Pirc Defense

Black lets White build a classical center with e4 and d4, and prepares a kingside fianchetto with g6 and Bg7. The counterplay comes later with c5, e5, or a queenside pawn advance. Austrian Attack is the sharpest White setup in the tree.

28 lines in the book · ECO B00 to B09 · 17,823 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Pirc Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. d6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from d7 to d6.

Variations

Roscher Gambit1 lines · B00150 Attack3 lines · B07Bayonet Attack1 lines · B07Byrne Variation1 lines · B07Chinese Variation1 lines · B07Kholmov System1 lines · B07Sveshnikov System1 lines · B07Classical Variation7 lines · B08Austrian Attack8 lines · B09

Named gambits and traps

1 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 1.

Puzzles from this opening

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Puzzle rating 1,484 · played 6,568 times in the source set

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