Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3
The Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO B09, reached after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3. It is a line of the Pirc Defense. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 601 times by this move order. White won 49%, 5% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 6… c5 (23% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.42 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 6… Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nd4 9. f5)
- ECO
- B09
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 59 | |
| 1500-1999 | 265 | |
| 2000+ | 277 | |
| All | 601 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… c5 | 137 (23%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 135 (22%) | |
| 6… Bg4 | 100 (17%) | |
| 6… Nbd7 | 79 (13%) | |
| 6… Na6 | 51 (8%) | |
| 6… c6 | 41 (7%) | |
| 6… a6 | 13 (2%) | |
| 6… e5 | 11 (2%) |
Master games
1,161 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 24%, Black 34%). The strongest:
- LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-6147500 (3634) – Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab8 (3662) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-05-17
- Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab8 (3662) – LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-6147500 (3634) 1-0 · TCEC 26 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-05-17
- Ethereal 12.43 (3470) – Komodo 2576.00 (3505) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 19 Premier 2020 · 2020-09-10
- Komodo 2576.00 (3505) – Ethereal 12.43 (3470) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 19 Premier 2020 · 2020-09-07
- GM Sergey Karjakin (2775) – GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2766) 1-0 · SportAccord Blitz Men 2012 · 2012-12-17
Search all games of the Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack (5. Nf3 O-O) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O
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.