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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Modern Defense A40
- Modern Defense A41
- Averbakh System A42
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Modern Defense: Kotov Variation
Overview
Modern Defense: Kotov Variation is a named branch in the Flank Openings group of chess theory, classified under 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 is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Modern Defense: Averbakh System, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- A42
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 8
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