The Pirc Defence is a chess opening characterised by the response of Black to 1.e4 with 1…d6 and 2…Nf6, followed by …g6 and …Bg7, while allowing White to establish a centre with pawns on d4 and e4. It is named after the Slovenian grandmaster Vasja Pirc.
The Pirc Defence is usually defined by the opening sequence
1. e4 d6
2. d4 Nf6
3. Nc3 g6
This is the most commonly played line after Black responds to 1.e4 with 1…d6. It has been claimed to give rise to somewhat interesting and exciting games, where Black will have counterplay but has to be cautious about playing too passively. According to Garry Kasparov, the Pirc Defence is “hardly worth using in the tournaments of the highest category”, as it gives White “too many opportunities for anybody’s liking”.
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Top Chess Engine Championship, formerly known as Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC or nTCEC), is a computer chess tournament that has been run since 2010. It was organized, directed, and hosted by Martin Thoresen until the end of Season 6; from Season 7 onward it has been organized by Chessdom. It is often regarded as the Unofficial World Computer Chess Championship because of its strong participant line-up and long time-control matches on high-end hardware, giving rise to very high-class chess. The tournament has attracted nearly all the top engines compared to the World Computer Chess Championship.
After a short break in 2012, TCEC was restarted in early 2013 (as nTCEC)[5] and is currently active (renamed as TCEC in early 2014) with 24/7 live broadcasts of chess matches on its website.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “TCEC Season 23 – Superfinal”]
[Site “https://tcec-chess.com“]
[Date “2022.11.02”]
[Round “16.1”]
[White “Stockfish dev16_20221027”]
[Black “LCZero 0.30-dag-9a9c42d_784968”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “3625”]
[BlackElo “3599”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “7200+12”]
[ECO “B07”]
[Opening “Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 { B07 Pirc Defense: Bayonet Attack } O-O 6. h5 Nc6 7. hxg6 fxg6 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. Bc4+ Ne6 11. Nd5 Rf7 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxf4 h6 15. Qd3 Qe8 16. Bg3 Qa4 17. O-O Qa6 18. Qd2 Qc4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rfe1 e4 21. Qd8 Bxb2 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf6 25. Be5 e3 26. Bxf6 exf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxf6+ 28. Kg1 Bf5 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. g4 e5 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5 Kf6 33. Rb5 Bxc2 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. Rxb7 c5 36. Rc4 Bd1 37. Rxc5 Bxg4 38. Rc6+ Kf5 39. Rb5+ Kf4 40. Rxg6 h5 41. Kf2 Rd8 42. Rf6+ Ke4 43. Rb4+ Kd5 44. Ra4 Ra8 45. Rfa6 Rf8+ 46. Kg1 Rg8 47. Kh2 Rf8 48. Rxa7 Kc5 49. Rb7 Rf2+ 50. Kg3 Rf3+ 51. Kh4 Rh3+ 52. Kg5 Rg3 53. Ra5+ Kc6 54. Rb4 Bd1+ 55. Kh4 Rg2 56. Kh3 Rf2 57. a4 Bg4+ 58. Kg3 Rf3+ 59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Kf2 Rf3+ 61. Ke1 Re3+ 62. Kd2 Re2+ 63. Kc3 Rf2 64. Rg5 Rf3+ 65. Kd2 Rf2+ 66. Ke3 Re2+ 67. Kd4 Rd2+ 68. Kc3 Rf2 69. a5 Rf3+ 70. Kd2 Rf2+ 71. Kd3 Rf3+ 72. Ke4 Ra3 73. Rb6+ Kc7 74. Rg7+ Bd7 75. Ra6 Kc8 76. Ra7 Bc6+ 77. Kd4 Kd8 78. Kc5 Bd5 79. Kxd5 Rf3 80. Ra8# { White wins. } 1-0
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