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Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Pterodactyl

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Overview

Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Pterodactyl is a variation within the Flank Openings family, indexed as ECO A40.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qa5+, after 8 plies of opening development.

It is a variation of Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
A40
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
8
Parent
Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense:

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