Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4
The Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO B07, reached after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4. 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 122 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5… h5 (63% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 5… h5 6. a4 O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. O-O)
- ECO
- B07
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 46 | |
| 2000+ | 69 | |
| All | 122 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… h5 | 77 (63%) | |
| 5… O-O | 23 (19%) | |
| 5… c6 | 6 (5%) | |
| 5… c5 | 5 (4%) | |
| 5… h6 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5… Nbd7 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5… e5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
120 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 21%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) – Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-02
- Stockfish dev16_20221027 (3625) – LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968 (3599) 1-0 · TCEC 23 Superfinal 2022 · 2022-11-02
- GM Baadur Jobava (2673) – GM Tigran L. Petrosian (2625) 0-1 · European Rapid 2015 · 2015-12-20
- GM Baadur Jobava (2603) – GM Nikita Matinian (2475) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept · 2020-09-22
- GM Onischuk, V. (2633) – IM Leonardo Valdes Romero (2402) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 6th Oct · 2020-10-06
Search all games of the Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- gmftorres1 (2581) – Romasym (2596) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
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- AMRULLAH_MF (2434) – Retired_master04 (2437) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Pirc Defense (3. Nc3 g6) 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6
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: 150 Attack B07
- Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Inner Doll Defense B07
- Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack B07
- Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation B07
- Pirc Defense: Chinese Variation B07
- Pirc Defense: Kholmov System B07
- Pirc Defense: Sveshnikov System B07
- Pirc Defense: Classical Variation (3… g6 4. Nf3) B08
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.