Pirc Alert! - A complete defence against 1.e4 (1st Ed)
By GMs Lev Alburt, Alex Chernin
Chess Information and Research Center | April 2001 | ISBN: 1-889323-07-1 | 448 pages | PDF | 56.6 mb
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Packed with surprise-weapons, Pirc Alert! gives you everything you need to know to defend against White\\\'s most popular way of starting the game. Alburt and Chernin explain both the winning ideas as well as the moves of the Pirc Defense, a dynamic system used by the world\\\'s chess elite. The perfect companion to Alburt\\\'s Comprehensive Chess Course, this book makes use of time-tested educational techniques to make it easy for you to read and remember. The most important principles and positions are highlighted in color. Lesson previews and unique \\\"memory markers\\\" lock in what you\\\'ve learned. Frequent diagrams allow you to study without a board. Pirc Alert! is the first volume of the brand-new three-volume series, Alburt\\\'s Chess Openings, which will give you all the opening knowledge essential to playing this phase of the game like a master. Two-color illustrations throughout.
CONTENTS
Part I: About This Book, by GM Lev Alburt 7
• Chapter 1: The Authors & the Pirc
• Chapter 2: How to Use This Book
• Chapter 3: How to Study an Opening
Part II: General Themes & Ideas, by GM Alex Chernin 27
• Chapter 4: The Pirc as an Idea
• Chapter 5: Black Plays . . c7-c5
• Chapter 6: Black plays . . . e7-e5
• Chapter 7: The Philidor & Ruy Lopez Pircs
• Chapter 8: The Ruy Lopez & Philidor Pirc as a System
• Chapter 9: White Plays e4-e5
• Chapter 10: Black\'s Queenside Pawn Play
• Chapter 11: Black\'s Fianchettoed Bishop
• Chapter 12: Black\'s Other Pieces
• Chapter 13: The Pirc Versus the Modern
• Pirc Player Profiles: Vasja Pirc
Part III: Theoretical Variations, by Chernin & Alburt
Introduction
• Pirc Player Profiles: Yasser Seirawan & Jon Speelman
Section One Introduction, White Strives for e4-e5
• Chapter 14: The Austrian Attack
• Chapter 15: White Plays 4. Bc4
• Chapter 16: White Plays 4. Bg5
• Pirc Player Profiles: Zoltan Ribli & Jan Timman
Section Two Introduction, White Concentrates on His Center
• Chapter 17: The Classical System. I
• Chapter 18: The Classical System, II
• Chapter 19: White Plays 4. g4
• Pirc Player Profiles: Tony Miles & Mikhail Gurevich
Section Three Introduction Macho on Ihe Kingside
• Chapter 20: White Plays 4. Be3
• Chapter 21: White Plays 4. Be2 & 5. h4
• Pirc Player Profiles: Alexander Beliavsky & Alex Chernin
Section Four Introduction, White Plays a \\\"Hybrid\\\" System
• Chapter 22: White Plays 4. Nf3 & 5. Be3
• Pirc Player Profiles: Mikhail Botvinnik
Section Five Introduction, White Avoids 3. Nc3
• Chapter 23: White Plays 3. Bd3
• Chapter 24: White Plays 3. f3
Conclusion
Index of Games
Table of Variations
