How to Play the Pirc - a New System for Black! 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6

79 pp. An instructional guide to this classic strategic opening, by two Czech masters. The Pirc Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 d6 It is named after Slovenian grandmaster Vasja Pirc or alternatively after Soviet master Anatoly Ufimtsev as the Ufimtsev Defence. Black allows White to establish a centre with pawns on d4 and e4, but plans to undermine it later.