Chessmate

Pirc Defense · White

Be3–Qd2, ...Ng4 and the e5 Break · White (B08)

Claim central space and invite Black to show whether the game will become a true Pirc.

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Pirc Defense · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO B07–B09

Sample line with full explanations: Austrian Attack, 6.d5 and the ...e6 Break · Black.

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ECO B08

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  1. Be3–Qd2, ...Ng4 and the e5 Break · WhiteSample

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c6 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. h3 b4 12. Na4 Nf6 13. Nxe5

  2. Direct 5...Ng4 and the Qd2 Setup · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Ng4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Qd2

  3. Be3–Qd2, ...a6–b5 and h4 versus ...e5 · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h4

  4. Be3–Qd2, ...c6–b5 and the Central Break · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15. fxe5

  5. Bacrot Variation, ...c6–d5 and the Nxe4 Recovery · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ng5 Qd5 12. c4 Qd8 13. Nxe4

  6. Be3–Qd2, 6...c5 and the Open Center · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 dxc5 9. e5 Ng4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Rhe1

  7. Early 5...a6, Qd2–Bh6 and the b5 Clamp · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bh6

  8. Early 5...c6, Qd2 and the e5 Advance · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bh6 e5 10. dxe5

  9. Early 5...Nc6 and the d5 Space Clamp · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 e5 7. d5 Ne7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O-O

  10. Early 5...h6, the Flexible h3 Setup · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Be2

  11. ...Ng4–g5 Pawn Chase, the Open-King Punishment · White

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nf6 10. O-O-O c6 11. h4 g4 12. Bf4 gxf3 13. Bxh6 Nh7 14. gxf3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Kh8 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Bd3 e5 18. Rxg8+ Qxg8 19. Qxd6 exd4 20. Qxd4+ Qg7 21. e5