Pirc Defence Winning Tactics

The Pirc Defence sometimes known as the Ufimtsev Defence or Yugoslav Defence, is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to

1.e4 d6
2.d4 Nf6,
3.nc3 g6 and
4.f4 Bg7,
while allowing White to establish an impressive looking centre with pawns on d4 and e4. It is named after the Slovenian Grandmaster Vasja Pirc.

Pirc defence
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Be2 ...

Pirc, Ufimtsev-Pytel variation
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 c6

Pirc, 150 attack
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Be3 c6
5. Qd2

Pirc, Sveshnikov system
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. g3 ...

Pirc, Holmov system
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Bc4 ....

Pirc, Byrne variation
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Bg5 ...

Pirc, Chinese variation
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Be2 Bg7
5. g4 ...

Pirc, bayonet (Mariotti) attack
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
4. Be2 Bg7
5. h4 ....

Robatsch defence, Geller's system
1. e4 g6
2. d4 Bg7
3. Nf3 d6
4. c3 ...