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Ever since Nimzowitsch introduced his flexible

Jeremy Silman ist Internationaler Meister und ein Lehrer und Trainer von Weltklasse

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GM Alfonso Romero and FM Oscar de Prado have now filled this gap

but the line that puts the most pressure on White's center is the Classical Line - Black quickly places both knights on their most active squares

Angreifen mit der Pirc-Verteidigung UpdateSN_required false Ever since Nimzowitsch introduced hisSlovenian GM Vasja Pirc was a five time Yugoslav national champion. That says it all about his playing strength, but there is something more important that he did for the chess world: the defense after the moves 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6, which he studied in detail, is named after him. The Pirc Defense had its ups and downs in tournament practice. Many considered it dubious. But the opening survived and is now coming back into fashion. The reasons