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Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch

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Overview

Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A42.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

It begins with 9 plies and takes 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
A42
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
9
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense

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