A40: Modern defence

1. d4 g6

Modern defence

A40 Sub-variants:

Queen's pawn
1. d4

Queen's pawn, Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence
1. d4 Nc6

Queen's pawn, Charlick (Englund) gambit
1. d4 e5

Queen's pawn, Englund gambit
1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6

Queen's pawn, English defence
1. d4 b6

Polish defence
1. d4 b5

Queen's pawn
1. d4 e6

Queen's pawn, Keres defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6

Queen's pawn, Franco-Indian (Keres) defence
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+

Modern defence
1. d4 g6

Beefeater defence
1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5

Overview

Games on Database:

35787

Last Played:

Jun 2026

Overall score:

37.8%

29.5%

32.6%

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Played frequently by:

White
Ivan Farago	47 games
Miso Cebalo	37 games
Eduard Meduna	35 games

Black
Miodrag Todorcevic	173 games
Marek Vokac	155 games
Peter Petran	129 games

Possible continuations:

2. c4

16985

38 %

28.6 %

33.3 %

2. e4

10156

42 %

29.3 %

28.7 %

2. Nf3

6490

33 %

31.7 %

35.3 %

2. g3

950

32.8 %

36.4 %

30.7 %

2. Bf4

301

27.2 %

25.9 %

46.8 %

2. Nc3

239

30.5 %

28 %

41.4 %

2. c3

205

27.8 %

33.7 %

38.5 %

2. Bg5

156

37.2 %

24.4 %

38.5 %

2. e3

153

22.2 %

20.3 %

57.5 %

2. h4

82

50 %

20.7 %

29.3 %

2. f4

39

25.6 %

17.9 %

56.4 %

2. b3

17

41.2 %

35.3 %

23.5 %

2. Nd2

6

33.3 %

66.7 %

2. b4

2

100 %

2. f3

2

50 %

50 %