Best weapon against the Pirc?

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Avatar of KarlPilkington

I am facing the Pirc a lot lately..


Trying to use something like Fischer's setup with the 4 pawns...  and he played an early e5 and also sacrificed a lot to get a piece on f6...

 

But my opponents are playing e5 themselves, or else hitting me with c5 early and Qa5, and its hard to defend.

 

Anyone point me in a direction here?

Avatar of ponz111

You asked a very hard question but avoid the c5 lines maybe by playing

Avatar of ponz111

But then, of course you will have to learn the various follow ups.

Avatar of jphillips

White can get a decent game from here.

Avatar of KarlPilkington

I was hoping more for castling opposites, and trading the dark-bishops, and then a king attack...  this seems a classic way to attack the Pirc..  Fischer did this brilliantly in some of his games, but that was before a lot of the c5 theory came about...

Avatar of ponz111

The line I gave has the possibilities you seem to be looking for.