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Opening· 11 plies

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO B09), reached after 11 half-moves: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3.

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation ECO B09
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About this opening

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code B09. ECO group B (B00–B99) covers semi-open games (1.e4 with Black playing anything other than 1…e5), with the Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann and Pirc/Modern at its heart. This particular variation is reached after 11 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3.

It belongs to the Pirc Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Austrian Attack → Kurajica Variation line). The immediate parent line is Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, transitioned via 6.Be3.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 d6, 2.d4 Nf6, 3.Nc3 g6, 4.f4 Bg7, 5.Nf3 O-O, 6.Be3. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.