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Pirc Defense
Overview
Pirc Defense is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B00.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6.
It is a variation of Pirc Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 5 notable variations — Czech Defense, Lion Defense, Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw, and others.
Counted recursively, this branch covers 32 sub-variations at all depths.
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- ECO code
- B00
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Pirc Defense
- Direct variations
- 5
- Total in subtree
- 32
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Variations (5)
Show all 32 sub-variations (full subtree)
- B07 Czech Defense 6-ply
- B07 Lion Defense 6-ply
- B00 Lion Defense: Lion's Jaw 5-ply
- B07 Pirc Defense 6-ply
- B00 Roscher Gambit 5-ply
- B07 Anti-Philidor 7-ply
- B07 Bayonet Attack 7-ply
- B07 150 Attack 9-ply
- B07 150 Attack, Sveshnikov-Jansa Attack 9-ply
- B09 Austrian Attack 7-ply
- B07 Bayonet Attack 9-ply
- B07 Byrne Variation 7-ply
- B07 Chinese Variation 9-ply
- B08 Classical Variation 7-ply
- B07 Kholmov System 7-ply
- B07 Sveshnikov System 7-ply
- B07 Lion's Cave 8-ply
- B07 Inner Doll Defense 10-ply
- B09 Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack 10-ply
- B09 Dragon Formation 10-ply
- B09 Ljubojevic Variation 9-ply
- B08 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation 8-ply
- B07 Lion Claw Gambit 14-ply
- B09 Kurajica Variation 11-ply
- B09 Unzicker Attack 11-ply
- B09 Weiss Variation 11-ply
- B08 Quiet System 9-ply
- B08 Schlechter Variation 9-ply
- B09 Bronstein Variation 13-ply
- B08 Chigorin Line 12-ply
- B08 Czech Defense 12-ply
- B08 Parma Defense 12-ply