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Pterodactyl Defense

Fianchetto, Rhamphorhynchus

B06offbeataggressive

  1. 1.e4g6
  2. 2.d4Bg7
  3. 3.g3c5
  4. 4.dxc5Qa5+

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A Pterodactyl Defense line in which Black meets White's 3. g3 with ...c5 and, after dxc5, regains the pawn with a queen check from a5.

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About the Rhamphorhynchus

This line of the Pterodactyl Defense comes from the Modern Defense move order 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7. White replies 3. g3 and prepares a kingside fianchetto of their own. After 3...c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+, Black checks and intends to recover the pawn on c5, which is the defining Rhamphorhynchus idea. Until Black regains it, White is a pawn up with doubled c-pawns, and the d4-square is gone, so the g7-bishop has an open long diagonal toward b2.

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