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B00Opening

Borg Defense

1. e4 g5

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White to move

Legal moves
30
Games in the next 4 moves
426,723
Different positions among them
148,124
Named lines from here
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Grob spelled backwards: the mirror image of the Grob Opening. 1...g5 weakens Black’s kingside a great deal.

It is reached after 2 moves: 1. e4 g5.

White is to move and has 30 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 426,723 different games. Those games reach 148,124 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.9 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 3 further lines after this position, such as Borg Gambit (2. d4 Bg7) and Zilbermints Gambit (2. d4 e5).

Map of every game of the next four moves after the Borg Defense
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 426,723 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... g5Borg Defense

Named lines from here

Related openings

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