Today’s game features an example of the age old struggle between the classical and hypermodern approaches to the opening. My opponent, who was black, employed the Pirc Defense which is a hypermodern opening characterized by the moves 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6. Because there is no early confrontation in the opening, there are severalContinueContinue reading “So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 63”
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So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 56
Recently, I found my self playing a casual chess game at Rook Odds against the Pirc Defense. I am by no means an expert on Pirc theory so I simply developed my pieces to good squares quickly. When a tactical opportunity arose, I went for it using a pattern I remember from Chernev’s “1000 BestContinueContinue reading “So I was just playing a game of #chess and then this happened! 56”