ECO B07: Pirc Defense, Lion Defense & more
ECO B07 is part of volume B, Semi-Open Games.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 17 named lines under it, from 5 different openings.
The shortest is King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense:
1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5.
The most played is
Pirc Defense,
reached in 10,262,917 rated Lichess games.
That position has come up in 3,682,812 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 50.7%, 5.5% were drawn and Black won 43.8%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 e5 |
3.7M | 2 moves |
| Czech Defense | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 |
2.5M | 3 moves |
| Lion Defense | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 |
1.8M | 3 moves |
| Pirc Defense | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 |
10.3M | 3 moves |
| Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 |
403K | 4 moves |
| Lion Defense: Bayonet Attack | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. g4 |
19K | 4 moves |
| Modern Defense: Geller's System | 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 |
1.6M | 4 moves |
| Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 |
1.6M | 4 moves |
| Pirc Defense: Kholmov System | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 |
724K | 4 moves |
| Pirc Defense: Sveshnikov System | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 |
131K | 4 moves |
| Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor, Lion's Cave | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 |
325K | 4 moves |
| Pirc Defense: 150 Attack | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 |
74K | 5 moves |
| Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 |
19K | 5 moves |
| Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 |
127K | 5 moves |
| Pirc Defense: Chinese Variation | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4 |
60K | 5 moves |
| Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Inner Doll Defense | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Bg4 |
29 | 5 moves |
| Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor, Lion's Cave, Lion Claw Gambit | 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 exd4 6. Qxd4 c6 7. Bc4 d5 |
5,958 | 7 moves |