Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit

1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5

ECO A40

The Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit is a chess opening line in the Modern Defense complex, reached after 1.d4 g6 2.h4 Nf6 3.h5.

It is catalogued under code A40 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move h5 is chosen by White on move 3.

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