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Vasja Pirc (/ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːrt͡s/) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980)[1] was a Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defense.
| Vasja Pirc | |
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 Vasja Pirc in the 1930s | |
| Full name | Vasja Pirc |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Born | December 19, 1907 Idrija, Carniola, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | June 2, 1980 (aged 72) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
| Title | International Master (1950) Grandmaster (1953) |
Pirc was champion of Yugoslavia five times: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1953.[2] He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950, and the Grandmaster (GM) title in 1953. He was made an International Arbiter in 1973.[1]
Pirc was born in Idrija, then a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, and died in Ljubljana.
Sample game
Although Pirc had a minus record against Alexander Alekhine, he beat Alekhine with the black pieces in a blitz game in Ljubljana in 1930:
- 1.d4 e6, Queen's Pawn Game, Horwitz Defense
- 2.c4 Nf6, 2.c4 usually transposes to openings such as Queen's Gambit Declined, Nimzo-Indian or Queen's Indian.
- 3.Nc3 Bb4
- 4.Bd2 b6 5.f3 Bxc3 6.Bxc3 d5 7.e3 0-0 8.Bd3 c5 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qc2 Nb4 13.Bxb4 cxb4 14.b3 Rac8 15.e4 h6 16.e5 dxc4 17.bxc4 Nd5 18.Qd2 Nc3 19.Rae1 Rfd8 20.d5 exd5 21.c5 Rxc5 22.Nd4 Bc8
- 23.e6 Qc7 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.f4 Ne4 26.Qb2 Rc3 27.Nf3 Kg8 28.Ne5 Qc5+ 29.Kh1 Qd4 30.Qe2 Bf5 31.g4 Ng3+ 32.hxg3 Bxd3 33.Nxd3 Rxd3 34.Rd1 Qe4+ 35.Qg2 Rc8 36.Rxd3 Qxd3 37.Rf2 Rc1+ 38.Kh2 a5 39.Rd2 Qe4 40.Qxe4 dxe4
- 41.Kg2 a4 42.Rd4 Rc2+ 43.Kf1 Rxa2 44.Rxb4 e3 45.Rxb6 e2+ 46.Kf2 a3 47.Ra6 Ra1 48.Kxe2 a2 0–1
References
- Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 331, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- Chess Informant, volume 30, tribute by Aleksandar Matanovic, Chess Informant publishers, Belgrade 1981.
External links
Media related to Vasja Pirc at Wikimedia Commons- Vasja Pirc player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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На других языках
[de] Vasja Pirc
Vasja Pirc [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}pirts] (* 19. Dezember 1907 in Idria; † 2. Juni 1980 in Ljubljana) war ein jugoslawischer Schachspieler und Historiker.- [en] Vasja Pirc
[ru] Пирц, Вася
Вася Пирц (словен. Vasja Pirc; 19 декабря 1907 (1907-12-19), Идрия — 2 июня 1980, Любляна) — югославский шахматист, гроссмейстер (1953), шахматный теоретик. Шахматный литератор. Редактор журнала «Шахматный вестник» (1934—1941) и «Шах» (1938, 1949—1950). Победитель IX Шахматной Олимпиады в составе команды Югославии (1950).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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