at the table of contents of Jonathon Speelman's book "The Modern Defense", it doesn't seem like he covers the line recommended by Larry Kaufman in his book "The Chess Advantage in Black and...

Started 12/24/10 at 23:14:07 by Anonymous3
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By: Keano
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New Book on the Hippopotomus Defence
Anyone brought this new book by De Santis ....if so how does it stack-up?

Started 07/08/19 at 22:35:50 by MW
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By: TD
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Dangerous to use the Modern Defense all the time?
I've been curious about this idea on the suitability of using the Modern Defense against almost anything White throws at you.
Cyrus Lakdawala says in The Modern Defence on page 10 - "The Modern r...

Started 04/24/15 at 05:21:20 by HagenWatch1
11 12723 Last Post 06/20/17 at 11:47:00
By: picasso911
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Tiger's Modern
In view of the interest expressed in a few other threads, I decided I'd start a new thread specifically for discussion of the analysis and suggestions contained in Tiger Hillarp Persson's fascinating ...

Started 09/21/05 at 05:44:20 by Michael Ayton
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Caro -Modern defense Question
I have Davies book on the modern defense and in it he claims that he doesn't fully trust the modern with c6. I assume he is speaking of:
1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc4 c6 followed by d5 or d6?
I kno...

Started 04/15/10 at 14:08:26 by Reverse
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By: parisestmagique
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Mordern/Pirc
Hi i plays in tournaments..n there is this 2300+ player who love to play this variation as black.
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5!? or 1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5!?
what kind of structure can i best ...

Started 06/15/09 at 05:29:18 by Valiantangel
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By: Valiantangel
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The Monkey's Bum
   There seems to be a lot of confusion over this wonderful system. The original Monkey's Bum originated in Streatham,London,England and was developed by memebers of that club during the 1970's and re...

Started 01/10/03 at 07:46:44 by IMAndrewMartin
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