Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Modern Defense › Norwegian Defense › Norwegian Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Modern Defense B06
- Norwegian Defense B06
- Norwegian Gambit B06 you are here
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian Gambit
Overview
Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, Norwegian 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.
It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. Be2 d6.
The line refines Modern Defense: Norwegian Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B06
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
23,317 games · White 38.5% / Draw 4.2% / Black 57.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxh5 | 20,317 | |
| exd6 | 1,119 | |
| Nf3 | 898 | |
| f4 | 798 | |
| g4 | 86 | |
| Nc3 | 33 | |
| e6 | 11 | |
| h3 | 8 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:46:43
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