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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Modern Defense B06
- Modern Defense B06
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Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack
Overview
Modern Defense: Three Pawns Attack is a named branch in the Semi-Open Games group of chess theory, classified under ECO B06.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
The line arises from 5 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Modern Defense, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Austriadactylus Western, Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Pteranodon.
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- ECO code
- B06
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Modern Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
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