Pirc Defense - How to Play the e-pawn Openings - The Complete Chess Course From Beginning To Winning Chess! (2016)

The Complete Chess Course From Beginning To Winning Chess! (2016)

Book Seven

How to Play the e-pawn Openings

Pirc Defense

This line of play (1…d6 in reply to 1.e4) is as timid as Alekhine’s Defense is brash. White maintains clear superiority by virtue of his better development and greater command of the board.

Pirc Defense

White - Black

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 (D)

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Position after 2…Nf6

Black counterattacks against White’s e-pawn, which cannot very well advance. Consequently White protects the menaced pawn.

3.Nc3 g6 4.f4! Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5

Black makes a flank thrust against White’s formidable pawn center.

7.d5 e6 8.dxe6 Bxe6 9.f5! Bc8 10.0-0 Nc6

White’s development is much more active and aggressive. Particularly troublesome is his threat to obtain a lasting bind with Bg5 followed by Nd5. Black is limited to passive play.