https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/ Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/#comment-363 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:10:11 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1084#comment-363 15.Ba2 is even stronger than 15.Bb3, 15…Qd6 16.Ne2 Qxe6 17.c4! dxc4?! (17…Qf7 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxb6 and 20.0-0 with an advantage) 18.Nf4 Qf7 (Qd6? 19.Bxc4+ Kh7 20.Qc2 with a winning attack) 19.Bc2 (threatening to trap the queen with 20.Bxg6) e5 20.Nxg6 Re8 21.Nh4 e4 22.0-0 (threatening 23.Bxb6) and now : a. 22…Nd5 23.Bd4 Bxd4 24.Qxd4 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Nxf6 26.Nf5, and Black soon loses the pawn on c4 or the pawn on h6, or b. 22…Nbd7 23.Nf5 Qg6 24.Nxg7 Kxg7 25.Ra3 with a big advantage for White; Black has no good move.

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/#comment-362 Sun, 05 Mar 2023 22:48:03 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1084#comment-362 The toughest line for White is 1. e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 0-0 6.Be3 a6 7.a4 b6 8.e5!? Nfd7 9.e6! fxe6 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.d5! c6! 12.Ng5! h6 13.Nxe6 dxe6 14.dxe6 d5, when 15.Bb3 is better than 15.Be2 Qd6 16.Qd3 Kh7 17.h4 h5 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.h5, which fails to 17…Qxe6!; one line is: 15…Qd6 16.Ne2 Qxe6 (16…c5 17.c3 Nc6 18.0-0 Rad8 19.Bc2 g5 20.Ng3 Qxe6 21.Nf5 Ne4 22.Nxg7) 17.c4! dxc4?! (17…Qf7 18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.0-0) 18.Nf4 Qf7 (Qd6? 19.Bxc4+ Kh7 20.Qc2 with a winning attack) 19.Bc2 (threatening to trap the queen with 20.Bxg6) e5 20.Nxg6 Re8 21. Nh4 e4 22.Nf5, followed by 0-0 and Nxg7, when Black has too many pawn weaknesses.

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/#comment-72 Sat, 04 Aug 2018 22:22:22 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1084#comment-72 Pirc Alert! says they do, how do I remove comments?

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/#comment-71 Sat, 04 Aug 2018 20:22:44 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1084#comment-71 Note that 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 (Pribyl defense) probably transposes (or should it be covered?)

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/punish-passive-pirc-set-ups/#comment-70 Sat, 04 Aug 2018 20:21:41 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1084#comment-70 The White book needs to cover 1. e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 a6 (or 4…Nbd7), if they don’t transpose.

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