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chessmagic5
Jan 9, 2011
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Hello chess heads,

Can you please tell me what's the name of the defense below?

I have encountered it so many times in a Macedonian Club here in Melbourne way back year 2000.

Appreciate your feedback. Thank you.

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NM TheOldReb
Jan 9, 2011
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#2

Looks like a modern defense to me. 

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d53nf8
Jan 9, 2011
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#3
Reb wrote:

Looks like a modern defense to me. 

Agree

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Davidjordan
Jan 9, 2011
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#4

another form of the Hippopotamus defence system which usually occurs from the modern defence.

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TomBarrister
Jan 9, 2011
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#5

This is a variation of the Modern Defense, one that's played on occasion  by Polish IM Andrzej Maciejewski.  Black doesn't do very well with this in master play.  I can't find any Black wins at that level.

Mr. Maciejewski is fond of offbeat openings, the idea being to get his opponent onto unfamiliar ground.  In his younger days, he was known to start high-level games with both 1 h3 and 1 a3.