Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit
ECO: A40Flank Openings1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
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About the Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit
The Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit is a line of the Modern Defense, catalogued under ECO code A40 in the Flank Openings section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Modern Defense has 39 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the Modern Defense
- Modern DefenseB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7
- Modern Defense: Fianchetto GambitB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 f5
- Modern Defense: Norwegian DefenseB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6
- Modern Defense: Bishop AttackB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4
- Modern Defense: Standard LineB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3
- Modern Defense: Three Pawns AttackB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4
- Modern Defense: Westermann GambitB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bd2
- Modern Defense: Wind GambitB06 · 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bd3