ECO B06

Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern, Benoni Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern, Benoni Pterodactyl is a chess opening classified under ECO B06. Its defining line here is 1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qa5.

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1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qa5

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The diagram shows the position after 1. d4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 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.