Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Modern Defense › Modern Defense › Mongredien Defense, with Nf3
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Modern Defense B06
- Modern Defense B06
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Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nf3
Overview
Modern Defense: Mongredien Defense, with Nf3 is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 b6, after 6 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Modern Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
Step through the moves on the interactive board below, review the live Lichess statistics, or play this position against Stockfish at one of six difficulty levels.
- ECO code
- B06
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Modern Defense
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Statistics from Lichess
1,190,010 games · White 51.4% / Draw 4.3% / Black 44.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nc3 | 324,964 | |
| Bc4 | 202,757 | |
| Bd3 | 144,718 | |
| c4 | 127,546 | |
| Be3 | 111,164 | |
| c3 | 95,249 | |
| e5 | 90,213 | |
| Be2 | 20,647 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:19:40
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