Chess Strategy Pirc Modern Defence: How to Beat Intermediate Chess Players (Sawyer Chess Strategy Book 14)

354 Pages·17.384 MB·English

by  Tim Sawyer

Chess Strategy
Pirc Modern Defence

How to Beat Intermediate Chess
Players

Tim Sawyer
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Chess Strategy Pirc Modern Defence: How to Beat
Intermediate Chess Players
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 – Pirc 1.e4 d6
Chapter 2 – Pirc 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6
Chapter 3 – Pirc 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7
Chapter 4 – Pirc 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be3 Bg7
Chapter 5 – Pirc 4.Be3 Bg7 5.f3 0-0
Chapter 6 – Modern 1.e4 g6
Chapter 7 – Modern 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3
Before You Go
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Introduction

This Pirc Modern Defence book shows how I win in these chess openings.
You need to understand what’s going on more than remember exact lines.
Strategy and tactics are more important than the memory of concrete analysis.
Pirc Defence 1.e4 d6 and Modern Defence 1.e4 g6 often transpose. I illustrate
strategy from games vs intermediate players on chess.com. The book has 33
games with 174 diagrams. White wins 17 and Black wins 16 of these 10-
minute games. Opening theory and endgame knowledge help your play, but
tactics win most games.
I use strategy for my comments to explain what’s going on. I follow any of
these steps. 1. Describe the current position. 2. Imagine how to improve it. 3.
Plan how to get there.
I pick a key position every few moves to make a comment. My plan is for
you to browse through the book, look at the diagrams and read the comments
with ease.
For those who prefer to read quickly, you can skim through the book from
diagram to diagram. Note the change from the previous diagram and read any
notes that interest you.
From time to time, I add a line of analysis. You may wish to work out some
of those lines in your head, or just note that there was an alternative way to
play and keep reading.
I played chess for 50 years. As a correspondence master and blitz master, my
usual opponents were rated 1800 to 2400. My opponents here are often lower
to intermediate.
I assume that you can read algebraic chess notation. The diagrams have
White at the bottom of the board. Thank you for reading my books. I hope
you enjoy this one!
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Chapter 1 – Pirc 1.e4 d6
Game 1 – B07 [2.Qf3 Nf6 3.Nh3 g6]
Guest - Sawyer, Chess.com, 25.01.2022
1.e4 d6
Black stops the advance of the e4 pawn. This first chapter demonstrates
White choosing various poor strategies.
2.Qf3
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My opponent's goal is to attack f7. The queen takes aim.
2...Nf6
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3.Nh3 g6
4.Nc3 Bg7
The idea of 4.Ng5 and 5.Qxf7 doesn't work directly. White develops another
knight planning to remove the f6 knight.
5.Nd5
5…Nxd5
6.exd5 0–0
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7.Ng5 c6
8.Qh3
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It's good to threaten mate on h7. It's bad to lose the queen.
8...Bxh3
9.gxh3 e5
10.h4 cxd5
11.Bh3 e4
White could retreat the knight after 12.Bg2 h6 13.Nh3 Nc6 when Black
remains up a queen for a bishop.
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