ECO B06

Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Austriadactylus Western

Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Austriadactylus Western is a chess opening classified under ECO B06. Its defining line here is 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Qa5+.

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Qa5+

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Qa5+. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.