The internet chess club icc is the longest running, most popular, and best place to play chess on the internet. This collection contains games that show the characteristics of the pirc defense. The race for competitive advantage increasingly relies on initiatives to reshape the scale. Pirc defence, austrian attack the austrian attack variation of the pirc defence is a chess opening characterised by the following moves. You can merge pages into one, but youd still have to create the extra information overlay as a page in reportlab first. After i had played and studied the pirc intensively for more than ten years i was sure i had found the best move order against each white system. Pirc defense chess training program for intermediate to advanced chess players. Starting out 1 d4 is not in my view a database dump, far from it. The opening has been most notably used by british grandmasters nigel davies and colin mcnab. The pirc defense is a chess opening for black against the popular first move 1. Pirc defence simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The initial strategy is to allow white to construct an impressivelooking pawn center, but the plan is to attack this center later on with both pieces and pawns, with the ultimate aim of destroying it completely.
Black has an awkward knight on h6 and the resulting position is not a typical pirc position. As a bonus, the rebase will skip any commits between a and b that perform the same textual change as already exists in branch c. The pirc defence is one of the asymmetrical hypermodern defences, usually to 1. Alburt and chernin explain both the winning ideas as well as the moves of the pirc defense, a dynamic system used by the worlds chess elite. Adams vs j m hodgson, 2001 b06 robatsch, 27 moves, 10. In it as in hyper modern openings black undermines the whites center with pieces after. The 150 attack is a system for white against all modern and pirc defence players. The pirc defense is a dynamic counterattacking option for black. This ambitious and provocative approach by black carries some risk. Not only does dejan bojkov avoid turning theory study into an efficient sleeping pill and keep the viewer engaged, he balances teaching theory, plans, and tactics, and goes the extra mile to leave the student armed with rarefied weapons. Heres what you need to know to play the pirc defence. Caro pirc alekhine 19 apr kings indian 16 apr antisicilians 16 apr discussion forum for, the opening theory site chess theory.
Mihail marin has been playing the pirc for more than twenty years, with excellent results. Join, play, watch, learn and earn money too when you invite your friends to join icc. My love story with the pirc defence started a long time ago, while still a teenager. Like the french defense, black prepares an immediate centre thrust.
Apr 15, 2014 weve seen white defeat the pirc, now lets watch as black uses it to defeat white. It is fairly new in origin and was considered unsound as late as 1930s. It would not surprise me if it took longer than 200 hours to write and that starting out d4 took longer because of the sheer breadth of the material. In this opening, black does not immediately fight for the center, but prefers to prepare counterplay while white advances his pawns. This chess strategy is considered a hypermodern opening. Nov 02, 2017 mihail marin has been playing the pirc for more than twenty years, with excellent results. The pirc defence by mihail marin, opening chess book by.
Together, they analyzed the defense in the late 1800s. Chess was still very classical in nature, and when, at the new york tournament in 1924, capablancas opening choice as black against eduard lasker was 1. This opening, also called ufimtsev defense or yugoslav defense, is named after grandmaster vasja pirc who was a slovenian. Because it is so flexible it lends itself to transpositions. In my opinion, the austrian attack does not give white a good advantage. The carokann defense responds to the kings pawn opening with 1. Chess openings the modern defense and pirc defense. Piket vs k bischoff, 2001 a00 uncommon opening, 46 moves, 10. After fianchettoeing his bishop to g7, black looks to control. The best way to prepare for the pirc is probably to try learn it as black to get to know the ins and outs of blacks plansideas. The pirc is not a queen side counter attacking system like the sicilian, but still it is a counter attacking system. G6 can get you there if white plays, say d4, followed by piece development.
Not only does dejan bojkov avoid turning theory study into an efficient sleeping pill and keep the viewer engaged, he balances teaching theory, plans, and tactics, and goes the extra mile to leave the student post. The opening began gaining some popularity only after world war ii, and by the 1960s it was regarded as playable, owing in large part to the efforts of canadian grandmaster duncan. Of the black defenses to the kings pawn opening that dont involve a direct challenge to whites central space, the pirc defense probably has the best reputation. The pirc defence is a chess opening characterised by black responding to 1. Pircher oberland pircher oberland spa is an italian company operating in the field of sustainable timber construction, diy and garden furnishings. Fill in the cracks i took it for a given that you had already. In the pirc defence he not only presents his best analysis against all of whites major options, but also shares the strategic insights he has gained through his extensive experience in this opening. The pirc defense is a hypermodern defense, meaning that it doesnt try to control the center early on with his pawns. The defense that i like to call mine is the pirc defense. The 150 attack is a very aggressive setup you can use to battle the pirc.
Some ambitious players consider the pirc to be boring and passive always go for the e4d4 setup when your opponent makes a passive first move the point of d6 on first move is to block to e5 square from pawn advances i made a passive move. Against this hypermodern defence, we have chosen an aggressive line that can be used against both pirc and modern defence. Nc3 is better because it puts the knight attacking the centre. This article is within the scope of wikiproject chess, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of chess on wikipedia. Instead black tries to attack the center with this minor pieces from the sides and then once the foundation is in place, then looks to undermine the center control that white usually has.
Most games played with this opening are a positional struggle. Combine pdfs in the order you want with the easiest pdf merger available. The pirc defence is a highly flexible and doubleedged opening with which black can avoid premature simplification and go for the full point. Search the chess games database, download games, view frequent practitioners and browse the opening explorer. The way i usually do this is using git rebase git rebase onto c a b this takes the diffs between a and b, and applies those diffs to branch c. Aug 24, 2009 in the pirc defense, black tries to defend the center with this minor pieces. The pirc defense sometimes known as the ufimtsev defence or yugoslav defense normally refers to the opening 1. It is similar to the modern defence, but reserves the decision as to whether to fianchetto the g8 bishop. The modern defense also known as the robatsch defence after karl robatsch is a hypermodern chess opening in which black allows white to occupy the center with pawns on d4 and e4, then proceeds to attack and undermine this ideal center without attempting to occupy it himself. In these lines i am often able to find good counterplay against whites center. By first developing his kingside he waits to see how white will deploy his own forces before striking back in the most effective way. Free online tool to merge pdf files pdfcreator online. Im john watson analyzes pircmodern defence, vavrapopchev.
For an introduction to the pirc, watch this video on the basics, plans. Do you need to know a lot of theory to play the pirc defense. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. The pirc defence is a dynamic counterattacking option for black the initial strategy is to allow white to construct an impressivelooking pawn centre, but the plan is to attack this centre later on with both pieces and pawns, with the ultimate aim of destroying it completely. I have been playing it for 20 years, and i can probably count the truly awful positions ive obtained from it out of the opening on one ok. I like it because it identifies some very key lines. For reasons soon to be revealed, though, it remained at a platonic level for. Promising a complete answer against the pirc in a mere 60 minutes might seem bound to come up short on some account, but not so.
The modern defense responds to the kings pawn opening with with 1. For two years i had been playing the sicilian dragon almost exclusively, but then kasparov spoiled it all by using this opening and one of my novelties in the. In other words, it is an opening that suits players with a balanced or complete style. The opening began gaining some popularity only after world war ii, and by the 1960s it was regarded as playable, owing in large part to the efforts of canadian grandmaster duncan suttles. The normal development of the pirc defense is d6, which heads off white 2. The defense is named after the english player horatio caro and the austrian player marcus kann. Browse other questions tagged python pdf merge reportlab pypdf or ask your own question. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. International grandmasters alburt and chernin explain both the winning ideas as well as the theory and movers of the pirc defense, a dynamic system used by the worlds chess elite. Whether you need to split a pdf into several different single files or split its pages in a certain interval, all you have to do is upload the pdf file and select the. Pirc alert and pirc in black and white this covers the 150 attack. High this article has been rated as highimportance on the.