ECO B06

Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Pteranodon

Pterodactyl Defense: Austrian, Pteranodon is a chess opening classified under ECO B06. Its defining line here is 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. c3 Qa5.

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1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. f4 c5 4. c3 Qa5

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