Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5
The Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation is a chess opening classified as ECO B09, reached after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5. It is a line of the Pirc Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 378 times by this move order. White won 48%, 7% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 6. dxc5 (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.71 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 O-O)
- ECO
- B09
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 132 | |
| 2000+ | 236 | |
| All | 378 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. dxc5 | 178 (47%) | |
| 6. e5 | 64 (17%) | |
| 6. Bb5+ | 42 (11%) | |
| 6. d5 | 40 (11%) | |
| 6. Be3 | 38 (10%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 6 (2%) | |
| 6. Be2 | 5 (1%) | |
| 6. Bc4 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
843 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 29%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) 1-0 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-12-22
- Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) – LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) 1-0 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-12-22
- GM Rauf Mamedov (2704) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2843) 1/2-1/2 · Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 · 2018-04-21
- GM Levon Aronian (2742) – GM So, W. (2753) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-05
- GM Anish Giri (2734) – GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2753) 1/2-1/2 · 26th Leon Masters g20 · 2013-06-08
Search all games of the Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Dragon Formation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM jncool68 (2690) – FM Petr_Mikhalchenko (2603) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- GM Digora (2596) – El_Precisione (2588) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Blagoslavlenny_Bogom (2568) – FM Petr_Mikhalchenko (2584) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack (3… g6 4. f4) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4
More Pirc Defense lines (all)
- Pirc Defense (1. e4 d6) B00
- Pirc Defense (1… d6 2. d4) B00
- Pirc Defense (2. d4 Nf6) B00
- Pirc Defense: Roscher Gambit B00
- Pirc Defense (3. Nc3 g6) B07
- Pirc Defense: 150 Attack B07
- Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Inner Doll Defense B07
- Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack B07
- Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack B07
- Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation B07
- Pirc Defense: Chinese Variation B07
- Pirc Defense: Kholmov System B07
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.