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gmitchel850 wrote:
The Pirc works rather like the KIA or a Queen's Pawn opening (London System, Colle, Torre Attack) does for white. You can play it against much of anything.
No. What you mean is that you can play moves like 1...d6, 2...Nf6, 3...g6 and 4...Bg7 against much of anything. That's not necessarily a Pirc though.
Especially when White's c pawn isn't blocked by a knight on c3 (say, after White's 1.d4 and 2.c4) then play is completely different because suddenly White has a strong plan on the queenside and it makes sense for him to close the position.
gmitchel850 wrote:
The Pirc works rather like the KIA or a Queen's Pawn opening (London System, Colle, Torre Attack) does for white. You can play it against much of anything.
No. What you mean is that you can play moves like 1...d6, 2...Nf6, 3...g6 and 4...Bg7 against much of anything. That's not necessarily a Pirc though.
Especially when White's c pawn isn't blocked by a knight on c3 (say, after White's 1.d4 and 2.c4) then play is completely different because suddenly White has a strong plan on the queenside and it makes sense for him to close the position (it has downsides for White as well).
Yes, Zirtoc is right. There are certain lines in the Pirc where black plays c5 and gets a Dragon like position.