[Event "Openings: Pirc Defense"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/sH3d049K/bqiB5nzv"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/mysterious_expert"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Weiss Variation"]
[UTCDate "2018.02.02"]
[UTCTime "22:36:50"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{ Our second stop: The Pirc! } 1. e4 d6 2. d4 { Pirc has a lot of lines so we will go through them. } 2... Nf6 ( 2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 { [%cal Rb7b5] } 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 ( 6. a4 b4 7. Nd1 a5 8. c3 { Trying to exchange the pawns } 8... bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Bd3 ) 6... Nd7 { [%cal Rc7c5] } 7. h4 { [%cal Yh4h5] } 7... h5 { Stopping white's attack } 8. Nh3 Bb7 9. Ng5 ) ( 2... e5 { This move, I don't recommend for black. It just wants to exchange queens and then no chances for black unless white blunders or black is a titled player. } 3. Nf3 ( 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 { No way for black to castle. } 5. Bc4 f6 6. Be3 c6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. O-O-O Kc7 { And so on } ) 3... exd4 4. Nxd4 { which tramposes into another position in king pawns. } 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. f4 Bf8 9. Bf3 ) ( 2... c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Qa5 { The idea is e5 and open up. Also taking the pawn on e4. [%cal Rf6e4,Ra5e1,Re7e5] } 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 Bg4 { [%cal Yg4d1] } 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 $16 { White has the center and is in a better position, the computer says so too. } ) ( 2... Nd7 { The c5 and e5 pawns are ready to push with the knight. [%cal Be7e5,Bc7c5] } 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 8. Qh5 { Trick!! He can't take on c1 because on f7 is checkmate and he has to give up the bishop. } 8... Qe7 9. Qxg5 Qxg5 10. Bxg5 Ngf6 $14 { The computer says white is better but I disagree, it should only be slightly better because of the bishop pair and who knows what will happen. } ) 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O { Here it is too early to play e5. So you can play Bd3 or Be3. Be3 might look a little nasty because of Ng4 but you can just hide on g1. } 6. Bd3 ( 6. Be3 b6 { This move activates the bishop on c8 and also can access c5. [%cal Bc8b7,Rc7c5] } ( 6... Nbd7 { This is also trying c5 but closing the bishop on c8. [%csl Rc8][%cal Yc7c5] } 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O Ng4 { Not to worry here because Bg1 doesn't let the knight take the bishop. [%cal Re3g1] } 9. Bg1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e5 11. Nde2 { Which opens to an interesting position with the weakness on d6. [%csl Yd6] } ) ( 6... c6 { This move however tries to get a queenside attack and keeps the position quiet for now. [%cal Rb7b5,Rb5b4,Rf6e4,Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Yb8d7,Yc8a6] } 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. h3 Qa5 { This move tries to pin the king though no harm will be done, it's real purpose is to play e5. [%cal Ya5e1,Re7e5] } 9. O-O e5 10. Qe1 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 $13 { [%cal Re8e1] } ) ) 6... Nc6 { Now it's the time for e5. If you play d5 he can just play Nb4 and it will be easier for him to break through with e5 or e6 later. } 7. e5 ( 7. d5 $6 Nb4 8. Be2 { [%cal Rc7c6,Ye7e6,Ye7e5] } ) 7... dxe5 8. fxe5 { Is more preferable then taking with the d-pawn but that is also ok. } ( 8. dxe5 ) 8... Nh5 9. Be3 { [%csl Bd4] } 9... Bg4 { Trying to pin the queen [%cal Rg4d1] } 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O *