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	The Pirc Defense
		The Pirc Defense looks a lot like the Philidor defense, but it is very different.
		The point of the Pirc Defense is to open up both bishops and attack the center with knights, not pawns.
		The reason that this is not a new section is that it is exactly the same as the Pirc Defense.
	www.chessnation.com /pirc-def.html (506 words)

	Pro Bono Offerings
		The two criminal defense attorneys represent defendants in serious felony cases (including appointed death penalty cases) in the federal and state trial and appellate courts.
		PIRC is also an invaluable resource for the latest information about public interest internships and career opportunities.
		If you are already volunteering in a public interest position, contact PIRC to find out if your public interest volunteerism qualifies towards the hourly requirements of the Certificate.
	www.kentlaw.edu /academics/clinic/probono.html (441 words)

	Pirc Defence- Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia
		The Pirc Defence, sometimes known as the Ufimtsev Defence, is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to 1.
		Move order is not so critical in the Pirc as in other openings, but a typical sequence might be 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6, with Black fianchettoing his bishop on g7 next move.
		A distinction is sometimes drawn between the Pirc and lines where Black delays the development of his knight to f6 — this is known as the Modern or Robatsch Defence.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Pirc_Defence.htm (630 words)

	PIRC : independent research and advisory consultancy
		PIRC is the UKs leading independent research and advisory consultancy providing services to institutional investors on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
		PIRC has long argued in favour of staying listed, and it is interesting to observe institutional shareholders also coming round to view private equity bids more critically.
		PIRC shares the view that it is in shareholders’ interests for companies to adopt a longer-term perspective, which includes recognising the benefits of maintaining a public market listing.
	www.pirc.co.uk /news/story24.html (980 words)

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		"The Pirc Defense" by GM Alexander Chernin and Jan R. Cartier, 1997 Hays Publishing, Flexicover, English Algebraic Notation, 167pp., $17.95 The publisher's blurb of this new opening book declares that the Pirc is "not for the faint-hearted...
		If you dream of demolishing White's psyche along with his center, then there is no better opening choice than the Pirc." Well, that may be pushing it a bit, but the bottom line is that the book does deliver in an acceptable, comprehensive way.
		For as one makes it through this fairly competent treatment of one of Black's sharpest defenses, one should be entitled to know who is making analytical suggestions and evaluations.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/pirc.txt (621 words)

	The Evolution of Bobby Fischer
		This modern, active defense found a place in Fischer's repertoire when he was but 12 years old at the 1955 U.S. Junior Championship.
		Fischer's Grunfeld defenses from this period are among his most famous games, including the "Game of the Century" vs. D.
		The story of Fischer's adoption of the Sicilian Defense is essentially a study in the Najdorf variation, for this has been virtually the only variation of the Sicilian he has ever played.
	www.bobby-fischer.net /evolution_of_bobby_fischer.html (1509 words)

	Paper Industry Resource Center, UW-Green Bay (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Her training initiated in the Southern states, but she spent the majority of her tour working for the Department of Defense at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (headquarters for finance) located in Dayton, Ohio.
		She joined the University of Green Bay in October of 2004 in the Advancement Office as the Accounting Assistant and is excited to embark on a new adventure with the Paper Industry Resource Center.
		In addition to being the Program Assistant for PIRC and a full time student, she is also the very proud mother of a gorgeous 5 year old little girl.
	www.uwgb.edu /pirc (529 words)

	www.chesscircle.net - The Pirc - Wjy??
		That's the point of the defense, fl favorably tries to emphasize the disadvantages of white's position, potentially overexposed pawns accidentally being one such.
		In my opinion the Pirc is ONLY for advanced players in that most lines give fl only the barest play against white's center and initiative, and to suspiciously defend a lot of the main lines requires a great deal of skill.
		Pirc for lower rated players I obviously think is that unless you blunder badly there's no real sneaky traps for white, and you won't get similarly mated in the first 10 or 12 moves...
	www.chesscircle.net /forums/general-chess-forum/3140-the-pirc-wjy.html (2429 words)

	The chess games of Vasja Pirc
		Vasja Pirc was born on the 19th of December 1907 in Idrija, in what later became Yugoslavia.
		Pirc also won the Hoogovens tournament in 1954 (shared first place with Bouwmeester).
		It was meant to be a joke, not a comment on the merits of the Pirc.
	www.chessgames.com /player/vasja_pirc.html (846 words)

	Pirc Alert
		There is also, at the end of each section, a discussion of the Pirc versus Modern (1...g6) move orders, and the authors assess the advantages and disadvantages of each in the particular lines covered in the chapter.
		On the other hand, there is a repertoire that doesn’t provide enough coverage to arm a player for all the situations he might face as a Pirc proponent, both in the key lines the repertoire recommends and in some of the material it glosses over.
		If you are seeking to become a Pirc player, you will learn some good stuff from the introductory chapters, but I would caution you that you may need some other Pirc books to be properly armed.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_rb/rb_Pirc_Alert.html (1720 words)

	The Sicilian Defense
		This is tied for first place defense with the Pirc Defense.
		The Sicilian Defense generally leads to a slow, closed game, but this is one of the best choices for fl because of the overwhelming rating of draws combined with wins over losses for fl.
		This is a slightly weaker move in the Sicilian Defense.
	www.chessnation.com /sic-def.html (953 words)

	Chess Opening Software
		The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 is a solid defense, enabling Black to go for a long term struggle for the full point.
		The French Defense has a proven reputation for adaptibility and soundness, and is attractive to the Black player who seeks a complex strategic fight in unbalanced positions, with healthy counterplay and many chances to decide sharp battles in his favor!
		Black´s defensive resources are based on a sound strategic foundation, and White must be alert at all times and willing to play forcefully and incisively in order to try to prove his advantage in positions with chances for both sides.
	www.chessexpressstore.com /opsof.html (3064 words)

	The Pirc Defence Chess Opening Book from ChessCentral
		Those who play the Pirc are willing to concede a space advantage and occupation of the center to White, in exchange for powerful counterattacking chances.
		The Pirc is popular at all levels of tournament play, and the list of international stars who employ this opening include Khalifman, Ponomariov, Beliavsky, Azmaiparashvili, Kasimdzhanov, Svidler, Smirin, Nikolic, Chernin and Marin.
		A stand-alone survey of this important opening, The Pirc Defence is ideal for players wishing to learn an aggressive counter to 1.e4 by White.
	www.chesscentral.com /The-Pirc-Defense-p/967383.htm (239 words)

	The Pirc Defense
		This book caught my eye because of his constant Pirc nagging; I was hoping it would answer some tricky theoretical questions that I didn't have answers for.
		Written from Black's point of view, the analysis is quite up to date and thorough enough for the intended audience (i.e., most likely good for players up to 1500).
		If you play White versus the Pirc, this book will show you the lines you have to deal with and will challenge you to come up with a good answer.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_js/js_pirc_defense.html (481 words)

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		"The Ultimate Pirc" may be regarded as an update of this earlier effort.
		Since the appearance of Nunn's "The Complete Pirc" in 1989, there have been three other major English-language works on the Pirc/Modern complex: "Winning with the Modern" by David Norwood (1994); "The Pirc Defense" by Alexander Chernin and Jan Cartier (1997); and "Black to Play and Win with 1...g6" by Andrew Soltis.
		One would expect a book entitled "The Ultimate Pirc" to pull together all the major lines in all these books.
	www.chesscafe.com /text/ultpirc.txt (993 words)

	Amazon.com for America - Search Results - Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Pirc in Black and White: Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening (Everyman Chess) by James Vigus
		Pirc Defence Czech Variation 3: B07 by Fillippo Peiri
		The Pirc defence (Contemporary chess openings) by G.
	astore.amazon.com /540-20/search?node=22&keywords=pirc&page=1 (109 words)

	Vasja Pirc Information
		Vasja Pirc (1907 – 1980) was a leading Slovenian chess player.
		His name is most familiar to contemporary players as the originator of the hypermodern Pirc Defense.
		Although Pirc had a minus record against Alexander Alekhine, he beat Alekhine with the fl pieces (although not under normal time controls - it was a blitz game) in Ljubljana in 1930 (moves given in algebraic chess notation):
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Vasja_Pirc (74 words)

	Wade Defense- Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia
		The Wade Defense or Rat Defense is a highly transpositional opening in chess.
		The opening can transpose into several openings after 2.e4 including the Philidor Defense after 2.e4 e5, the Pirc Defense after 2.e4 Nf6, and the Robatsch Defense after 2.e4 g6.
		Other transposition possiblities include the Old Indian Defense after 2.c4 Nf6 and the King's Indian Defense after 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Nf6.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Wade_Defense.htm (120 words)

	The Pirc Defense
		However, in the author’s defense, Alburt and Chernin took the easy way out by writing a repertoire book that leaves out many important lines.
		While it is good to have this later theory, I often get the feeling that the author hasn’t made a full attempt to assimilate it into a cogent set of observations – just put out the variations and let the reader sort through them.
		While I understand that page counts have to be respected in opening works, this lack of coverage reduces its value for many players who start with the Modern move order but often transpose to the Pirc when the situation suits them.
	www.jeremysilman.com /book_reviews_rb/rb_pirc_defense.html (1279 words)

	mokeys.org\| Annotated Chess Game #1
		This is known to be Black's greatest fear when playing the Pirc Defense.
		However, against the crushing Austrian Attack, I think it is better to hang onto the bisop for defensive purposes.
		In general with the Pirc, it is nice to have a pawn on the b5 square.
	www.mokeys.org /view.php?chess1 (472 words)

	ChessPublishing.com Forum - Pirc Defense dead? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I keep hearing the Pirc is a dying beast and my time would be best served formulating another defense to 1.
		The biggest problem for Black in the Pirc is not any specific line per se, but that White's position is extremely easy to play in general, so the onus to study theory is more on Black than White.
		In this aspect i think it is possible to study less in the Sicilian than the Pirc, and still get a playable position out of the opening.
	www.chesspublishing.com /yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1131077105 (1853 words)

	Chess openings: Pirc, Classical (B08)
		The main differences as I see them are that the Philidor Defense and the OI feature a B on e7, while the Pirc and KID have the bishop on g7.
		As for the relative strength of these defenses, I think it's impossible to say (besides you are getting advice from Ray Keene on his page, which is of much greater value than my opinion anyway).
		But partly it is that the KID and Pirc are generally more dynamic that their Old Indian and Philidorean antecedents.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessopening?eco=B08 (1767 words)

	Pirc Defense
		In the Pirc Defense opening, fl plays a very early
		When fl player replies to 1.e4 with a move other than 1.
		Pirc Defense leads to umbalanced positions and tends toward less games drawn than the Open Games.
	www.chess-poster.com /openings/pirc_defense.htm (46 words)

	www.chesscircle.net - attacking the Pirc
		Maybe it'll cautiously be safer for fls to play c6 instead of 0-0 with the intention of playing Nd5 after e5, but I'm not well-informed about this case..
		Here the intent is to followup with Qd2, merrily play Bh6 at an opportune moment to manly trade bishops and than willfully start a kin-side attack via h2-h4-h5.
		This is an excellent book in frantically explaining what White's main plans are for all variations of the Pirc.
	www.chesscircle.net /forums/computer-chess/26618-attacking-the-pirc.html (1544 words)

	2000 Motor City Open
		This variation of the Sicilian Defense is the Accelerated Dragon, characterized by Black omitting both Nf6 and d6 for a while.
		American players Anglacize the name by pronouncing it "perk," whereas many foreign players pronounce it as Vadja Pirc himself did, "pierts." White plays the Austrian Attack, one of many vicious lines Black must be prepared to face, and perhaps the most testing.
		GM John Nunn in his book, "The Pirc Defense" mentions several alternatives to 6...b6 for Black, but somehow failed to consider this move.
	www.michess.org /webzine_200104/2000mcop.shtml (1060 words)

	RedHotPawn.com : Only Chess : da pirc
		For books on learning the Pirc, Pirc Alert (Albert/Chernin) is good in that it will teach the concepts.
		My Dad and I share Pirc Alert and Nunn's book, although, as it has already been said, Nunn's book is more reference than anything else.
		It has the 'feel' of an Indian defense and I like to transpose (or try to) into the Pirc no matter what White plays.
	www.redhotpawn.com /board/showthread.php?threadid=3362 (775 words)

	The Pirc Defence
		There is a huge quantity of games played with the Pirc Defense.
		However, the number of really important ideas is comparatively small, and the central variations which are called theory are still easily comprehensible.
		The entire material has been checked and revised by Alexander Khalifman, FIDE world champion 1999, so the quality of this database is very high.
	www.thechessstore.com /product/OPGCDE (171 words)

	Book Reviews by IM John L Watson
		Of course, the authors' stylistic approach may not be to everyone's taste: in fact, Nunn and McNab provide a fairly extreme example for this column's ongoing 'ideas-versus-variations' debate, since they devote almost no space at all to general ideas, nor do they expressly lay out the typical strategic and tactical motifs of the Pirc Defense.
		But the move is missing entirely from The Ultimate Pirc; and since this is a book which claims to serve both Black and White, I believe that it should have been considered.
		Finally, in the other main Pirc line, the Classical Variation, I remembered a game of John Donaldson's from Hawaii this year (White against Florin Felecan), and decided to see what the book said.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/jwatson10.html (1808 words)

	bobbyfischer.net
		Once this system jelled, Bobby was prepared for virtually all Black Open Sicilian variations, and began to introduce theoretical novelties which popularized the system (see main index for game numbers).
		The King's Indian is characterized by flexible piece play and pawn formations which allowed Bobby to play for a win and create dynamically unbalanced positions straight from the opening (see main index for game numbers).
		Bobby continued to score well against all defenses to the Ruy Lopez, and broadened his arsenal with the Exchange variation, 4.Bc6 (see main index for game numbers).
	bobbyfischer.net /repertoire.html (1738 words)

	Pirc Alert! (Main Page) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Alburt and Chernin explain both the winning ideas as well as the moves of the Pirc Defense, a dynamic system used by the world's chess elite.
		The perfect companion to Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, this book makes use of time-tested educational techniques to make it easy for you to read and remember.
		"Pirc Alert...does a fine job at being thematic while offering enough analysis to satisfy anyone who wants to adopt the defense that runs 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 4 Nc3 g6."—Andy Soltis, Chess Grandmaster, New York Post, June 3, 2001
	www.wwnorton.com /catalog/spring01/889307.htm (228 words)

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		This is the PIRC DEFENSE - it's pronounced PEERTS, not PERK!
		This is the MODERN DEFENSE, a very close relation of the PIRC.
		Firstly, Nb8-c6 is the CHIGORIN DEFENSE to the Queen's Gambit - tricky but not easy to play.
	www.chesskids.com /level3/cl9l4.htm (1916 words)

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