Chessmate

Modern Defense · White

Bc4 Main Line, 6...Ne8 and the dxc5 Grip · White (B06)

Take central space and make Black show how the kingside fianchetto will challenge it.

0/23

Step through the line. Every move has a reason.

Practice this line from memory on the free trainer

More courses in this opening

Continue through the Modern Defense repertoire from another tabiya.

Modern Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO A42–B06

Sample line with full explanations: Tiger Main Line, Austrian Setup and the ...c5 Break · Black.

All lines in this course

ECO B06

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

Train this course
  1. Bc4 Main Line, 6...Ne8 and the dxc5 Grip · WhiteSample

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5 d5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Nxc5 12. h3

  2. Bc4 Main Line, 6...dxe5 Alekhine Transition · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. O-O

  3. Hippopotamus Setup, c3 and the Ng3 Reroute · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Re1 Nd7 7. c3 b6 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 g5 11. Ng3

  4. Early 4...c6, h3 and the Central Recapture · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. h3 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O

  5. Chameleon 3...c6, Bc4 and the d5 Center · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O

  6. Sniper 3...c5, Open Center and Long Castling · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Bh6

  7. Immediate 3...d5, e5 Space and Isolated d-Pawn · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3

  8. Early 3...Nc6, d5 Space and King's Indian Transition · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Bd3 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3

  9. Mongredien 3...b6, c3 and the Ng3 Route · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Nd7 7. c3 e6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nf1 O-O 10. Ng3

  10. Bc4 Sideline, 5...Bg4 and Forcing Simplification · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. e5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe5+ Ke8 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. Qxg4 Qxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxd4 12. c3

  11. Bc4 Tactic, Punishing 4...Nd7 · White

    1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nd7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Ke8 7. Ne6