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Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit
Overview
Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Mittenberger Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B06, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d5, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line refines Modern Defense: Standard Line, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B06
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
102,903 games · White 49.0% / Draw 5.9% / Black 45.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e5 | 42,475 | |
| exd5 | 34,418 | |
| Nxd5 | 9,107 | |
| Be3 | 6,723 | |
| Nf3 | 5,431 | |
| f3 | 1,903 | |
| f4 | 809 | |
| Bf4 | 490 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:19:30
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