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</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Pirc Defence</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="chessboard thumb noviewer center"><div class="center" style="line-height:130%;margin:0 auto;max-width:254px">

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</style></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Moves</th><td class="infobox-data">1.e4 d6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings" title="Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings">ECO</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data">B07–B09</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Named after</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Vasja_Pirc" title="Vasja Pirc">Vasja Pirc</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="King's_Pawn_Game" title="King's Pawn Game">King's Pawn Game</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Synonym(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">

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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Pirc–Ufimtsev Defence<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li><li>Ufimtsev Defence</li><li>Yugoslav Defence</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p>The <b>Pirc Defence</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/ɪər/: 'ear' in 'near'">ɪər</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">PEERTS</span></i>) is a <a href="Chess_opening" title="Chess opening">chess opening</a> characterised by the moves:

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<p>It is named after Slovenian grandmaster <a href="Vasja_Pirc" title="Vasja Pirc">Vasja Pirc</a>. Black allows White to establish a <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#centre" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § centre" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">centre</span></a></dfn> with pawns on d4 and e4, but plans to undermine it later. It can lead to both <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#sharp" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § sharp" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">sharp</span></a></dfn> and <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#solid" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § solid" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">solid</span></a></dfn> games.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Black should remain cautious about playing too passively.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Play most often continues with 2...Nf6 3.Nc3, and Black often then plays 3...g6 and 4...Bg7. Sometimes, only the line 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 is classified as part of the opening, or even only lines with 3...g6. Third move alternatives for Black include 3...c6 (the Czech Defence), 3...e5, and 3...Nbd7 (supporting 4...e5).

</p><p><a href="Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">Transpositional</a> opportunities to and from other openings are common. The main line of the Pirc Defence is closely related to the <a href="Modern_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Defence">Modern Defence</a>, the primary difference being that Black delays developing the knight to f6 in the Modern. The main line is also similar to the <a href="King's_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a>, with the difference being that that White has not played c4 before playing Nc3. All 3 setups involve allowing White to occupy the center with pawns on e4 and d4, in <a href="Hypermodernism_(chess)" title="Hypermodernism (chess)">hypermodern</a> fashion.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div>

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title="c7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f6 black knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:130px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c3 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a1 white rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c1 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d1 white queen"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e1 white king"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f1 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g1 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h1 white rook"></span></span></div></div></td><td style="width:18px;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">7</td><td style="height:26px">7</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">6</td><td style="height:26px">6</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">5</td><td style="height:26px">5</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">4</td><td style="height:26px">4</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">3</td><td style="height:26px">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">2</td><td style="height:26px">2</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">1</td><td style="height:26px">1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption"> Hooper and Whyld's definition

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<p>The Pirc Defence, named after Slovenian grandmaster <a href="Vasja_Pirc" title="Vasja Pirc">Vasja Pirc</a>, is a relatively new opening; while it was seen on occasion in the late nineteenth century, it was considered <a href="Irregular_chess_opening" title="Irregular chess opening">irregular</a>, thus remaining a sideline. The opening began gaining some popularity only after <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and by the 1960s it was regarded as <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#playable" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § playable" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">playable</span></a></dfn>, owing in large part to the efforts of Canadian grandmaster <a href="Duncan_Suttles" title="Duncan Suttles">Duncan Suttles</a>. Black, in <a href="Hypermodernism_(chess)" title="Hypermodernism (chess)">hypermodern</a> fashion, does not immediately stake a claim in the centre with <a href="Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">pawns</a>; rather, Black works to undermine White's centre from the <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#flanks" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § flanks" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">flanks</span></a></dfn>. Its first appearance in a World Championship match was in 1972, when it was played by <a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Bobby Fischer</a> against <a href="Boris_Spassky" title="Boris Spassky">Boris Spassky</a> at Reykjavík (<a href="World_Chess_Championship_1972#Game_17" title="World Chess Championship 1972">game 17</a>); the game ended in a <a href="Draw_(chess)" title="Draw (chess)">draw</a>.

</p><p>Hooper and Whyld gave a distinct formal definition, 1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6, permuting White's first two moves, although they qualified the definition by remarking that 1.e4 d6 could also <a href="Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">transpose</a> to the Pirc.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooper_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooper-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The presence or absence of Black's third move in the Pirc is reported differently, according to the source;<sup id="cite_ref-B07_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B07-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the pawn move 3...g6, Black prepares to <a href="Fianchetto" title="Fianchetto">fianchetto</a> the king's bishop to g7. Paul van der Sterren therefore described 3...g6 as "the defining move of the Pirc Defence" because the development of the bishop to g7 "creates the same sort of positional tension as the <a href="King's_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike in the King's Indian, in the Pirc, White plays Nc3 without having first played c4.

</p><p>A distinction is usually drawn between the Pirc and lines where Black delays the development of his knight to f6, or omits it altogether; this is known as the <a href="Modern_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Defence">Modern Defence</a> (or Robatsch Defence). The tenth edition of <i><a href="Modern_Chess_Openings" title="Modern Chess Openings">Modern Chess Openings</a></i> (1965) grouped the Pirc and Robatsch together as the "Pirc–Robatsch Defense".

</p><p>The Pirc has been criticized for passivity. According to <a href="Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a>, the Pirc Defence is "hardly worth using in the tournaments of the highest category", as it gives White "too many opportunities for anybody's liking".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Austrian_Attack:_4.f4">Austrian Attack: 4.f4 </h3></div>

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</div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:246px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:18px;height:26px">8</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8"><div class="chess-pieces notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><div style="top:0px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a8 black rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b8 black knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c8 black bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d8 black queen"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e8 black king"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h8 black rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g7 black bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f6 black knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:130px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c3 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:130px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f3 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a1 white rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c1 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d1 white queen"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e1 white king"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f1 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h1 white rook"></span></span></div></div></td><td style="width:18px;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">7</td><td style="height:26px">7</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">6</td><td style="height:26px">6</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">5</td><td style="height:26px">5</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">4</td><td style="height:26px">4</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">3</td><td style="height:26px">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">2</td><td style="height:26px">2</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">1</td><td style="height:26px">1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption">Austrian Attack after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3

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<p>The Austrian Attack begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3, and was a favourite of Fischer. It is also well respected by <a href="Nick_de_Firmian" title="Nick de Firmian">Nick de Firmian</a>, the author of <i>Modern Chess Openings</i> (<span style="padding-right:0.15em;"><i>MCO</i></span>). In placing pawns on d4, e4 and f4, White establishes a powerful centre, intending to push in the centre and/or attack on the <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#kingside" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § kingside" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">kingside</span></a></dfn>; in the main line, Black will usually counter with ...e5, aiming for play against the dark squares and weaknesses created by White's central advance. This direct, aggressive line is one of the most ambitious systems against the Pirc. <a href="Jan_Timman" title="Jan Timman">Jan Timman</a> has played the Austrian successfully with both colours. <a href="Yuri_Balashov" title="Yuri Balashov">Yuri Balashov</a> does well with the white pieces, and Valery Beim has an impressive score on the black side.

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<p>The most frequently played move after 5...0-0 is 6.Bd3 (the Weiss Variation), with 6...Nc6 the most common response, though 6....Na6, with the idea of ....Nc7, ....Rb8 and ....b5 became popular in the 1980s after 6....Nc6 was found to offer Black few winning chances. 6.e5 is a <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#sharp" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § sharp" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">sharp</span></a></dfn> try, with unclear consequences, which was much played in the 1960s, though it has never attained popularity at the highest levels. 6.Be2 is another move which was often seen in the 1950s and early 1960s, although the defeat sustained by Fischer in the game given in the example games spurred White players, including Fischer, to turn to 6.Bd3. In the 1980s, 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.0-0 Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 was revived with more favourable results. 6.Be3 is another possibility, first extensively explored in the 1970s and played by <a href="Bojan_Kurajica" title="Bojan Kurajica">Bojan Kurajica</a>, <a href="Yuri_Balashov" title="Yuri Balashov">Yuri Balashov</a> and <a href="Alexander_Beliavsky" title="Alexander Beliavsky">Alexander Beliavsky</a>, which leads to sharp play.

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<p>Black's chief alternative to 5...0-0 lies in an immediate strike against the white centre with 5...c5, to which the usual response is either 6.dxc5 or 6.Bb5+. The former allows 6...Qa5. The latter promises a tactical melee, with a common line being 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 (8.h3 or 8.Bxd7+ are other possibilities) 8...fxe6, which was thought bad, until <a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a> played the move against <a href="Gyula_Sax" title="Gyula Sax">Gyula Sax</a> in 1988<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (8...Bxb5 is the alternative, if Black does not want the forced draw in the main line), continuing 9.Ng5 Bxb5<a href="Chess_annotation_symbols#!" title="Chess annotation symbols">!</a> Now if White tries 10.Nxe6, Black has 10...Bxd4!, ignoring the threat to his queen, in view of 11.Nxd8 Bf2+ 12.Kd2 Be3+ with a draw by <a href="Perpetual_check" title="Perpetual check">perpetual check</a>. White can instead try 11.Nxb5, with complicated play.

</p><p>White can also essay the sharp 6.e5 against 5...c5, after which 6...Nfd7 7.exd6 0-0 is considered to offer good play for Black.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Classical_(Two_Knights)_System:_4.Nf3">Classical (Two Knights) System: 4.Nf3 </h3></div>

</div><div class="thumbinner" style="width:246px"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td></td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="width:18px;height:26px">8</td><td colspan="8" rowspan="8"><div class="chess-pieces notheme" style="position:relative"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span><div style="top:0px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a8 black rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b8 black knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c8 black bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d8 black queen"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f8 black rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:0px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g8 black king"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g7 black bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:26px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h7 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f6 black knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:52px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g6 black pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:104px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e4 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:130px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c3 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:130px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f3 white knight"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:26px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="b2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:104px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="e2 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:156px;left:182px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="h2 white pawn"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:0px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="a1 white rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:52px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="c1 white bishop"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:78px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="d1 white queen"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:130px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="f1 white rook"></span></span></div><div style="top:182px;left:156px"><span class="mw-valign-top notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="g1 white king"></span></span></div></div></td><td style="width:18px;height:26px">8</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">7</td><td style="height:26px">7</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">6</td><td style="height:26px">6</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">5</td><td style="height:26px">5</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">4</td><td style="height:26px">4</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">3</td><td style="height:26px">3</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">2</td><td style="height:26px">2</td></tr><tr><td style="height:26px">1</td><td style="height:26px">1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">a</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">b</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">c</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">d</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">e</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">f</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">g</td><td style="height:18px;width:26px">h</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="thumbcaption"> Classical (Two Knights) System after: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6. 0-0

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<p>The Classical (Two Knights) System begins 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0. White contents themselves with the 'classical' <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#pawn_centre" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § pawn centre" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">pawn centre</span></a></dfn> with pawns at e4 and d4, forgoing the committal move f2–f4 as Black <a href="Castling" title="Castling">castles</a> and builds a compact structure. <a href="Efim_Geller" title="Efim Geller">Efim Geller</a>, <a href="Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Anatoly Karpov</a> and <a href="Evgeni_Vasiukov" title="Evgeni Vasiukov">Evgeni Vasiukov</a> have all successfully used this system for White; <a href="Zurab_Azmaiparashvili" title="Zurab Azmaiparashvili">Zurab Azmaiparashvili</a> has scored well as Black. This transposes into the <a href="Sicilian_Dragon" class="mw-redirect" title="Sicilian Dragon">Sicilian Dragon</a> after 6...c5 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_150_and_Argentine_Attacks">The 150 and Argentine Attacks</h3></div>

<p>The setup f2–f3, Be3 and Qd2 is commonly used against the King's Indian Defence and Dragon Sicilian, and can also be used against the Pirc; indeed, this system is as old as the Pirc itself.

</p><p>The system 4.f3 was introduced by Argentine players c. 1930 and again in 1950. It was never considered dangerous for Black because of 4.f3 Bg7 5.Be3 c6 6.Qd2 b5. It received a severe blow in about 1985, when Gennady Zaichik showed that Black could castle anyway and play a dangerous gambit with 5...0-0 6.Qd2 e5.

</p><p>The Argentines feared the sally ...Ng4, though some British players (especially <a href="Mark_Hebden" title="Mark Hebden">Mark Hebden</a>, <a href="Paul_Motwani" title="Paul Motwani">Paul Motwani</a>, <a href="Gary_Lane_(chess_player)" title="Gary Lane (chess player)">Gary Lane</a>, later also <a href="Michael_Adams_(chess_player)" title="Michael Adams (chess player)">Michael Adams</a>) came to realise that this was mainly dangerous for Black, therefore playing Be3 and Qd2 in all sorts of move orders, while omitting f2–f3. They called this the <i>150 Attack</i>, because players of this strength (150 <a href="ECF_grading_system" title="ECF grading system">ECF</a>) can easily play this position and get strong play without any <a href="Chess_theory#Opening_theory" title="Chess theory">theory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The original Argentine idea probably is only viable after 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 6.0-0-0 c6 (or Nc6) 7.f3 b5 8.h4. Black usually does not castle, though, and prefers 5...c6 or even 4...c6. The question of whether and when to insert Nf3 remains unclear.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_systems">Other systems</h3></div>

<ul><li>4.Bg5 was introduced by <a href="Robert_Byrne_(chess_player)" title="Robert Byrne (chess player)">Robert Byrne</a> in the 1960s, after which Black has often played the natural 4...Bg7, though 4...c6 is considered more flexible, as Black may wish to save a tempo in anticipation of White's plan of Qd2, followed by Bh6, by deferring ...Bg7 as long as possible, playing for <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#queenside" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § queenside" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">queenside</span></a></dfn> activity with ...b7–b5 and ...Qa5. White's idea of Qd2 and Bh6 may give a transposition to the lines with Be3 and Qd2. Less commons methods of playing this system include 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 and 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 (followed by 6. Nf3, 7. Bd3, 8. O-O as played by Robert Byrne, with the intention of playing an Austrian attack whithout blocking the dark-squared bishop.)</li>

<li>4.Bf4. This formerly rare move has become more popular lately, in large part because the position can come about via a fashionable line of the <a href="London_System" title="London System">London System</a>: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4.</li>

<li>4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2 is a sharp try for advantage; 5...Nc6 can lead to hair-raising complications after 6.e5, when Black's best line may be 6...Ng4 7.e6 Nxd4 8.Qxg4 Nxc2+, avoiding the more frequently played 6...Nxd4 7.exf6 Nxe2 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Ngxe2 Rxg7, which has been generally considered to lead to an equal or unclear position, though White has scored heavily in practice. 6...Nd7 is now considered fine for Black, in view of 7.e6<a href="Chess_annotation_symbols#?!" title="Chess annotation symbols">?!</a> fxe6 8.Qxe6 Nde5! 9.Qd5 e6 with advantage to Black. If White instead plays the better 7.Nf3, Black has multiple <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#solid" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § solid" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">solid</span></a></dfn> choices, including 7...0-0 and 7...Nb6 (followed by ...Na5), which is considered to equalise. Another possibility for Black is 5...c6, though 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Nd5 8.Bd2, followed by long castling, gives White the advantage, as Black's position is cramped and he lacks active counterplay.</li>

<li>4.g3 and 5.Bg2, followed by Nge2, is a solid line, which was sometimes adopted by <a href="Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Karpov</a>.</li>

<li>4.Be3 is another alternative. Considered relatively passive in earlier times, today's practice uses this move as a flexible entry into lines which may feature h3/Nf3 or even h3/g4/Bg2 – while still maintaining the option of returning to 150-like plans or the Austrian if Black commits to moves that do not help in this type of position.</li>

<li>4.Be2 may transpose into the Classical System after 4...Bg7 5.Nf3, or White may try one of two highly aggressive lines, the Bayonet Attack (5.h4) or the Chinese Variation (5.g4).</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_deviations">Early deviations</h2></div>

<p>

After 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3, Black has an alternative to 3...g6 (Main line) known as the Pribyl System or Czech Defence, beginning 3...c6. The lines often transpose to the Pirc if Black later plays ...g6; alternatively, Black can play ...Qa5 and ...e5 to challenge White's centre, or expand on the <dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#queenside" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § queenside" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">queenside</span></a></dfn> with ...b5.

</p><p>A common deviation by Black in recent practice is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5. This has been tried by many GMs over the years, including <a href="Zurab_Azmaiparashvili" title="Zurab Azmaiparashvili">Zurab Azmaiparashvili</a> and <a href="Christian_Bauer" title="Christian Bauer">Christian Bauer</a>. The common line 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 results in a drawish endgame despite Black's loss of castling rights (a similar idea to a famous variation of the <a href="Berlin_Defence#4._O-O" title="Berlin Defence">Berlin Defence</a>). As such, White most often <a href="Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">transposes</a> to the <a href="Philidor_Defence" title="Philidor Defence">Philidor Defence</a> instead with 4.Nf3.

</p><p>An unusual deviation for Black is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6, which can transpose to the <a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Scheveningen_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation">Scheveningen Variation</a> of the <a href="Sicilian_Defence" title="Sicilian Defence">Sicilian Defence</a> after 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Be2 0-0 7.Be3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4.

</p><p>An unusual but quite reasonable deviation for White is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3. At the 1989 <a href="Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a> World Cup event, former <a href="World_Chess_Champion" class="mw-redirect" title="World Chess Champion">world champion</a> <a href="Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> surprised American grandmaster <a href="Yasser_Seirawan" title="Yasser Seirawan">Yasser Seirawan</a> with this move. After 3...g6 4.c4, an unhappy Seirawan found himself defending the <a href="King's_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a> for the first time in his life,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> though he managed to draw the game. Black can avoid a King's Indian with 3...e5, which may lead to an <a href="Old_Indian_Defense" title="Old Indian Defense">Old Indian</a> type of position after 4.d5, with 3...c5, which may lead to a <a href="Benoni_Defence" class="mw-redirect" title="Benoni Defence">Benoni</a> type of position after 4.d5 or transpose to Prins Variation of the <a href="Sicilian_Defence" title="Sicilian Defence">Sicilian Defence</a> after 4.Ne2 cxd4 5.Nxd4, or with 3...d5. This can transpose to the Classical Variation of the <a href="French_Defence" title="French Defence">French Defence</a> after 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 e6 6.Nf3, to the Tarrasch Variation of the French Defence after 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 e6 6.c3 c5 7.Nd2 Nc6 8.Ndf3, or even to the <a href="Blackmar%E2%80%93Diemer_Gambit" title="Blackmar–Diemer Gambit">Blackmar–Diemer Gambit</a> with an extra <a href="Tempo_(chess)" title="Tempo (chess)">tempo</a> for White after 4.Nc3 dxe4 5.Bg5 exf3 6.Nxf3.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example_games">Example games</h2></div>

<ul><li>In the following game, Azmaiparashvili uses the Pirc to defeat reigning world chess champion Karpov. <div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><a href="Anatoly_Karpov" title="Anatoly Karpov">Karpov</a> vs. <a href="Zurab_Azmaiparashvili" title="Zurab Azmaiparashvili">Azmaiparashvili</a>, USSR Championship, Moscow 1983 <br>1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 e5 9.d5 Ne7 10.Rad1 b5 11.a3 a5 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ra3 14.Bg5 Rxc3 15.Bxf6 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Ra3 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Ra1 Qa8 19.Rxa3 Qxa3 20.Be2 Qb2 21.Rd1 f5 22.exf5 Nxf5 23.c3 Qxd2 24.Rxd2 Ra8 25.Bxb5 Ra3 26.Rc2 Ne7 27.f4 exf4 28.Bc6 Nf5 29.Kf2 Ne3 30.Rc1 Kf6 31.g3 Ke5 32.Kf3 g5 33.gxf4+ gxf4 34.h4 Nxd5 35.Bxd5 Kxd5 36.Kxf4 Kc4 37.Re1 Rxc3 38.Re7 Kxb4 39.Rxh7 d5 40.Ke5 c6 41.Kd4 Rc4+ <a href="Algebraic_notation_(chess)#0–1" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">0–1</a></li>

<li><a href="Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Kasparov</a> vs. <a href="Veselin_Topalov" title="Veselin Topalov">Veselin Topalov</a>, Wijk aan Zee 1999. Called <a href="Kasparov's_Immortal" title="Kasparov's Immortal">Kasparov's Immortal</a>, this game has been called "the most famous Pirc game of all time".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br>1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7 5.Qd2 c6 6.f3 b5 7.Nge2 Nbd7 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 B♭7 10.a3 e5 11.0-0-0 Qe7 12.Kb1 a6 13.Nc1 0-0-0 14.Nb3 exd4 15.Rxd4 c5 16.Rd1 Nb6 17.g3 Kb8 18.Na5 Ba8 19.Bh3 d5 20.Qf4+ Ka7 21.Rhe1 d4 22.Nd5 Nbxd5 23.exd5 Qd6 24.Rxd4 cxd4 25.Re7+ Kb6 26.Qxd4+ Kxa5 27.b4+ Ka4 28.Qc3 Qxd5 29.Ra7 B♭7 30.Rxb7 Qc4 31.Qxf6 Kxa3 32.Qxa6+ Kxb4 33.c3+ Kxc3 34.Qa1+ Kd2 35.Qb2+ Kd1 36.Bf1 Rd2 37.Rd7 Rxd7 38.Bxc4 bxc4 39.Qxh8 Rd3 40.Qa8 c3 41.Qa4+ Ke1 42.f4 f5 43.Kc1 Rd2 44.Qa7 <a href="Algebraic_notation_(chess)#1–0" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">1–0</a></li>

<li><a href="Mikhail_Tal" title="Mikhail Tal">Mikhail Tal</a> vs. <a href="Tigran_Petrosian" title="Tigran Petrosian">Tigran Petrosian</a>, Moscow 1974 <br>1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Bg7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Bc4 Be8 19.Neg5+ hxg5 20.Nxg5+ Kg8 21.Qf4 Nd7 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Bxf7+ 1–0</li>

<li><a href="Bobby_Fischer" title="Bobby Fischer">Fischer</a> vs. <a href="Viktor_Korchnoi" title="Viktor Korchnoi">Viktor Korchnoi</a>, <a href="Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçao</a> 1962 <br>1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.0-0 Qxc5+ 9.Kh1 Nc6 10.Nd2 a5 11.Nb3 Qb6 12.a4 Nb4 13.g4<a href="Chess_annotation_symbols#?" title="Chess annotation symbols">?</a> Bxg4! 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.Qxg4 Nxc2 16.Nb5 Nxa1 17.Nxa1 Qc6 18.f5 Qc4 19.Qf3 Qxa4 20.Nc7 Qxa1 21.Nd5 Rae8 22.Bg5 Qxb2 23.Bxe7 Be5 24.Rf2 Qc1+ 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.h3 gxf5 27.Bxf8 Rxf8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 29.Nxf5 Qe6 30.Rg1 a4 31.Rg4 Qb3 32.Qf1 a3 33.Rg3 Qxg3 0–1<sup id="cite_ref-Bartholomew_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bartholomew-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>

<li><a href="Hikaru_Nakamura" title="Hikaru Nakamura">Hikaru Nakamura</a> vs. <a href="Ilya_Smirin" title="Ilya Smirin">Ilya Smirin</a>, Foxwoods Open 2005 <br>1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e5 Nfd7 7.h4 c5 8.h5 cxd4 9.hxg6 dxc3 10.gxf7+ Rxf7 11.Bc4 Nf8 12.Ng5 e6 13.Nxf7 cxb2 14.Bxb2 Qa5+ 15.Kf1 Kxf7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Bd3 Qb4 18.Rb1 Bd7 19.c4 Qd2 20.Bxh7+ Nxh7 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Rh4 1–0</li>

<li><a href="Gukesh_Dommaraju" title="Gukesh Dommaraju">Gukesh Dommaraju</a> vs. <a href="Arjun_Erigaisi" title="Arjun Erigaisi">Arjun Erigaisi</a>, <a href="Norway_Chess_2025" title="Norway Chess 2025">Norway Chess 2025</a> <br>1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.h3 Nxe4 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Nxe4 d5 9.Nc3 c5 10.0-0 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nc6 12.Nf3 d4 13.Ne4 Qd5 14.Re1 h6 15.c3 d3 16.Re3 Bf5 17.Ng3 Rd8 18.Bd2 e5 19.Ne1 e4 20.f3ex f3 21.Nxf3 Be6 22.Ne4 Ne5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.Qe1 Rdf8 25.Ng3 Bf4 26.Rxe6 Bxd2 27.Rxg6+ Kh7 28.Qe6 Qxe6 29.Rxe6 Bf4 30.Nf1 Bc7 31.Rd1 Rd7 32.Nd2 Bb6+ 33.Kh1 Kg7 34.Nf3 Rf6 35.Re4 Rfd6 36.Ne5 Rd8 37.Rg4+ Kf6 38.Nc4 Rc6 39.Rf1+ Ke7 40.Rg7+ Ke8 41.Rg8+ Ke7 42.Rg7+ Ke8 43.Ne5 Re6 44.Rg8+ Ke7 45.Rg7+ Ke8 46.Rg8+ Ke7 47.Rxd8 Kxd8 48.Nxd3 Re2 49.a4 Rd2 50.Rf3 a5 51.h4 Ke7 52.Kh2 Ke6 53.b4 Kd5 54.bxa5 Bc7+ 55.Kh3 Kc4 56.Nf2 Bxa5 57.Ng4 Rd6 58.Ne3+ Kb3 59.Nf5 Ra6 60.Kg4 Kxa4 61.Kh5 Rc6 62.Rf4+ Ka3 63.c4 Bd2 64.Rd4 Bc3 65.Rd5 Ka4 66.Rb5 b6 67.Nxh6 Ba5 68.Nf5 Rxc4 69.Rb1 b5 70.Ra1+ Kb4 71.g4 Rc5 72.Kg6 Rc6+ 73.Kf7 Rc7+ 74.Kg6 Rc6+ 75.Kf7 Rc7+ 76.Ke6 Rc6+ 77.Kd7 Rc7+ 78.Kd6 Rc4 79.Rb1+ Ka4 80.Ra1+ Kb4 81.g5 Bc7+ 82.Ke6 Re4+ 83.Kf7 Be5 84.Rf1 Ka3 85.Rf3+ Ka2 86.Re3 Rxe3 87.Nxe3 b4 88.g6 Kb1 89.Nc4 Bc3 90.g7 Bxg7 91.Kxg7 Kc2 92.Na5 1–0</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="ECO_codes"><i>ECO</i> codes</h2></div>

<p>Some of the systems employed by White against the Pirc Defence include the following:

</p>

<ul><li>4.Bc4 (<i><a href="Encyclopaedia_of_Chess_Openings" title="Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings">ECO</a></i> B07) Kholmov System (4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2)</li>

<li>4.Be2 (<i>ECO</i> B07) sub-variants after 4.Be2 Bg7 include the Chinese Variation, 5.g4, and the Bayonet (Mariotti) Attack, 5.h4</li>

<li>4.Be3 (<i>ECO</i> B07) 150 or "Caveman" Attack (4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2)</li>

<li>4.Bg5 (<i>ECO</i> B07) Byrne Variation</li>

<li>4.g3 (<i>ECO</i> B07) Sveshnikov System</li>

<li>4.Nf3 (<i>ECO</i> B08) Classical (Two Knights) System (sub-variants after 4...Bg7 include 5.h3 and 5.Be2)</li>

<li>4.f4 (<i>ECO</i> B09) Austrian Attack (sub-variants after 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 include 6.e5, 6.Be2, 6.Bd3 and 6.Be3; also, after 4...Bg7 is 5.Bc4, the Ljubojevic Variation; Black also has the option to move into the Dragon Formation after 5.Nf3 with 5...c5)</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_chess_openings" title="List of chess openings">List of chess openings</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_openings_named_after_people" title="List of chess openings named after people">List of chess openings named after people</a></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thechesswebsite.com/pirc-defense/">"Pirc Defense - the Chess Website"</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Hooper-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hooper_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFHooperWhyld1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="David_Vincent_Hooper" title="David Vincent Hooper">Hooper, David</a>; <a href="Kenneth_Whyld" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth Whyld">Whyld, Kenneth</a> (1992). <i><a href="The_Oxford_Companion_to_Chess" title="The Oxford Companion to Chess">The Oxford Companion to Chess</a></i> (2nd ed.). <a href="Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. pp. 310, 465, 470. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9780198661641</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-B07-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-B07_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://chessopenings.com/eco/B07/">"B07"</a>. <i>chessopenings.com</i>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFvan_der_Sterren2009" class="citation book cs1">van der Sterren, Paul (2009). <i>Fundamental Chess Openings</i>. Gambit. pp. <span class="nowrap">453–</span>454. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>9781906454135</bdi>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFGarry_Kasparov" class="citation web cs1">Garry Kasparov. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gameknot.com/annotation.pl/tournament-in-wijk-aan-zee-annotated-by-g-kasparov?gm=216">"Tournament in Wijk aan Zee (annotated by G. Kasparov)"</a>. <i>gameknot.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2014-05-31</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1270330">"Gyula Sax vs. Yasser Seirawan, Brussels 1988"</a>. <i><a href="Chessgames.com" title="Chessgames.com">Chessgames.com</a></i>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard Palliser gives a different reason on page 249 of <i>Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks</i>: "[...] named because White's position is supposed to be so easy to play that a reasonable club player (150 British rating corresponds to an Elo of 1825) can obtain a good position with it against even a grandmaster!" Sam Collins on page 110 of <i>Understanding the Chess Opening</i> says it is so named because "even a 150-rated player can handle the white side."</span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.chessgames.com">http://www.chessgames.com</a> database for Seirawan games with Black.</span>

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<li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFVigus2007" class="citation book cs1">Vigus, James (2007). <i>The Pirc in Black and White: Detailed Coverage Of An Enterprising Chess Opening</i>. <a href="Everyman_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-Bartholomew-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Bartholomew_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFBartholomew2016" class="citation web cs1">Bartholomew, John (6 June 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6AwKoiAcqs">"Bobby Fischer vs. Viktor Korchnoi, Curacao 1962"</a>. <i>YouTube</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 10,</span> 2016</span>.</cite></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFCollins2005" class="citation cs2">Collins, Sam (2005), <i>Understanding the Chess Openings</i>, <a href="Gambit_Publications" title="Gambit Publications">Gambit Publications</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-904600-28-X</bdi></cite></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFPalliser2008" class="citation cs2"><a href="Richard_Palliser" title="Richard Palliser">Palliser, Richard</a> (2008), <i>Starting out: d-pawn attacks. The Colle–Zukertort, Barry and 150 Attacks</i>, <a href="Everyman_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-1-85744-578-7</bdi></cite></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>

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<div class="side-box-text plainlist">The Wikibook <i><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory" class="extiw external" title="wikibooks:Chess Opening Theory">Chess Opening Theory</a></i> has a page on the topic of: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._e4/1...d6" class="extiw external" title="wikibooks:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...d6">Pirc Defence</a></b></i></div></div>

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<ul><li><a href="John_Nunn" title="John Nunn">John Nunn</a> and <a href="Colin_McNab" title="Colin McNab">Colin McNab</a>, <i>The Ultimate Pirc</i> (Batsford, 1998)</li>

<li><a href="Alexander_Chernin" title="Alexander Chernin">Alexander Chernin</a> and <a href="Lev_Alburt" title="Lev Alburt">Lev Alburt</a>, <i>Pirc Alert!</i> (London, 2001)</li>

<li>Jacques Le Monnier, <i>La défense Pirc en 60 parties</i>, (Paris, Editions Grasset/Europe Echecs, 1983 for the first edition), <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>2-246-28571-2</bdi></li>

<li><cite id="CITEREFGallagher,_Joe2003" class="citation cs2"><a href="Joseph_Gallagher" title="Joseph Gallagher">Gallagher, Joe</a> (2003), <i>Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern</i>, <a href="Everyman_Chess" class="mw-redirect" title="Everyman Chess">Everyman Chess</a>, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-85744-336-5</bdi></cite></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Chess_theory" title="Chess theory">Chess theory</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_title" title="Chess title">Chess titles</a>

<ul><li><a href="Grandmaster_(chess)" title="Grandmaster (chess)">Grandmaster</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Computer_chess" title="Computer chess">Computer chess</a>

<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_computer_chess_terms" title="Glossary of computer chess terms">glossary</a></li>

<li><a href="Human%E2%80%93computer_chess_matches" title="Human–computer chess matches">matches</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_engine" title="Chess engine">engines</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_software" title="List of chess software">software</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Correspondence_chess" title="Correspondence chess">Correspondence chess</a></li>

<li><a href="Glossary_of_chess" title="Glossary of chess">Glossary</a></li>

<li><a href="Online_chess" title="Online chess">Online chess</a>

<ul><li><a href="Premove" title="Premove">Premove</a></li>

<li><a href="Internet_chess_server" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet chess server">Internet chess server</a>

<li><a href="Chess_rating_system" title="Chess rating system">Rating system</a>

<ul><li><a href="FIDE_world_rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="FIDE world rankings">world rankings</a></li>

<li><a href="Norm_(chess)" title="Norm (chess)">norms</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_variant" title="Chess variant">Variants</a>

<li><a href="List_of_world_records_in_chess" title="List of world records in chess">World records</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_equipment" title="Chess equipment">Equipment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Chess_set" title="Chess set">Chess set</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chessboard" title="Chessboard">chessboard</a></li>

<li><a href="Dubrovnik_chess_set" title="Dubrovnik chess set">Dubrovnik chess set</a></li>

<li><a href="Staunton_chess_set" title="Staunton chess set">Staunton chess set</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_piece" title="Chess piece">Chess pieces</a>

<li><a href="Queen_(chess)" title="Queen (chess)">Queen</a></li>

<li><a href="Bishop_(chess)" title="Bishop (chess)">Bishop</a></li>

<li><a href="Knight_(chess)" title="Knight (chess)">Knight</a></li>

<li><a href="Fairy_chess_piece" title="Fairy chess piece">Fairy</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_clock" title="Chess clock">Chess clock</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_table" title="Chess table">Chess table</a></li>

<li><dfn><a href="Glossary_of_chess#score_sheets" title="Glossary of chess"><span title="See entry at: Glossary of chess § Score sheets" style="color:inherit;" class="glossary-link">Score sheets</span></a></dfn></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="History_of_chess" title="History of chess">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Timeline_of_chess" title="Timeline of chess">Timeline</a>

<ul><li><i><a href="Versus_de_scachis" title="Versus de scachis">Versus de scachis</a></i></li>

<li><i><a href="G%C3%B6ttingen_manuscript" title="Göttingen manuscript">Göttingen manuscript</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Charlemagne_chessmen" title="Charlemagne chessmen">Charlemagne chessmen</a></li>

<li><a href="Lewis_chessmen" title="Lewis chessmen">Lewis chessmen</a></li>

<li><a href="Romantic_chess" title="Romantic chess">Romantic chess</a></li>

<li><a href="Hypermodernism_(chess)" title="Hypermodernism (chess)">Hypermodernism</a></li>

<li><a href="Soviet_chess_school" title="Soviet chess school">Soviet chess school</a></li>

<li><a href="Comparison_of_top_chess_players_throughout_history" title="Comparison of top chess players throughout history">Top player comparison</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Geography_of_chess" title="Geography of chess">Geography of chess</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_Africa" title="Chess in Africa">Africa</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_South_Africa" title="Chess in South Africa">South Africa</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_in_China" title="Chess in China">China</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_in_Europe" title="Chess in Europe">Europe</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_Armenia" title="Chess in Armenia">Armenia</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_in_Spain" title="Chess in Spain">Spain</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_in_India" title="Chess in India">India</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_games" title="List of chess games">Notable games</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_players" title="List of chess players">List of chess players</a>

<ul><li><a href="List_of_amateur_chess_players" title="List of amateur chess players">amateurs</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_female_chess_players" title="List of female chess players">female</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_grandmasters" title="List of chess grandmasters">grandmasters</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Women_in_chess" title="Women in chess">Women in chess</a></li>

<li><a href="Transgender_people_in_chess" title="Transgender people in chess">Transgender people in chess</a></li>

<li>Chess museums

<ul><li><a href="Bobby_Fischer_Center" title="Bobby Fischer Center">Bobby Fischer Center</a></li>

<li><a href="G%C3%B6kyay_Association_Chess_Museum" title="Gökyay Association Chess Museum">Gökyay Association Chess Museum</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Chess_Hall_of_Fame" title="World Chess Hall of Fame">World Chess Hall of Fame</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Rules_of_chess" title="Rules of chess">Rules</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Castling" title="Castling">Castling</a></li>

<li><a href="Cheating_in_chess" title="Cheating in chess">Cheating in chess</a></li>

<li><a href="Check_(chess)" title="Check (chess)">Check</a></li>

<li><a href="Checkmate" title="Checkmate">Checkmate</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Draw_by_agreement" title="Draw by agreement">by agreement</a></li>

<li><a href="Fifty-move_rule" title="Fifty-move rule">Fifty-move rule</a></li>

<li><a href="Perpetual_check" title="Perpetual check">Perpetual check</a></li>

<li><a href="Stalemate" title="Stalemate">Stalemate</a></li>

<li><a href="Threefold_repetition" title="Threefold repetition">Threefold repetition</a></li></ul></li>

<li><i><a href="En_passant" title="En passant">En passant</a></i></li>

<li><a href="Promotion_(chess)" title="Promotion (chess)">Pawn promotion</a></li>

<li><a href="Time_control" title="Time control">Time control</a>

<ul><li><a href="Fast_chess" title="Fast chess">Fast chess</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Touch-move_rule" title="Touch-move rule">Touch-move rule</a></li>

<li><a href="White_and_Black_in_chess" title="White and Black in chess">White and Black</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Glossary_of_chess" title="Glossary of chess">Terms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Blunder_(chess)" title="Blunder (chess)">Blunder</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_notation" title="Chess notation">Chess notation</a>

<ul><li><a href="Algebraic_notation_(chess)" title="Algebraic notation (chess)">algebraic</a></li>

<li><a href="Descriptive_notation" title="Descriptive notation">descriptive</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_annotation_symbols" title="Chess annotation symbols">annotation symbols</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_symbols_in_Unicode" title="Chess symbols in Unicode">symbols in Unicode</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Fianchetto" title="Fianchetto">Fianchetto</a></li>

<li><a href="Gambit" title="Gambit">Gambit</a></li>

<li><a href="Key_square" title="Key square">Key square</a></li>

<li><a href="Outpost_(chess)" title="Outpost (chess)">Outpost</a></li>

<li><a href="Pawn_(chess)" title="Pawn (chess)">Pawns</a>

<ul><li><a href="Backward_pawn" title="Backward pawn">backward</a></li>

<li><a href="Connected_pawns" title="Connected pawns">connected</a></li>

<li><a href="Doubled_pawns" title="Doubled pawns">doubled</a></li>

<li><a href="Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">isolated</a></li>

<li><a href="Passed_pawn" title="Passed pawn">passed</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Swindle_(chess)" title="Swindle (chess)">Swindle</a></li>

<li><a href="Tempo_(chess)" title="Tempo (chess)">Tempo</a></li>

<li><a href="Transposition_(chess)" title="Transposition (chess)">Transposition</a></li>

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<ul><li><a href="Castling#Artificial_castling" title="Castling">Artificial castling</a></li>

<li><a href="Battery_(chess)" title="Battery (chess)">Battery</a>

<ul><li><a href="Alekhine's_gun" title="Alekhine's gun">Alekhine's gun</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Block_(chess)" title="Block (chess)">Block</a></li>

<li><a href="Checkmate_pattern" title="Checkmate pattern">Checkmate patterns</a></li>

<li><a href="Combination_(chess)" title="Combination (chess)">Combination</a></li>

<li><a href="Decoy_(chess)" title="Decoy (chess)">Decoy</a></li>

<li><a href="Deflection_(chess)" title="Deflection (chess)">Deflection</a></li>

<li><a href="Desperado_(chess)" title="Desperado (chess)">Desperado</a></li>

<li><a href="Discovered_attack" title="Discovered attack">Discovered attack</a></li>

<li><a href="Double_check" title="Double check">Double check</a></li>

<li><a href="Interference_(chess)" title="Interference (chess)">Interference</a></li>

<li><a href="Overloading_(chess)" title="Overloading (chess)">Overloading</a></li>

<li><a href="Pawn_storm" title="Pawn storm">Pawn storm</a></li>

<li><a href="Sacrifice_(chess)" title="Sacrifice (chess)">Sacrifice</a>

<ul><li><a href="Queen_sacrifice" title="Queen sacrifice">Queen sacrifice</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Skewer_(chess)" title="Skewer (chess)">Skewer</a></li>

<li><a href="Undermining_(chess)" title="Undermining (chess)">Undermining</a></li>

<li><a href="Windmill_(chess)" title="Windmill (chess)">Windmill</a></li>

<li><a href="Zwischenzug" title="Zwischenzug">Zwischenzug</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_strategy" title="Chess strategy">Strategy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Compensation_(chess)" title="Compensation (chess)">Compensation</a></li>

<li><a href="Exchange_(chess)" title="Exchange (chess)">Exchange</a>

<ul><li><a href="The_exchange_(chess)" title="The exchange (chess)">the exchange</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Initiative_(chess)" title="Initiative (chess)">Initiative</a>

<ul><li><a href="First-move_advantage_in_chess" title="First-move advantage in chess">first-move advantage</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_middlegame" title="Chess middlegame">Middlegame</a></li>

<li><a href="Pawn_structure" title="Pawn structure">Pawn structure</a>

<ul><li><a href="Hedgehog_(chess)" title="Hedgehog (chess)">Hedgehog</a></li>

<li><a href="Isolated_pawn" title="Isolated pawn">Isolated Queen's Pawn</a></li>

<li><a href="Mar%C3%B3czy_Bind" title="Maróczy Bind">Maróczy Bind</a></li>

<li><a href="Minority_attack" title="Minority attack">Minority attack</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_piece_relative_value" title="Chess piece relative value">Piece values</a></li>

<li><a href="Prophylaxis_(chess)" title="Prophylaxis (chess)">Prophylaxis</a></li>

<li><a href="School_of_chess" title="School of chess">School of chess</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_opening" title="Chess opening">Openings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Flank_opening" title="Flank opening">Flank opening</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="King's_Fianchetto_Opening" title="King's Fianchetto Opening">Benko Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Bird's_Opening" title="Bird's Opening">Bird's Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Dunst_Opening" title="Dunst Opening">Dunst Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="English_Opening" title="English Opening">English Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Grob's_Attack" title="Grob's Attack">Grob's Attack</a></li>

<li><a href="Larsen's_Opening" class="mw-redirect" title="Larsen's Opening">Larsen's Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Zukertort_Opening" title="Zukertort Opening">Zukertort Opening</a>

<ul><li><a href="King's_Indian_Attack" title="King's Indian Attack">King's Indian Attack</a></li>

<li><a href="R%C3%A9ti_Opening" title="Réti Opening">Réti Opening</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="King's_Pawn_Game" title="King's Pawn Game">King's Pawn Game</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Alekhine's_Defence" title="Alekhine's Defence">Alekhine's Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Caro%E2%80%93Kann_Defence" title="Caro–Kann Defence">Caro–Kann Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="French_Defence" title="French Defence">French Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Modern_Defense" title="Modern Defense">Modern Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Nimzowitsch_Defence" title="Nimzowitsch Defence">Nimzowitsch Defence</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Four_Knights_Game" title="Four Knights Game">Four Knights Game</a></li>

<li><a href="Giuoco_Piano" title="Giuoco Piano">Giuoco Piano</a></li>

<li><a href="Italian_Game" title="Italian Game">Italian Game</a></li>

<li><a href="King's_Gambit" title="King's Gambit">King's Gambit</a></li>

<li><a href="Petrov's_Defence" title="Petrov's Defence">Petrov's Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Philidor_Defence" title="Philidor Defence">Philidor Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Ponziani_Opening" title="Ponziani Opening">Ponziani Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Ruy_Lopez" title="Ruy Lopez">Ruy Lopez</a></li>

<li><a href="Semi-Italian_Opening" title="Semi-Italian Opening">Semi-Italian Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Scotch_Game" title="Scotch Game">Scotch Game</a></li>

<li><a href="Two_Knights_Defense" title="Two Knights Defense">Two Knights Defense</a></li>

<li><a href="Vienna_Game" title="Vienna Game">Vienna Game</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Owen's_Defence" title="Owen's Defence">Owen's Defence</a></li>

<li>

<ul><li><a href="Pirc_Defence%2C_Austrian_Attack" title="Pirc Defence, Austrian Attack">Austrian Attack</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Scandinavian_Defense" title="Scandinavian Defense">Scandinavian Defense</a></li>

<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence" title="Sicilian Defence">Sicilian Defence</a>

<ul><li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Alapin_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Alapin Variation">Alapin</a></li>

<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Dragon_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation">Dragon</a>/<a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Accelerated_Dragon" title="Sicilian Defence, Accelerated Dragon">Accelerated Dragon</a></li>

<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Najdorf_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation">Najdorf</a></li>

<li><a href="Sicilian_Defence%2C_Scheveningen_Variation" title="Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation">Scheveningen</a></li></ul></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Budapest_Gambit" title="Budapest Gambit">Budapest Gambit</a></li>

<li><a href="Colle_System" title="Colle System">Colle System</a></li>

<li><a href="Dutch_Defence" title="Dutch Defence">Dutch Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="English_Defence" title="English Defence">English Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Indian_Defence" title="Indian Defence">Indian Defence</a>

<ul><li><a href="Benoni_Defense" title="Benoni Defense">Benoni Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Modern_Benoni" title="Modern Benoni">Modern Benoni</a></li>

<li><a href="Bogo-Indian_Defence" title="Bogo-Indian Defence">Bogo-Indian Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Catalan_Opening" title="Catalan Opening">Catalan Opening</a></li>

<li><a href="Gr%C3%BCnfeld_Defence" title="Grünfeld Defence">Grünfeld Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="King's_Indian_Defence" title="King's Indian Defence">King's Indian Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Nimzo-Indian_Defence" title="Nimzo-Indian Defence">Nimzo-Indian Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Old_Indian_Defense" title="Old Indian Defense">Old Indian Defense</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen's_Indian_Defense" title="Queen's Indian Defense">Queen's Indian Defence</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="London_System" title="London System">London System</a></li>

<li><a href="Richter%E2%80%93Veresov_Attack" title="Richter–Veresov Attack">Richter–Veresov Attack</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen's_Gambit" title="Queen's Gambit">Queen's Gambit</a>

<ul><li><a href="Queen's_Gambit_Accepted" title="Queen's Gambit Accepted">Accepted</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen's_Gambit_Declined" title="Queen's Gambit Declined">Declined</a></li>

<li><a href="Slav_Defense" title="Slav Defense">Slav Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Semi-Slav_Defense" title="Semi-Slav Defense">Semi-Slav Defence</a></li>

<li><a href="Chigorin_Defense" title="Chigorin Defense">Chigorin Defense</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Torre_Attack" title="Torre Attack">Torre Attack</a></li>

<li><a href="Trompowsky_Attack" title="Trompowsky Attack">Trompowsky Attack</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_chess_openings" title="List of chess openings">List of openings</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_opening_theory_table" title="Chess opening theory table">theory table</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_gambits" title="List of chess gambits">List of chess gambits</a></li>

<li><a href="Irregular_chess_opening" title="Irregular chess opening">Irregular</a>

<ul><li><a href="Bongcloud_Attack" title="Bongcloud Attack">Bongcloud Attack</a></li>

<li><a href="Scholar's_mate" title="Scholar's mate">Scholar's mate</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Chess_endgame" title="Chess endgame">Endgames</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Bishop_and_knight_checkmate" title="Bishop and knight checkmate">Bishop and knight checkmate</a></li>

<li><a href="Opposite-colored_bishops_endgame" title="Opposite-colored bishops endgame">Opposite-coloured bishops</a></li>

<li><a href="Pawnless_chess_endgame" title="Pawnless chess endgame">Pawnless endgame</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen_and_pawn_versus_queen_endgame" title="Queen and pawn versus queen endgame">Queen and pawn vs. queen</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen_versus_pawn_endgame" title="Queen versus pawn endgame">Queen vs. pawn</a></li>

<li><a href="Queen_versus_rook_endgame" title="Queen versus rook endgame">Queen vs. rook</a></li>

<li><a href="Rook_and_bishop_versus_rook_endgame" title="Rook and bishop versus rook endgame">Rook and bishop vs. rook</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Lucena_position" title="Lucena position">Lucena position</a></li>

<li><a href="Philidor_position" title="Philidor position">Philidor position</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Strategy

<ul><li><a href="Fortress_(chess)" title="Fortress (chess)">fortress</a></li>

<li><a href="Opposition_(chess)" title="Opposition (chess)">opposition</a></li>

<li><a href="Tarrasch_rule" title="Tarrasch rule">Tarrasch rule</a></li>

<li><a href="Triangulation_(chess)" title="Triangulation (chess)">triangulation</a></li>

<li><a href="Zugzwang" title="Zugzwang">Zugzwang</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Endgame_study" title="Endgame study">Study</a></li>

<li><a href="Endgame_tablebase" title="Endgame tablebase">Tablebase</a></li>

<li><a href="Two_knights_endgame" title="Two knights endgame">Two knights endgame</a></li>

<li><a href="Wrong_bishop" title="Wrong bishop">Wrong bishop</a></li>

<li><a href="Wrong_rook_pawn" title="Wrong rook pawn">Wrong rook pawn</a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="List_of_strong_chess_tournaments" title="List of strong chess tournaments">List of strong chess tournaments</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_Olympiad" title="Chess Olympiad">Chess Olympiad</a>

<ul><li><a href="Women's_Chess_Olympiad" title="Women's Chess Olympiad">Women</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="World_Chess_Championship" title="World Chess Championship">World Chess Championship</a>

<li><a href="Candidates_Tournament" title="Candidates Tournament">Candidates Tournament</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">Chess World Cup</a></li>

<li><a href="FIDE_Grand_Prix" title="FIDE Grand Prix">FIDE Grand Prix</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Other world championships

<ul><li><a href="Women's_World_Chess_Championship" title="Women's World Chess Championship">Women</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Rapid_Chess_Championship" title="World Rapid Chess Championship">Rapid</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Blitz_Chess_Championship" title="World Blitz Chess Championship">Blitz</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Junior_Chess_Championship" title="World Junior Chess Championship">Junior</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Youth_Chess_Championship" title="World Youth Chess Championship">Youth</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Senior_Chess_Championship" title="World Senior Chess Championship">Senior</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Amateur_Chess_Championship" title="World Amateur Chess Championship">Amateur</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Championship_of_Chess_Composition" title="World Championship of Chess Composition">Chess composition</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Chess_Solving_Championship" title="World Chess Solving Championship">Solving</a></li></ul></li>

<li>Computer chess championships

<li><a href="North_American_Computer_Chess_Championship" title="North American Computer Chess Championship">North American</a></li>

<li><a href="World_Computer_Speed_Chess_Championship" title="World Computer Speed Chess Championship">WCSCC</a></li></ul></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Ca%C3%AFssa" title="Caïssa">Caïssa</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_aesthetics" title="Chess aesthetics">Chess aesthetics</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_in_the_arts" title="Chess in the arts">Chess in the arts</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_in_early_literature" title="Chess in early literature">early literature</a></li>

<li>novels</li>

<li>paintings</li>

<li>poetry</li>

<li>short stories</li></ul></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_books" title="List of chess books">Chess books</a>

<ul><li><a href="Chess_opening_book" title="Chess opening book">opening books</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_endgame_literature" title="Chess endgame literature">endgame literature</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Oxford_Companion_to_Chess" title="The Oxford Companion to Chess"><i>Oxford Companion</i></a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_libraries" title="Chess libraries">Chess libraries</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_columns_in_newspapers" title="Chess columns in newspapers">Chess newspaper columns</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_chess_periodicals" title="List of chess periodicals">Chess periodicals</a></li></ul>

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<li><a href="Chess_boxing" title="Chess boxing">Chess boxing</a></li>

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<li><a href="Chess_composer" title="Chess composer">Chess composer</a></li>

<li><a href="Chess_engine" title="Chess engine">Chess engine</a>

<ul><li><a href="AlphaZero" title="AlphaZero">AlphaZero</a></li>

<li><a href="Leela_Chess_Zero" title="Leela Chess Zero">Leela Chess Zero</a></li>

<li><a href="Mittens_(chess)" title="Mittens (chess)">Mittens</a></li>

<li><a href="Stockfish_(chess)" title="Stockfish (chess)">Stockfish</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_problem" title="Chess problem">Chess problem</a>

<ul><li><a href="Glossary_of_chess_problems" title="Glossary of chess problems">glossary</a></li>

<li><a href="Joke_chess_problem" title="Joke chess problem">joke chess</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Chess_prodigy" title="Chess prodigy">Chess prodigy</a></li>

<li><a href="Elo_rating_system" title="Elo rating system">Elo rating system</a></li>

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