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Pirc Defense B00

Family: Pirc Defense

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The Pirc Defense is catalogued under the ECO code B00. Its main line runs 1. e4 d6.

After 2 half-moves the diagrammed position is reached and it is White to move. Material is balanced.

This encyclopedia records 28 variations inside the “Pirc Defense” family — follow the links below to compare the branching lines.

Play through the moves on the board above, then open the variations tree — any branch can be played against the engine from there.

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1. e4 d6

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Variations of this family

NameECOMain line length
Pirc DefenseB003 plies
Pirc DefenseB004 plies
Pirc Defense: Roscher GambitB005 plies
Pirc DefenseB076 plies
Pirc Defense: 150 AttackB079 plies
Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Inner Doll DefenseB0710 plies
Pirc Defense: 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa AttackB079 plies
Pirc Defense: Bayonet AttackB079 plies
Pirc Defense: Byrne VariationB077 plies
Pirc Defense: Chinese VariationB079 plies
Pirc Defense: Kholmov SystemB077 plies
Pirc Defense: Sveshnikov SystemB077 plies

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