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.
June 2, 1980(1980-06-02) (aged72) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Title
International Master (1950) Grandmaster (1953)
Pirc vs Euwe (1950)
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
This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.
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.
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