Modern Defense: Averbakh System

A42

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4

How it went

426 ours · 1,247 masters

White wins 45% Draws 11% Black wins 44%

Continuations

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Modern Defense: Kotov Variation A42 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6 117 Modern Defense: Randspringer Variation A42 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 f5

Master games

Le, Quang Liem — Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 · 2012
Le Quang Liem (wh) — Carlsen, M. (bl) 0-1 · 2012
Aronian, Levon — Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 1-0 · 2017
Anand, Viswanathan — Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 · 2007
So, Wesley — Norwood, David R 1/2-1/2 · 2015

Games in Spain

Cuellar Montes,Alejandro (2194) — Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. (2729) 0-1
Cuenca Jimenez,J (2479) — Le,Quang Liem (2729) 0-1
Aronian,L (2725) — Blanco Diez,David (2308) 1-0
Aravindh,Chithambaram VR. (2698) — Domingo Nunez,Alejandro (2328) 1-0
Pulvett,D (2502) — Korobov,A (2688) 0-1
Grandelius,N (2684) — Domingo Nunez,Alejandro (2338) 1-0
Salem,AR (2677) — Domingo Nunez,Ruben (2369) 1/2-1/2
Kovalenko,I (2674) — Ventura Bolet,M (2233) 1-0

This line is also written

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4
1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 e4
d4 g6 c4 Bg7 Nc3 d6 e4
d4, g6, c4, Bg7, Nc3, d6, e4