[Event "Modern Defense: Introduction"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/UYi6oQth/aisYUdxP"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B06"] [Opening "Modern Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ackerman34"] [UTCDate "2020.08.20"] [UTCTime "12:49:21"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/UYi6oQth/aisYUdxP"] [Orientation "black"] { The Modern Defense (also known as the Robatsch Defence) is a hypermodern chess opening in which Black allows White to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this "ideal" center without attempting to occupy it themself. Well, Modern defense begins with moves: } 1. e4 g6 { [%csl Rf8][%cal Rf8g7,Rd7d6,Ge8h8] } 2. d4 Bg7 { [%cal Rd7d6,Rc7c5,Rg8f6,Re8g8] } *