Beat the Austrian attack in the Pirc Defense!

[@teacherlee3527]

I'm currently in an online chess competition and I tried your N.a6 line against a much higher rated opponent. It worked perfectly just as you said and I won the game. Happy to share the PGN if anyone is intetested.

[@quryo5351]

i am interested!

[@mrichards]

Wow you’re a really good teacher. The focus on explaining the ideas is just so much more useful than every other chess teacher on KZbin

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thanks so much! :)

[@guapoglass]

I really appreciate your way of explaining things. Very underrated channel. Thank you 🙏

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thank you so much!!

[@TheMichiganFishHunter]

I love the Pirc defense. Really good job, thank you. Chess is difficult and takes time and effort to develop your game, especially if you are building a repertoire. Looking forward to more on theory for black pieces in the Pirc and KID.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thanks, and glad you liked it!

[@deepskywest3633]

A superb explanation of the Austrian Attack. I’m a novice, but have studied this as my main response to 1. e4 for quite some time. You’ve just helped me tremendously.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

I´m so glad i did! and thanks for watching

[@stevejones3008]

Yes- great explanations as others have said, you don't just show the main lines but you show the typical maneuvers and resources. One new subscriber. Thankyou!

[@ogrimdoombringer]

Great stuff. Loving the content. Thanks!

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

Great content, as always. Really enjoy how you simply break the ideas in the positions down. It's good mental preparation to get that thought process back up and functioning given OTB (for me) starts back up next week and I need to get out of blitz-mentality of trying to make everything complicated.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thanks for your comment! i get you, i'll play my first OTB tournament in more than a year as well if i can get my schedule right, and i'm thinking about dismissing my internet blitz-mentality as well!

[@deepskywest3633]

Oops! 2:07

[@daviddurbin3249]

Nice change. Board is easier to see. Thanks for the analysis

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

I'm happy you liked it! and thanks for watching as always.

[@stevesidare2493]

Nice explanations! I finally feel like I'm going to understand the Pirc!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

:) :) :)!

[@moosewild6015]

Very helpful explanations.

[@elliotsantiago3101]

Very clear and helpful! Thank you!!

[@Blue_Samurai_37]

Great tutorial! I understood everything.

[@PPdabest]

Really good explanation!! Thank you!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thanks!!!

[@teacherlee3527]

Thanks for unearthing that that brilliant Queen B8 move. I'll always remember that!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

:) i won't forget it either!

[@davidstrachan8912]

Well explained!

[@Wankstaboy18]

thumbnail is insane

[@hyundongkim3818]

Great video, just subscribed👍 Wish there are more content about the pirc and modern

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thanks for subscribing! in this playlist kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpuugXiZmtiVbM0 you got a few on the pirc, modern with...c6, modern against the London, gurgenidze and some other cousins of those openings. Anyway i'll make new ones soon, as they're my favourite openings and in fact i gotta be reminding myself not to do so many on those and to show other openings :). But specifically if you like the pirc/modern i think this are the two you'll find more useful: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5bYnZ9no7V4qNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIXLq2RjlK-nbZI

[@thabien4711]

love the video! need more!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Cool! part 2 of this video is coming soon!

[@andrewf7822]

Great video, thankyou.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

thank YOU!

[@Mritu101]

Nice touch adding Col. Hans Landa on the thumbnail

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

I think it´s a classic for thumbnails in youtube in general for different things, but it really is one my favorite movie characters ever if not my number one.

[@danjohnson7658]

Thanks.

[@veselinshahanov2345]

Great explanation, indeed. However, would you explain how you would play against an early Qd3 development by white instead of the main line Bd3? Developing the Queen instead of the light bishop ruins the black strategy with Pirc unless I'm missing something. That's why I ask what would you recommend against this variation?

[@musaluanig]

Hello and thank you! I started playing against the Austrian Attack about a month ago and was looking for a sharp alternative for black to 6...Nc6. Out of interest, are there any Chess course productions of you outside YT? You have a very soothing voice and I think you have a good educational style of presenting chess.

[@ravendon]

Nice video! Austrian Attack always causes me problems.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

thank you!

[@arnielucki1689]

17:09. After black plays ..f5, Ng4 looks strong for white, threatening Ne6 with advantage. What does black do about that?

[@crazygorillas]

What about the Saemich variation against the Pirc?

[@myusniyusof669]

good

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thank you!

[@andrewucla]

Everything you said about the strength of Bd3, from around the 3:30 mark until around 4:10, is exactly why I play c5 before castling.

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Yeah, and that´s correct, some of my colleagues do too and another clear reason they play ...c5 without castles is that they don´t wanna face h4-h5 attacks from white with the king already there. Of course, with 5-...c5 you gotta face some good tries for white anyway like 6-Bb5+...Bd7 7-e5 and others, but both lines should be good for black.

[@andrewucla]

@@PauseTheVideoAndThink Bb5+ is strongest. But it’s met with Bd7. If Bxd7, Nbxd7 and look to castle with a comfortable position. If instead they play e5 after Bd7, play Ng4 - but that’s not common in my limited experience.

[@andrewucla]

@@PauseTheVideoAndThink and hey, Bobby Fischer played c5 first about 50 years ago, in a game against Spassky! :)

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

@@andrewucla hahaha yeah yeah, and i actually kinda owe it to the Pirc itself to try some 5-...c5´s and see how i do. It´s also braver than castles and that leaves a good taste already :)

[@andrewucla]

@@PauseTheVideoAndThink If you ever do another video that focuses on the early c5, let me know! I often see d5, e5 and Bb5+ in response, but those are somewhat straightforward. And I’m only around 1500, so my opponents are not usually very well-versed in deep Pirc Austrian Attack theory lol. But the one where I get a little iffy is dxc5 followed by Qa5. White has at least seven options just between the queen and bishops. You are usually going to play Qxc5, but after that there’s so much to remember.

[@deepskywest3633]

After Bd3 (27:53), instead of c5, how about b6..from Short and Sweet. The issue I find after c5 is …dxc5 Qa5, Bd3. With b6 you prepare c5 after Nbd7. Thoughts?

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Hi deep sky west. Where exactly do you mean? maybe you can edit your time stamp, it says 27:53 which is the total lenght of the video.

[@deepskywest3633]

@@PauseTheVideoAndThink 2:07

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

@@deepskywest3633 Oh yeah, that´s what i thought. Well, 6-...b6 is clearly a good alternative. Just gotta watch out for a few things, i think i remember Judith Polgar beating Illia Smirin in like 22 moves or something, i think it envolved an h4-h5 attack by her. But it´s definitely a good line and you´ll get a good position no doubt. about 6-Be3...c5 7-dxc5...Qa5 8-Bd3 yes, that is the main line and i get why it might bother you, but have you checked 8-...Ng4 9-Bd2...Qxc5 10-Qe2...Nf6!? ´cause i took sometime in liking this retreat by the knight and later on discovered that it leads to good positions for black.

[@deepskywest3633]

@@PauseTheVideoAndThink yes. I recently saw the Polgar v Smirin game. Smirin went wrong with b6, c5, cxd4 . 3 pawn advances and an undeveloped queenside. Move 7, Bb7 would be better than c5. Worse than that is 8…cxd4. The queenside is not developed and the queenside pawns need to be preserved for the attack. Smirin folded after this. [Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 34th"] [Site "Istanbul"] [Date "2000.11.05"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Smirin, Ilia"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2656"] [BlackElo "2677"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B09"] [Opening "Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack, Kurajica Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O-O cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. h4 Bg4 12. h5 Bxh5 13. Rxh5 gxh5 14. Qd5 Rc8 15. Qxh5 Bg7 16. e5 Qe8 17. Qh3 h6 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Be4 e6 20. f5 Rxc3 21. f6 Qb5 22. Qg3 1-0

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

@@deepskywest3633 Oh yeeah that was the one, thanks for sharing it! yeah, i think a friend of mine played like smirin and somehow even had trouble with some ...c5 d5...some exd5 and the tactical problem was that without Bb7 the Ra8 was hanging and he could not allow a possible Qxd5. I think it´s like you said, gotta go Ab7 after b6, maybe we should try that same plan Qd2-0-0-0-h4-h5 to see if it complicates us or not.

[@jitendrasingh-dx9hn]

Wating for part 2

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

It´s already there!: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXjKlKyZnNibq68

[@trolfejs829]

i'm playing pirce, and i thing to 5. c5 is better than 0-0, more agressive and better attack

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

What's your rating? Great video by the way!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Thank you! my rating is 1900

[@yolandfathe2863]

the rason i have not watched because all other youtube suggest c5 before castling and not after so its now i will eitther watch your vidoeo only or other 10 vidoes on you tube i chooosed the other 10

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

Cool, i hope you enjoy and learn some nice info out of them. Having said that, i think the reason why most people recommend the early ...c5 without castling is that they think castling will encourage white to play lines with an early h4, as they now have a target to attack with the king on that side. And i think that´s a reasonable way of approaching the opening, but i like this better and the lines with h4 for white don´t bother me that much.

[@jelmago395]

you go 800 miles an hour, SLOW DOWN!!!

[@PauseTheVideoAndThink]

hahahah but it´s youtube, you can play it at 0.75 speed maybe? it´s a little weird but it works, i use 0.75 for languages all the time. Anyway i get your point, i change the pace from video to video sometimes but you know how it is, sometimes i make it so slow it´s boring for some so it´s hard to settle for one rhythm.

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[@irvzeitlin2972]

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