Vasja Pirc () (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980)
was a
Slovenian
chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the
hypermodern defense now generally known as the
Pirc Defense.
Pirc was champion of
Yugoslavia five times: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1953.
[''Chess Informant'', volume 30, tribute by Aleksandar Matanovic, Chess Informant publishers, ]Belgrade
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1981. He was awarded the
International Master
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(IM) title in 1950, and the
Grandmaster (GM) title in 1953. He was made an
International Arbiter in 1973.
Pirc was born in
Idrija, then a part of the
Austrian-Hungarian Empire
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, and died in
Ljubljana.
Sample game
Although Pirc had a minus record against
Alexander Alekhine, he beat Alekhine with the black pieces in a
blitz game in
Ljubljana in 1930:
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1.d4 e6
Queen's Pawn Game broadly refers to any chess opening starting with the move 1.d4, which is the second most popular opening move after 1.e4 (King's Pawn Game).
Terminology
The term "Queen's Pawn Game" is usually used to describe openings beginn ...
, Queen's Pawn Game,
Horwitz Defense
*2.c4 Nf6, 2.c4 usually transposes to openings such as
Queen's Gambit Declined,
Nimzo-Indian or
Queen's Indian
The Queen's Indian Defense (QID) is a chess opening defined by the moves:
:1. d4 Nf6
:2. c4 e6
:3. Nf3 b6
The opening is a solid defense to the Queen's Pawn Game. 3...b6 increases Black's control over the central light squares e4 and d5 by ...
.
*3.Nc3 Bb4
*4.Bd2 b6 5.f3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 d5 7.e3 0-0 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Bxb4 cxb4 14.b3 Rac8 15.e4 h6 16.e5 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nc3 19.Rae1 Rfd8 20.d5 exd5 21.c5 Rxc5 22.Nd4 Bc8
*23.e6 Qc7 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.f4 Ne4 26.Qb2 Rc3 27.Nf3 Kg8 28.Ne5 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qd4 30.Qe2 Bf5 31.g4 Ng3+ 32.hxg3 Bxd3 33.Nxd3 Rxd3 34.Rd1 Qe4+ 35.Qg2 Rc8 36.Rxd3 Qxd3 37.Rf2 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 a5 39.Rd2 Qe4 40.Qxe4 dxe4
*41.Kg2 a4 42.Rd4 Rc2+ 43.Kf1 Rxa2 44.Rxb4 e3 45.Rxb6 e2+ 46.Kf2 a3 47.Ra6 Ra1 48.Kxe2 a2 0–1
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1907 births
1980 deaths
Chess grandmasters
Chess theoreticians
Chess Olympiad competitors
Chess arbiters
Slovenian chess players
Yugoslav chess players
People from Idrija
20th-century chess players
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