Mikenas Defense

A40

1. d4 Nc6

How it went

58 ours · 177 masters

White wins 52% Draws 10% Black wins 38%

Continuations

4

Montevideo Defense A40 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Nb8 2 Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation A40 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nd4 1 Mikenas Defense: Lithuanian Variation A40 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 7 Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit A40 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nxc4

Master games

Fressinet, Laurent — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2016
Korobov, Anton — Rapport, Richárd 1-0 · 2013
Bacrot, Etienne — Bauer, Christian 1-0 · 2007
Korobov, A... — Svetushkin, Dmitry 0-1 · 2019
Gordon, Stephen J — Short, Nigel D 1/2-1/2 · 2011

Games in Spain

Anton Guijarro,D (2669) — Carlsen,M (2832) 1-0
Ilinca,Felix-Antonio (2440) — Wei Yi (2751) 0-1
Yuffa,D (2584) — Lagarde,Max (2638) 1-0
Asensio Ramos,E (2216) — Narayanan,SL (2601) 0-1
Alonso Rosell,A (2536) — Tifferet,Shakked (2322) 1-0
Alonso Rosell,A (2532) — Shearsby,Jude (2192) 1-0
Grabuzova,T (2175) — Larkin,Vladyslav (2464) 0-1
Estremera Panos,S (2265) — Zubritskiy,A (2438) 0-1

This line is also written

1.d4 Nc6
1 d4 Nc6
d4 Nc6
d4, Nc6