Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense

Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Queen's Pawn Game family. It goes 1. d4 g6. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... g6. After 2 moves it is White to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
1... g6 – Black plays the pawn to g6

About the Queen's Pawn Game

White opens with 1.d4 and plays a system without an early c4. It covers many calm setups like the Colle, London and Zukertort ideas.

White develops simply: Nf3, e3 or Bf4, Bd3, O-O.
A typical plan is the e4 push, often prepared with Nbd2 and c3.
Black has easy equality with ...d5, ...Nf6 and ...c5, so play actively.

Related openings

It extends: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4)
Continues with: Colle System: Pterodactyl Variation – adds 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 c5
Continues with: Colle System: Siroccopteryx Variation – adds 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 c5
Continues with: Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation – adds 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5
Continues with: Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit – adds 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5
Continues with: Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Beefeater Pterodactyl – adds 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5
Continues with: Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Pterodactyl – adds 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5
Continues with: Pterodactyl Defense: Fianchetto, Queen Benoni Pterodactyl – adds 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5
Continues with: Pterodactyl Defense: Fianchetto, Queen Pteranodon – adds 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening (1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6)
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game (1. d4 d6)
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Rossolimo Variation (1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6)
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Liedmann Gambit (1. d4 c5 2. c4 cxd4 3. e3)
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Chigorin Variation (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5)
Related line: Queen's Pawn Game: Veresov, Richter Attack (1. d4 Nf6 2. f3 d5 3. Nc3)

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