Am I playing the pirc defense right?

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Turbo_Pawn

This is what I usually encounter when playing the pirc.

Is there a better line I could be playing?
Wasabi_Kid

No, that looks like the main lines of the Pirc to me. Of course, since I don't play the Pirc, I don't know if I could be of much help, but just a general look at the position seems like normal Pirc lines to me.

mathijs

Of course there are better lines you could be playing. The French, for instance.

eaglex

yes there are better lines of course like the 150 attack or Austrian attack

Turbo_Pawn
eaglex wrote:

yes there are better lines of course like the 150 attack or Austrian attack


I'm talking about me playing the pirc.

CarlMI

The Pirc can be a difficult opening to play. You have to pay attention to the strategic concepts, timing is very important, and it requires much time to get the "feel" for it.  In the meantime White generally has an easier game and more straightforward game.  I think you are at the point where you need to analyze games where black won or drew, with the Pirc, and figure out why and how to emulate them.

theresalion

some think c6,b5 in response to bc4

MM78

Can you clarify whether you mean playing the Pirc as  black or against it as white? (Edit, sorry you cleared that up in a later post)  Your line stops with a white move. White has played the classical variation with the 2 knights out but more normal is 5Be2 after that instead of 5Bc4. But in the line you give after 5 Bc4 0-0 white should probably follow up with 6Qe2 which leads to sharper positions.  After the move played 60-0 the capture Nxe5 is the right idea for black I believe, you get the piece back either by forking on d5 with the pawn if white recpatures with the knight or else white gives up the B on f7.  Either way black gets an easy game.

In your example  6..Nbd7 isn't good as white can play e5 and you have taken away a retreat square (d7)for your knight on f6.  Further as you haven't played c6 it cannot go to d5 which is the other normal option. So after exchanging pawns on e5 the knight must go the h5. White then plays Qe2 threatening e6 or even e6 immediately and black is in trouble.