Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A41), reached after 6 half-moves: 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5.

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About this opening

Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A41. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 6 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5.

It belongs to the Modern Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Neo-Modern Defense line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 g6, 2.c4 Bg7, 3.e4 e5. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.