The Pirc is an ambitious counter-attacking response to White's most
popular opening move, 1 e4. Black's philosophy is based around
allowing White to build a large and impressive-looking pawn centre,
only to plot its downfall by attacking it with pieces or timely
pawn strikes. When it works, the results can be spectacular, but of
course this method of play carries with it some danger; if Black is
not careful he runs the risk of simply being swamped in the centre.
Such a provocative approach has found favour with a line of
uncompromising Grandmasters including former Soviet Champion
Alexander Beliavsky and Mikhail Gurevich.
In this book James Vigus provides an up-to-date appraisal of the
Pirc and its many variations. Using illustrative games, he examines
the traditional main lines, the fashionable alternatives and the
tricky sidelines, while outlining the typical tactical and
positional ideas for both White and Black. A study of this book
will allow the reader to begin playing the Pirc with confidence in
his or her own games.
*Essential coverage of a dynamic opening
*Written by a Pirc expert
*Ideal for club and tournament players
FIDE Master James Vigus is a former British Junior Champion. He's a
regular book reviewer and contributor to "British Chess Magazine"
and was editor of "Dragon" (Cambridge University Chess Magazine).
This is his first book for Everyman Chess. Outside of chess, he's
completing a PhD in English Literature at Cambridge.
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