Robatsch Defense: Rossolimo Variation
1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4
The Robatsch Defense: Rossolimo Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A41, reached after 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4. It is a line of the Robatsch Defense. White 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: +0.41 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 5. Be2 Nc6 6. Be3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5)
- ECO
- A41
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e4 Bg4
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Master games
79 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 25%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- GM Boris Gelfand (2738) – GM Victor Bologan (2732) 0-1 · World Blitz Final · 2012-07-09
- GM Pavel Eljanov (2727) – GM Evgeny Romanov (2625) 1-0 · 16th ch-EUR Indiv 2015 · 2015-03-08
- GM Dariusz Swiercz (2645) – GM Robert Kempinski (2615) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2016 · 2016-06-25
- GM Aleksandr Lenderman (2637) – GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2587) 1-0 · 12th World Teams 2019 · 2019-03-08
- GM Sabino Brunello (2572) – GM Fernando Peralta (2617) 1/2-1/2 · 75th Tata Steel GpC · 2013-01-14
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Comes from
Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6
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.