GM Ben Finegold: The Pirc Defense

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[@andreaferraris5277]

Pirc defense was named after GM Defense, if I recall correctly.

[@apkemp69]

Drrrp

[@sageunix3381]

Pirc 30's

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

Slovenian here, your pronounciation of Pirc is perfect. Good job, lecture on pirc I can actually listen to.

[@matjazmazi8405]

Xe Xe, yeah - his pronounciation of 'Pirc' is O.K., but 'Vasja' is not - it is not Važja !... ;-)

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

@@matjazmazi8405 true (: but can't ask for too much

[@matjazmazi8405]

@@bgdgdgdf4488 zakaj ne ?

[@bgdgdgdf4488]

@@matjazmazi8405 jah amerikanc je, a ni že to da zna Pirc izgovorit spoštljivo do neke mere

[@loganmyall660]

As a former Percocet addict, this opening really speaks to me

[@rowanessam9154]

LMAO

[@thakurv1]

Former?

[@loganmyall660]

@@thakurv1 happy to say since I learned my wife was pregnant with our daughter almost 5 years ago I've been off Percocet. I suppose one is never a former addict though lol

[@DragonHalo3D]

@@loganmyall660 that's great to hear man i hope everything's been going well for you

[@elredeano]

​@@loganmyall660W RECOVERY

[@nsiderultimaseth]

Gyula Sax was really an icon. Not only was he a terrific chess player, he had an entire family of musical instruments named after him.

[@AndrewWCarson]

The beginning where you compared the Pirc to other openings was very helpful. Thanks!

[@moniqueheubel8970]

I have been studying the Pirc and KID all year and this was still helpful to me. Being a detailed person sometimes I get bogged down with individual details and and miss the general idea! I love the way Ben goes from the main ideas and then breaks it down.

[@HughMorristheJoker]

This is also like the Nowegian, and even the Polish opening is a bit similar, and it can help to learn all of them.

[@zamplify]

This is the first time I've actually understood the difference between the KI, Modern, and Pirc.

[@danjeory3659]

What I like about Ben Finegold's lectures is he cleary explains why each move is being made. It's like the KZbin equivalent of Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev. Plus tax.

[@moniqueheubel8970]

I really agree

[@jefftaylor1186]

The Czech Pirc is a monster against london players.

[@tutucox]

pirc is my favorite opening :D maybe thats why I'm so baaadddd

[@AlexRodriguez-bf7dt]

it's a great opening:)

[@user-yz2xl1tu6t]

@@AlexRodriguez-bf7dt it's a very good way to be completely lost in 15 moves

[@dieterschneegans1850]

@@user-yz2xl1tu6t not really. I doubt you'd just be winning in 15 moves against someone who knows what their doing in the pirc

[@user-yz2xl1tu6t]

@@dieterschneegans1850 it's a matter of preference i guess but i would never like getting murdered on the king side eith much slower counter play White moves in the pirc are so natural unlike blacks

[@dieterschneegans1850]

@@user-yz2xl1tu6t things are never that easy

[@sinis8834]

Hans Günther Kestler was an IM in West Germany, peak 2400 something's something. He played for some minor chessclubs and I think in 3 Olympiads for West Germany. Greetings from Cologne.........

[@chungboislim2061]

Damn, this is fantastic. I wasn't a big fan of your lectures, but this format without an audience is amazing.

[@johnathangamble4539]

I thoroughly enjoyed this lecture. please keep doing these :)

[@VogueWave]

Ben, great job explaining the Pirc. Thanks for another informative lecture!

[@TheManudulux]

We not all do live in the US. Do not under-estimate your influence. It is worldwide. Best Regards from Luxemburg and thanks for the videos.

[@rogerwarr4673]

Great educational style, thnx for the vid

[@magnusjohansson295]

Very nice lecture with lots of insight and humour.

[@stuartyaxley6689]

Another brilliant lecture, thank you.

[@alanex5225]

thanks for this instructive video. it shows some hope for black in the pirc. you do encounter some unusual positions sometime and sometimes they offer chances for black. thanks again

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

12:37 another Finegold pearl

[@mbire831]

Thanks Ben, excellent as always

[@zeljkostojanovic3604]

Excellent explanation od Pirc defense...👍

[@mendesnicolas06]

Love to hear Ben randomly throwing some french words. Between your accent is good! 🇫🇷

[@omiqran9858]

GM Ben off a pirc in this lecture

[@justchessminiatures1167]

Thanks for the lecture. Hope you could upload a lecture about the Schliemann Defense.

[@juhonieminen4219]

Sponsor, and they will come.

[@tomtsu5923]

Great vid Ben thank you

[@breezeb8720]

That was a sweet Knight takes pawn G7 sacrifice “ SCREENSHOT!”

[@MrSupernova111]

Fantastic lecture! In game one it would have been amazing to mention what happens if e5 Nxd5?? attacking white's queen at 15:04 - white has mate in 9! with the follow up Nh5+!!

[@truthpopup]

I think it's an illusion that black can go toe-to-toe with white in the opening. It seems to me black's main goal in the first several moves is to avoid getting clobbered and to develop his pieces. The Pirc seems to do that.

[@falseking989]

38:00 If the black queen goes to C3 followed by white king to B1, then black knight to A3 is checkmate.

[@pschneider1968]

A very nice lecture AGAIN! All games were very interesting, but the third game was really beautiful! Black played so courageously, sacrificing the exchange and a rook on top!

[@1001011011010]

I'd love something like this on the Tartakower defense

[@rod9829]

now this is the good stuff

[@Mutineer9]

I wander, did BF6 and then BF7+ and qH5+ work on some stage? My feeling with out stock fish I think should work

[@jaakko14]

Entertaining lecture as always Grandmaster Finegold. Not all of your viewers are from the USA. I for example am from Finland, your favourite country. I wish you and Karen have a nice day.

[@theroaman8759]

How do you deal when white forks the knight and pawn on e4 on the 4th move

[@banzaiburger9589]

Thanks for this lecture Ben. The Pirc gets a bad rap (generally) lately, undeservedly so in my opinion.

[@kingpin1199]

it is a terrible opening. truth hurts

[@EPE444]

@@chicken29843 SuperGMs use it sometmes. Nepo drew Karjakin with it in a Sinquefield Cup.

[@justinliu6376]

150 is the refutation

[@banzaiburger9589]

@@justinliu6376 it's pretty potent if Black has already castled kingside, but black has ways to deal with it by quickly launching on the queenside as soon as White appears to be setting up the 150. NM Robert Ramirez has several videos on the topic.

[@FlourescentPotato]

@@kingpin1199 once you can refute it every game, you're allowed to talk

[@gztamilangaming9274]

how to play aganist austrian and 150 attack please tell about

[@kantsus]

THANK YOU MR GRANDMASTER BEN FINEGOLD!!

[@vancebocas7626]

I grew up calling it Pirc (Perk) too. I still play it. I like the formations that come out of the opening....most of the time.

[@towb0at]

I don't watch content by Mr. Finegold, especially longer videos. But this was a very interesting combination of a chess & history lesson that I couldn't stop watching after the first two minutes. Thank you very much!

[@ryanoneal8480]

At 11:05 Ben talks about how it's not great for the bishop to capture on a6. If the position was different and the king was still in the center, and your opponent has pushed their kingside pawns, wouldn't it be worth it then to prevent their king from being safe the whole game?

[@ryanoneal8480]

@Jordan Nephsnafsky haha I don't care much about giving double pawns because unless it's an endgame I don't feel like I'm good enough to exploit it

[@polytopproducts880]

What's the best book about porc defense would any of you guys recommend me? I would really appreciate any advice and I hope that you guys have a nice day, cheers.

[@chesslover8829]

1) Pirc in Black and White: Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening 2) The Pirc Defense (Grandmaster Repertoire) 3) Pirc Alert! Second Edition

[@polytopproducts880]

@@chesslover8829 thank you so much broo

[@chesslover8829]

@@polytopproducts880 You're welcome!

[@dingoDogMan]

the perk defense!

[@ActorAaronBooth]

And now I know why I have been seeing a lot of Pirc’s in the pool the last week…

[@random9-548]

Please make a Petrov defense lecture

[@tzodearf2596]

It's 19:49, the video is adjourned.

[@stevereade4858]

Gyula is pronounced "Jul-ya" and Sax probably "Shacks", but may have retained the German pronunciation since it's a German name in which case it would be "Zacks". Learned very little about the Pirc from GM Feingold's lecture, save the issue with a pawn on C4. Funnily, he didn't even mention its similarity to the Sicilian Dragon, although others have pointed it out - and it's C file attacking possibilities. Overall, I was very disappointed. I guess I don't "get" GM Feingold's sense of humor.

[@exuviumisopods]

I am glad you covered the Pirc Defense, it's my favorite opening when playing with the black pieces. I still struggle because of my 650 rapid elo, but it's the opening I prefer. Kudos also for the pronunciation, this is how Vasja's Pirc name is pronounced in their language. 10:36 in the Pirc defense the pawn moves to c6 (not c5). 19:32 why Korchnoi resigned? Nxc4 forks white's queen and rook. And when queen moves Nxd2. Rook is gone. 28:14 a better move for black would be Qxd5 threatening white's queen, rook, bishop so white has to exchange queens. 31:26 top 10 in the world and he didn't kill the white rook with his queen? Fantastic game by Hans Guenter Kestler. Savrificing both rooks! 🤩

[@randomshadow4620]

Lmao. I hope you're joking. All the moves you mentioned were so bad.

[@thakurv1]

Lol why do you think those moves are good

[@luiscarrasco603]

Well, to all of your sugestions you should check with a computer, but also remember your Elo is just 650 and theirs are wayyyyy higher

[@luiscarrasco603]

1) the c4 pawn is protected by the bishop so the knight would just get taked 2) the pawn is protected by the knight SO the queen would just get taked 3) he would exchange the queen for the rook, he could keep playing a little but it is just losing.

[@siraf1234]

1. Its still the pirc, c6 is just the more common way to play 2. Nxc4 Bxc4 1-0 3. Qxd5 Bxe7+ Rxe7 Qxe7+ Kg8 Qxg7# 4. That's the same as resigning.

[@dannygjk]

iirc Fischer used the Pirc vs Spassky in 1972 WCh.

[@MrSupernova111]

Nice!

[@StoshGalumpke]

You're the best.

[@caesarsailor4051]

Came to learn the Pirc, now idk if I wanna play it 😂 lol

[@benivarius1]

Val Kilmer was SO good in tombstone

[@aluminiumknight4038]

I love attacking the Pirc

[@jefftaylor1186]

Ah yes. The Pert Plus with dandruff defense Defense

[@alyssaskier2656]

32:50 - "I like to play g4 ... g4 is not a good move."

[@malachickisawesome]

Let’s go

[@danmertz3734]

Nice 3 card Monty T shirt

[@12jswilson]

2:30 also Yasser Seirawan pronounces it the*Perk defense." Frankly, terrible.

[@bonestep6133]

As a beginner this opening is hard to play with black. Chess is hard.

[@Sparrows587]

Played against the East Indian defense. Used this opening (didn’t even know it). Granted I’m 1k but I won. Haha

[@alanESV2]

Oh no. I like to play f3 against the pirc

[@lukacalov1988]

Anthony Gentle lol... i know Ben was holding it in not to make any jokes

[@maerskamg]

I wouldn't mind 😁

[@mariabernadettebredfeldtle4934]

Is the lessons point not to play the pirc?😮😮

[@chipmanly1359]

Pirc op plz nrf

[@eyezuel5307]

0:25 IM at 43 and GM at 46???

[@mnm1273]

International titles were introduced in 1950. So he was one of the first batch of recipients of the title when he became and IM. Only 27 players got the grandmaster title in 1950. He got the Grandmaster title the year he won his 6th Yugoslavian title, I don't know if they're linked. Well noticed.

[@kefkajanar1629]

Perc defense ⁉️

[@matjazmazi8405]

Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirtz !... :-)

[@sameash3153]

How much do I gotta pay to sponsor a bird's opening lecture?

[@rod9829]

new music? terrible

[@mirekcieslowski2134]

Thank you for pronouncing the name correctly. It really cringe me when I hear “The Pirk”. It require proper respect.

[@baderalrawais2189]

too much talk, when he will start?

[@ianrhys]

Ok Benji, here's how I play. ... If e4, Pric ... else if d4 Kings indian ... else I win .... same game plan on both.

[@Chessdummy]

It's slow and weak.

[@hellopleychess3190]

so are you!

[@ketchembass5869]

He can play chess, but there’s no one more boring than Ben.