ChessBase GmbH, 2019. Платформа: Windows Язык интерфейса: английский Для программ: Fritz и ChessBase. For the first launch of the Pirc Powerbook 2019 a minimum rating of rating 2350 was set as the baseline. 46 000 games from Mega and correspondence chess crossed this threshold, to which were added roughly 160 000 from the engine room of playchess.com, making a total of 206 000...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-90-833366-6-4. The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen. In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-90-833366-6-4. The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen. In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-90-833366-6-4. The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen. In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-90-833366-6-4. The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen. In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of...
Alkmaar: New in Chess, 2023. — 256 p. — ISBN: 978-90-833366-6-4. The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen. In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of...
Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...
Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...
Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...
London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1973. — 259 p. — ISBN: 978-0713403619. The Pirc Defence (1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6) is an aggressive defence based on counter-attack. It sets out right away to create tense, positional and tactical situations. It was employed by Fischer in his 17th game against Spassky in the World Championship match. In this study and in the companion volume...
London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1973. — 259 p. — ISBN: 978-0713403619. Published in 1973, the Pirc Defence, along with its companion volume, The Modern Defence, provide players with a wide variety of lines to play, including quality analysis that may not be in current opening books or databases.
Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...
Portsmouth (USA): Russell Enterprises, 2023. — 240 p. — ISBN: 978-1949859560. The Modern Defense has been popular for decades. However, within the purview of this defense, there is a system that challenges White right from the get-go. The brainchild of Georgian grandmaster Bukhuti Gurgenidze, Black plays 1...g6 and follows with a timely...c6 and...d5. Occasionally classified as...
Chessbase, 2013. — ISBN 978-3-86681-354-0. The Slovenian GM Vasja Pirc was a five time Yugoslavian champion. This speaks volumes for his playing strength but there is a more important contribution which he has made to the chess world. The defence which he explored in detail after the moves: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 is named after him. There were ups and downs in the appearance...
Praha: Olympia, 1982. — 176 s. — ISBN: 27-037-82. Tato životaschopná obrana byla a je dnes silnou zbraní nejvýznamnějsích světových velmistrů (např. Fischera, Horta, Timmana, Smejkala, Keena) a popularita tohoto zahájení je spojena právě se jmény těchto hráčů. Autory této ojedinělé monografie jsou dva českoslovenští šachisté, mezinárodní velmistr a účastník turnaje kandidátů na...
Praha: Olympia, 1982. — 176 s. — ISBN: 27-037-82. Tato životaschopná obrana byla a je dnes silnou zbraní nejvýznamnějsích světových velmistrů (např. Fischera, Horta, Timmana, Smejkala, Keena) a popularita tohoto zahájení je spojena právě se jmény těchto hráčů. Autory této ojedinělé monografie jsou dva českoslovenští šachisté, mezinárodní velmistr a účastník turnaje kandidátů na...
Barcelona: Edami, 2007. — 100 p. La defensa Pirc, es sin lugar a dudas una línea de juego agresiva, recomendada aaquellos jugadores que gustan de un juego agudo y táctico, pues desde el inicio lasnegras comprometen su futuro enroque corto con la movida distintiva del planteo g6,para provocar un juego dinámico y de contragolpes en el centro y en flanco dama. Con este Pack de...
Barcelona: Edami, 2007. — 100 p. La defensa Pirc, es sin lugar a dudas una línea de juego agresiva, recomendada aaquellos jugadores que gustan de un juego agudo y táctico, pues desde el inicio lasnegras comprometen su futuro enroque corto con la movida distintiva del planteo g6,para provocar un juego dinámico y de contragolpes en el centro y en flanco dama. Con este Pack de...
Nottingham: Chess Player, 1980. — 48 p. — ISBN 0-906042-21-6. M. Thomas, who wrote the best extended consideration of these lines from White's perspective 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2. recommended this variation and was the first and last to explore its intricacies. As he wrote:"This system is ideal for club and tournament players because it is of a sharp tactical...
Nottingham: Chess Player, 1980. — 48 p. — ISBN 0-906042-21-6. M. Thomas, who wrote the best extended consideration of these lines from White's perspective 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.Qe2. recommended this variation and was the first and last to explore its intricacies. As he wrote:"This system is ideal for club and tournament players because it is of a sharp tactical...
Quality Chess, 2017. — 408 p. — (Grandmaster Repertoire). — ISBN 978-1-78483-040-3. The Pirc is more of a counterattack than a defence: Black allows his opponent to occupy the centre and provokes a confrontation, trusting in the power of the g7-bishop and the dynamic potential in his position. It is the perfect weapon for players who seek a complex strategic fight with the...
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...
IChess.net, 2018. In his comprehensive 9 hours Deep Dive course, GM Damian Lemos builds up your knowledge on one of the most dynamic chess openings for Black, the Pirc Defense, one of the most dynamic chess openings for Black. Put your opponents on the defensive with a classic counter-attacking weapon against 1.e4, the Pirc Defense (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6). With Super GMs...
IChess.net, 2018. In his comprehensive 9 hours Deep Dive course, GM Damian Lemos builds up your knowledge on one of the most dynamic chess openings for Black, the Pirc Defense, one of the most dynamic chess openings for Black. Put your opponents on the defensive with a classic counter-attacking weapon against 1.e4, the Pirc Defense (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6). With Super GMs...