Openings / B07–B09

Pirc Defense

Hypermodern flexibility: 1.e4 d6 and a kingside fianchetto.

Black invites White to build a centre, then undermines it. The Pirc and the Austrian Attack lead to rich, manoeuvring middlegames.

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