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Pterodactyl Defense

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3. ECO A40–B27, 33 named variations.

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B06

Eastern, Anhanguera

Pterodactyl Defense
Analyze with Stockfish
Tactics from the Pterodactyl Defense 200 puzzles

All Pterodactyl Defense variations

ECOVariation
B06 Eastern, Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Be3
B06 Eastern, Benoni
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5
A40 Queen Pterodactyl, Quiet Line
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3
B06 Austrian, Austriadactylus Western
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5+
B06 Austrian, Grand Prix Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5
B06 Austrian, Pteranodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 c5 4.c3 Qa5
A40 Central, Benoni Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Qa5+
B06 Eastern, Benoni Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Qa5
B06 Eastern, Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5
B06 Fianchetto, King Pterodactyl
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5+
A40 Fianchetto, Queen Benoni Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Qa5
A40 Fianchetto, Queen Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Qa5+
B06 Fianchetto, Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5+
B06 Western, Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.Be3 Qa5+
B27 Western, Pterodactyl
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 Qa5
B27 Western, Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+
B27 Sicilian, Anhanguera
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Be3
B27 Sicilian, Benoni Gambit
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d5
B27 Sicilian, Rhamphorhynchus
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3
B06 Sicilian, Siroccopteryx
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bc4
B27 Sicilian, Unpin
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Bd2
A42 Pterodactyl Defense
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.e4 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 d6
B06 Central, Anhanguera
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 d6 5.Be3 Qa5
B06 Central, Benoni Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Qa5
A42 Central, Bogolubovia
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nge2 Qa5
B06 Central, Quetzalcoatlus Gambit
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 d6 5.dxc5 Qa5
B06 Eastern, Benoni Pteranodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5
B06 Eastern, Pteranodon
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5
A40 Fianchetto, Queen Pteranodon
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5
B06 Sicilian, Quetzalcoatlus
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Be2 d6
B06 Western, Siroccopteryx
1.e4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.d4 c5 4.Bc4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qa5+
B27 Sicilian, Pteranodon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.dxc5 Qa5+ 5.Nc3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3
A40 Central, Benoni Beefeater Pterodactyl
1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qa5

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