Modern Defense: Anti-Modern
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qe2
The Modern Defense: Anti-Modern is a chess opening classified as ECO B06, reached after 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qe2. It is a line of the Modern Defense. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: +0.43 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Nf3)
- ECO
- B06
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qe2
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- WGM Josefine Safarli (2302) – CM Kadam Om Manish (2114) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 3rd Nov · 2020-11-03
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Comes from
Modern Defense: Standard Line 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3
More Modern Defense lines (all)
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Polish Variation A04
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation A04
- Modern Defense: Semi-Averbakh Variation, Pterodactyl Variation Accepted A04
- Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation A40
- Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit A40
- Modern Defense (3. Nc3 d6) A41
- Modern Defense: Neo-Modern Defense A41
- Modern Defense: Averbakh System A42
- Modern Defense: Averbakh Variation, Pseudo-Sämisch A42
- Modern Defense: Kotov Variation A42
- Modern Defense: Randspringer Variation A42
- Modern Defense (1. e4 g6) B06
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.