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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Modern Defense B06
- Modern Defense B06
- Standard Line B06
- Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl B06
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Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern, Benoni Pteranodon
Overview
Pterodactyl Defense: Eastern, Benoni Pteranodon is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B06.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 to reach the canonical position.
It is a variation of Modern Defense: Modern Pterodactyl, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B06
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
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