I learned the modern pirc over the course of 2 years... I improved significantly from the 800 range to 1200! However, like you said, it took hours of studying (fortunately I had that time to do so). But MAN... When I started dabbling with the Czech pirc!!! It was like my mind was freed! One thing I learned over time is that playing it from 1...c6 followed by d6. Nf6, and Qa5 (if available) then e5 defnitely gets them out of their comfort zone and forces them to play a calm/pedestrian opening, meanwhile you get to decide which setup you want to defend with: the Be7 setup or the Bg7 setup. Most times if I don't like my position in the middle game, I'll transpose from Be7 to Bg7 with middle game ides of capturing both of their bishops with my knights and keeping the bishop pair for the endgame, solidfying e5, and attacking the center with my connected rooks.
An interesting video. I have been playing the Pirc exclusively for the last few years, as I wanted something that is solid and gambit resistant. For the main part I really like it, but I will still get blown off the board regularly by people that just know what to do against fianchetto systems. When it goes wrong it goes REALLY wrong! I think I will look more carefully at the Czech Defence, I like that you can cross the two, and also go into the Black Lion for a bit of spice.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. And ya the Pirc Defense can be fun, but also very not fun lol. Some sharp wins and brutal losses too. I guess that's what you sign up for though if you play a Mainline Pirc or Tiger's Modern or anything along those lines though. And ya crossing the Main Pirc and Czech Pirc with the ability to go into a Black Lion gives us some good flexibility
@@TheChessGiant I have been solidly playing the Czech Pirc for the last 9 days in Bullet, just to see the common patterns. I think what I like the best is that you don't give white a ready made plan like you do in the Regular Pirc (ie trading off the dark squared bishops and throwing Harry forward). In the Czech they have to think for themselves.
I use to play czech black and white, because it so easy to play, at least first few move, bring me to midle game safe. Now im jobava and caro kann player but some times, i play it again with so much pleasure
as an e4 player I hate facing the Czech Pirc because against the main line pirc there is a trap line with Bg5 e5 then if black takes and trades the queens and goes Ng4 it's already lost because of h3 Nxe5 Nd5 and black loses the rook 😂 and when they play the Czech Pirc it stops all of the fun 😬
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Out of curiosity, does your course cover how to play against both 1. e4 and 1. d4?
CzechPirc, a universal opening against all opening😊
Love it!
I learned the modern pirc over the course of 2 years... I improved significantly from the 800 range to 1200! However, like you said, it took hours of studying (fortunately I had that time to do so). But MAN... When I started dabbling with the Czech pirc!!! It was like my mind was freed! One thing I learned over time is that playing it from 1...c6 followed by d6. Nf6, and Qa5 (if available) then e5 defnitely gets them out of their comfort zone and forces them to play a calm/pedestrian opening, meanwhile you get to decide which setup you want to defend with: the Be7 setup or the Bg7 setup. Most times if I don't like my position in the middle game, I'll transpose from Be7 to Bg7 with middle game ides of capturing both of their bishops with my knights and keeping the bishop pair for the endgame, solidfying e5, and attacking the center with my connected rooks.
Love it! That's great progress man congrats on all that.
Brooooo....how did you know I was asking this question and going back and forth between all your courses and videos lol
😂🙏🏼
An interesting video. I have been playing the Pirc exclusively for the last few years, as I wanted something that is solid and gambit resistant. For the main part I really like it, but I will still get blown off the board regularly by people that just know what to do against fianchetto systems. When it goes wrong it goes REALLY wrong! I think I will look more carefully at the Czech Defence, I like that you can cross the two, and also go into the Black Lion for a bit of spice.
I'm laughing a bit because I've definitely had that "REALLY goes wrong" a bunch of times with both the Pirc and the KID.
Haha that's facts.
Thanks! Glad you liked it. And ya the Pirc Defense can be fun, but also very not fun lol. Some sharp wins and brutal losses too. I guess that's what you sign up for though if you play a Mainline Pirc or Tiger's Modern or anything along those lines though. And ya crossing the Main Pirc and Czech Pirc with the ability to go into a Black Lion gives us some good flexibility
@@TheChessGiant I have been solidly playing the Czech Pirc for the last 9 days in Bullet, just to see the common patterns. I think what I like the best is that you don't give white a ready made plan like you do in the Regular Pirc (ie trading off the dark squared bishops and throwing Harry forward). In the Czech they have to think for themselves.
I use to play czech black and white, because it so easy to play, at least first few move, bring me to midle game safe. Now im jobava and caro kann player but some times, i play it again with so much pleasure
Love it! All those chess openings you mentioned are great.
as an e4 player I hate facing the Czech Pirc because against the main line pirc there is a trap line with Bg5 e5 then if black takes and trades the queens and goes Ng4 it's already lost because of h3 Nxe5 Nd5 and black loses the rook 😂
and when they play the Czech Pirc it stops all of the fun 😬
I like the opening but every single time I play Qa5, they block with the bishop. Seems like a wasted move IMO.
I prefer the OG Pirc, but I'm weird
Nah you're not weird, the OG Pirc is OG for a reason. Takes a lot more memorizing but a lot of the lines are a ton of fun.
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