Soltis Andrew. Beating the Pirc/Modern with the Fianchetto Variation (Annotated PGNs)

Chess Digest, 1993. — 78 p. — ISBN: 0-87568-220-0.Introduction and... c7-c5 Systems: When the Pirc and Modem Defenses began to appear in the games of masters, beginning in the 50's and 60's, these offbeat openings received little attention. Later, when Black began to win a lot with the Pirc and Modem, mainly in the 70's, White responded with aggression. The most popular antidotes were systems in which White played for a quick mating attack on the Kingside, usually with Be3 (or Bg5) and Qd2, or with a rapid advance of the f-pawn.But when Black didn't oblige by falling over dead, White had to change his strategy. In the 1980's and 90's, players who begin the game
with 1.e4 have been adopting a variety of quieter weapons against...g6 and...Bg7. And one of the most solid - and consistently successful - systems available is the subtle Fianchetto.Sometimes in the Fianchetto Variation it is hard to tell immedi ately that we are in a 1.e4 game, rather than a 1.d4 one. For example, are
cent illustration of White's wide range of strategies was...