Chessmate

Modern Defense · Black

Tiger Main Line, Austrian Setup and the ...c5 Break · Black (B06)

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Modern Defense · WhiteDifficulty 3/3

White repertoire · ECO B06

Sample line with full explanations: Bc4 Main Line, 6...Ne8 and the dxc5 Grip · White.

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ECO A42–B06

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  1. Tiger Main Line, Austrian Setup and the ...c5 Break · BlackSample

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 dxe5

  2. Tiger Main Line, Qd2-h4 and the Queenside Build · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 10. a4 c6

  3. Classical Nf3, Flexible Development and ...Bb7 · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. h3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 b6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 Bb7

  4. 4.Bg5, Queenside Expansion and the ...e6 Break · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. f3 Nd7 8. Kb1 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nge2 h6 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 e6

  5. Averbakh System, ...e5 and ...Bg4 Plan · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. d5 Nd7 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 h5 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Kf8 11. Bd2 Bh6

  6. Averbakh System, Closed Center and ...f6 · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d5 Nd7 6. Nge2 h5 7. h4 Nh6 8. f3 O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 a6

  7. Averbakh Exchange, Active King and ...Nc5-e6 · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bg5+ f6 8. O-O-O+ Nd7 9. Bd2 Bh6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Be2 Kc7 12. Kc2 Bxd2 13. Rxd2 Nc5 14. b4 Ne6

  8. Two Knights, ...c6-d5 Caro Structure · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 c5 9. dxc5 Ne7 10. O-O O-O

  9. Three Pawns Attack, ...c5 into a Benoni Structure · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. exd5 Na6

  10. Lazy c3 Setup, ...e6 and the Queenside Fianchetto · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Re1 O-O 8. a4 b6 9. Bf4 Bb7

  11. Tiger Main Line, Meeting Premature 10.e6 · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6 9. Qe2 c5 10. e6 fxe6 11. dxc5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 O-O

  12. Bishop Attack, Qf3 and Premature e5 · Black

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Bc4 c6 4. Qf3 e6 5. Ne2 d5 6. Bb3 Nd7 7. Nbc3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Bd6 Re8 12. h3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Ng3 Nc8 15. Ba3 c5