Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense

1.d4 g6

ECO A40

The Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense is a chess opening line in the Queen's Pawn Game complex, reached after 1.d4 g6.

It is catalogued under code A40 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move g6 is chosen by Black on move 1.

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