Tournament Game with the Pirc Defense | Chess lesson # 110

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Chess lesson # 110 is about one of my tournament games where I used the Pirc defense. However, you will also have an opportunity to see other games, which affected my decision making in this round. Hope you find it useful and learn as much as I did!
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[@NMRobertRamirez]

We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this KZbin channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇ Course on Black Opening (Counterblow) www.chessable.com/ramirez Course on White Opening (First Strike) www.chessable.com/firststrike Free Playlist (beginner to master level) rb.gy/hw61wt All the Endgame Knowledge I have rb.gy/zels9y All the Strategy Knowledge I have rb.gy/g1iqro

[@dhruvverma6460]

Your a tactical genius. Loved how you punished White for having their King in the center. The Pawn sac was rly nice btw.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! I really appreciate your kind words 🙌👍

[@jeffersonparsons5519]

Nice game. I find it fascinating how many different ways the Pirc can transform in a game. Lately, I only play the KID/Pirc or Czech Pirc. I should be getting bored, but the variety of positions I end up in is enough to keep me stimulated. I actually just won a game this morning with the black pieces using the approach you described. I kept it simple and kept an eye open for a chance to transform the position into a winning endgame. Before your lessons, my strategy was always to checkmate at all costs. Thanks for everything you are doing, and keep it coming!

[@jgn2112]

Rob, I learn so much from your videos. Thank you! I played a game recently I'm really proud of. See PGN below. I played white. 5. g4... and 6. Qd2... were both intentional. I saw on move 4 if I could clear his c8 bishop out I could trap his queen. It was a risk but my opponent took the pawn and knight as bait. Regardless if he hadn't taken the bait, I'm pleased I was able to spot the tactic in the first place. Good thing, too, because I only had 7.9 seconds left when I got the checkmate! Thank you again! I never miss a video! 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Na6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 d6 5. g4 Bxg4 6. Qd2 Bxf3 7. Bb5+ Qd7 8. Bxd7+ Kxd7 9. O-O Bh6 10. Qd3 Bh5 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. Qe3 Ng4 13. Qf3 Nh6 14. Qh3+ e6 15. Nd5 Rac8 16. Nf6+ Kd8 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 Ng8 19. Kh1 f6 20. Rg1 Ne7 21. f4 Rc6 22. Rg2 Rb6 23. b3 Rb4 24. dxc5 Rxe4 25. cxd6 Nc6 26. Rag1 Rxf4 27. Rg8+ Rxg8 28. Rxg8+ Kd7 29. Qe8+ Kxd6 30. Rg7 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qd7+ Ke5 33. Qxd1 Nd4 34. Rxb7 Nc5 35. Qe1+ Kf5 36. Re7 Kg4 37. Qf2 e5 38. Qg3+ Kf5 39. Rg7 h6 40. Qg4# 1-0

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! You are more than welcome. I like how tactical this game was. It's so interesting how their poor king traveled around to get checkmate on f5 💪👍

[@pawiiml]

Thank you for this another instructive video. I felt an improvement from my games by listening to your videos sir.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome! Thanks a lot for your comment 👍

[@slingshotchicken4695]

It takes a lot of focus and the ability to jump around when learning from Robert. He will go off on tangents and then go back and forth. I'm not sure if there's a more systematic approach to teaching chess. I have learned from the videos regardless.

[@slingshotchicken4695]

It's one thing to be in the middle of one game and then jump to others, it's a serious problem when you distract so egregiously from completing the originally intended project! Are you ADD or ADHD Robert? The tangents are all over the place and you went so far off the path I found myself seeking a game you seemed to have just left behind, and you skipped off the game and went out there for about ten minutes before getting back on track. A student needs to be kept focused with a few main points and then perhaps one game with minimal subsets. Your teaching style is a little random and tangential, almost as if it's intentional to keep the secrets to yourself or obfuscated behind tangents, all while saying it's for our own good. It seems odd. I might add in addition to the tangents you will then move from far too slowly with three or four explanations that need to be minimized to rapid-fire moving where there's no way to learn at all, the moves are just too fast at that point. Overall, it's a bit messy and it takes more than should be required of a student, some of that's on the teacher. I won't give up yet but I will check to see if my learning style matches up with other teachers as well. Gotham Chess and Eric Rosen are also good but I find combining Robert with them to be useful, however scattered some of the Ramirez efforts can be.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! If you have been following this course from the beginning and in order, you should have developed the necessary skills to follow along. When you study from a Chess book for example, you will often see sidelines and variations that will make you deviate from the main line and then you have to get back to it. But of course, that's something you are supposed to deal with at the right time. At the beginning of the course, many lessons were straight to the point and lasted around 15 minutes, but this is lesson # 110 already. With that said, the best thing to do is what you mentioned. There are so many great people out there teaching Chess. You just need to find what works best for you and enjoy the process. Take care and enjoy life 😎👍

[@95harshjoshi]

Helping me a lot Thanks Bruv #fanloveIndia 🇮🇳 ❤️

[@JJMEI]

It is great how you explain and play. I play Caro-Kann but I want something more difficult for white. I'm considering pirc or hyper accelerated dragon and I still don't know the advantages and disadvantages. I need to meditate it 🤔

[@NaiveWorld]

Use King's Indian from Grandmasters playing, aggressive and trappy, solid. Pirc is solid and quiet

[@JJMEI]

@@NaiveWorld kid is against d4. Pirc use to transpose. I'm also considering modern. All of them are similar family. But I still have difficulties with the pawn storming 😔

[@NaiveWorld]

@@JJMEI you gotta be careful about pawn storming and attack the king, always prepare your pawns for an attack and don't weaken them

[@darklord9025]

idk why you love the pirc defense so much. You also read every comment posted here. You are a one great coach :3

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Ahh this weird relationship I have with the Pirc goes a long way back 😜

[@darklord9025]

@@NMRobertRamirez does your caoch taught you that??😂😂

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@darklord9025 yes, he introduced me to it and I also liked Kramnik who used to play it quite often. I also liked the KID, which looks pretty similar.

[@francescosi7556]

The more i look at the pirc, the more it looks like the Kings indian

[@kerryjane4175]

Second position, Qb5 Bxh3 or Be6 next, if Nh2 moves Nf3+

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Thanks a lot for sharing your answers 👍

[@diegosilva58220]

keep it up !!! i love your videos

[@rickm1427]

Are there any tips and tricks you can suggest to commit this to memory? I'm a 1500 but i somehow can't seem to get The pirc down right. Help!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I think it comes down to really trying to (1)understand the ideas explained and then just (2)record it and (3)repeat over and over until you fully memorize it. Something else that can help is reviewing games played by professionals where they use the opening you are trying o learn 👍

[@rickm1427]

@@NMRobertRamirez Man this is so cool you actually replied. Thanks a Ton! I'll re-watch every video you've made on this opening and try to record it though I don't know how you mean by this? and do better in reviewing games played by masters (I honestly don't do this at all so thanks for the tip :) ) Lastly, I'll play a bunch of unrated games over and over using the pirc whenever it's fitting (I've been doing this but it hasn't been turning out okay most times, hopefully now with your tips it'll be a lot smoother!). Thank you so much. Onwards and upwards friend. Bless.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

@@rickm1427 excellent! To learn how to record and better prepare any opening, feel free to watch this lesson kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2SXhattoa9-prc

[@ThePhoenixofLiberty]

AAAAARGH I keep losing with the pirc when the opponent doesn't know the best moves. ... super frustrated 😤

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! That typically means you need to prioritize your middlegame more than opening. Lots of tactics training 💪 Feel free to check out lesson # 102 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaC3doV6qZ1qpbc

[@ThePhoenixofLiberty]

@@NMRobertRamirez thank you sir I will certainly check that out

[@fatfingersstudios2714]

sometimes I heard ….piriq, sometimes …piris, and some other time ….perk 😢

[@shiloazriel3267]

i remember when you only had 2k subscribers

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Yes! We have had a few lessons since then 😎

[@halfomillitia]

exchange Queens [QxQe2+]

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 👍🙌

[@halfomillitia]

@@NMRobertRamirez I appreciate the lessons, and the interaction with us, many novices. I'm an avid chess player and a subscriber to your channel.

[@MattyOh78]

Robert, you teach chess very well. It's difficult to keep it simple in such a complicated game. I've run it up to 1600 thanks to your lessons. 💯💯💯

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congratulations Matthew! Keep doing whatever you are doing and let me know if you ever get stuck at some point 👍💪

[@AngeloGene]

Thank you so much! I get a similar setup for the opening and middle game and I sometimes forget what to do.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome, Angelo! 👍

[@mdmarufhasanriad6382]

Congratulation. I'm from Bangladesh and wishing you congrats in bangla " অনেক অনেক অভিনন্দন। অনেক অনেক শুভকামনা রইলো ভবিষ্যতের ম্যাচের জন্য।" love to you boss❤️❤️❤️

[@davidbatchelder85]

when you do not play for a long time, you are out of shape, funny how that sounds with chess. But you are concentrating at full power, exhausting

[@TheNamshubofEnki]

Love these lessons, thank you Robert. I really like the Pirc and KIA after discovering your channel.

[@miggylobos1]

Pirc is quickly becoming my go to with Black, getting to the middlegame nicely. Thanks Robert!

[@youisRolandJRuttledge]

Great instructions, many thanks UK

[@GarciaPics]

Thank you! All your Pirc lessons are starting to come together in my head and its beginning to show in my game.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That's great to hear, Carlos! Little by little you will become an expert at it. Just keep it up and enjoy the process 💪

[@GarciaPics]

@@NMRobertRamirez Thank you Maestro!

[@geoffllarena5117]

Arguably the best coach in youtube. You have elevated my game since I discovered your channel months back.. Thank you, and keep safe, sir!

[@COOL_DAD]

This knight is just eating grass... Lol 😅

[@adamblomquist5581]

Awesome lesson, awesome game! The pirc is an amazing weapon. I'm still playing the check version & getting more comfortable with it. Soon I'll move up to the Ramirez pirc💪

[@chessoptics]

I play the czech to. Hello My name is Damion Coppedge Founder of Chessoptics,and content creator. I would appreciate if you would stop by and check out my twitch stream I discuss chess, Play music have fun and sometimes play viewers when I’m not ranting about how chess philosophy relates to life. You might like it. www.twitch.tv/videos/1554642163 ⬆⬆⬆

[@EnriqueNuesch]

wow, man! that endgame was so instructive. thank you very much, I have improved a lot with your lessons, and Pirc/KID became my favourite response as black.

[@lorenzodavila8261]

Awesome video! I really appreciate this as this is my main opening on black. I'm not sure if anyone asked but what about NC4 instead of trading queens? Defending your queen and attacking theirs. Does that walk into a tricky line?

[@thejames666]

Coach, when you get a bishop-queen battery lining up to challenge your fianchettoed bishop in front of your king, what’s the best way to handle it? It’s so annoying! Thanks. Love the videos.

[@Abishkarplayz-cheese-pg7ku]

I have a tournament coming up do you any suggestion for the first tournament game? I also wanted to learn about the pyramid like opening from the pirc where we push the f pawn by black two squares forward. Thanks.

[@100Milllion]

After I bring my queen out and they do Bishop D2 instead of Queen D2 how do I deal with it? This is when my opponents plays d4 pawn and c4 pawn instead of E4 and d4

[@rogerbruce2896]

I am a very low level. In my games if I try to play the pirc defense, after I bring my knight out the whites kings pawn will move to e5 90% of the time and I never know what to do in that case. It usually ends up bad for me.

[@Misterwiseguy88]

😢i keep losing i am at 480 cant go upp i have followed the piece defence and Kings Indian and the London just keep on lossing any tips???

[@knuthansen8524]

I beat a black african friend of mine with the pircs. He was vemry amgory. :)

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

I am tired of beating Pirc defence.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

💪😎

[@Fallingmonsters]

At 6:35, I've always wondered, what does black do against Bh6 ?

[@NANA-tz7ep]

Hey you started pronouncing it right!! Hope it was my comment.

[@kerryjane4175]

Queen on a5 is hanging so must be moved or defended first. If queens traded King must take or d4 hanging. White has no light squared bishop, developing Knight on d7 will be a discovered attack on h3. If King takes in trade c3 would cause King to take or bxc3 looses the Rook or have a past pawn on b2 so I think the trade of queens in this situation is a good move

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Thanks a lot for sharing your answers! 🙌👍

[@747Aerophilia]

Have you looked at the Chessable course Lifetime Repertoires: Pirc Defense by Christof Sielecki ( Chessexplained)?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I haven't, but someone mentioned it is really good 👍 Let me know what you think!

[@chongqi8550]

it is so disgusting trying to simplify the game by thinking one is "leading"

[@OregonMikeH]

Thanks Coach & as always, Thank You and Blessings your way from Oregon. ... Mike

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome, Mike! 👍

[@gregorylanzo217]

In the first position can’t you just play c3 also thanks for the lessons over the pirc I was able to grow 20 points in two days using the Pirc 2170

[@gregorylanzo217]

*pirc

[@NANA-tz7ep]

Excellent video! Absolutely fascinating following your thought process and helpful to me personally. Thanks for the lesson Robert.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome!

[@moulikhindolia4764]

You don't realise how much this helps me

[@geraldcastellow9398]

HEY ROBERT, I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ON THE PIRC DEFENSE. SO EASY TO PLAY THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN IT. THANKS YOUR FEIEND FOREVER GERALD CASTELLOW

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you, Gerald! 🙌💪

[@arjungupta5441]

Please make the video on analyze the game of 1600 1800 rated players where he miss the opportunity defection etc

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! What do you mean? A lesson on deflection? 🤔

[@abdelhamidmeriouma8248]

This mean I should know end game lol i am not good on end game i losse always

[@fredbanon3314]

Congratulations ! I like your detailed explanations , I love your spirits ! Looking forward to your next video.👍

[@brownkelvinukunoritsemofe2262]

Thank you very Sir I like the way you explain it to me

[@Black-Jf]

There are no Best Move IM, the only Best Move is your Best Move..

[@chessoptics]

Mr Ramirez i think I saw you on the A train recently in New York at Nostrand Avenue?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Haven't been to NY in years, but I want to go soon 😎💪

[@fultonshincuadra5608]

Thank you for everything you have taught us. I start using Pirc when I played black pieces.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

You are more than welcome! 👍

[@lubomirnovotny9653]

Robert, out of curiosity, what do you usually play as white against Pirc?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! I like a set-up where White play e4-d4-Nc3-Nf3-h3-Be3 and if Black play c6, I do a4 to prevent b5 😎

[@pierosolari6358]

Excelente clase. Muchas gracias por tu generosidad, visión y maestría para compartir tus conocimientos. Abrazo fuerte desde Perú

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Muchísimas gracias! Me alegra mucho saber que le ha gustado esta clase 👍💪

[@mormonmormonchik4745]

Thank you for this video!!!

[@parthisbest2421]

at 6:00 why didn't you took pawn on e4 with your knight ? the knight of opponent is pinned ...

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! It was not pinned. If Nxe4, they could take us since their queen is defended too 👍💪

[@sasthanatarajan4760]

Thankyou very instructive

[@sasthanatarajan4760]

Thankyou very instructive

[@sasthanatarajan4760]

Thankyou very instructive

[@joydipchakraborty3896]

You explain very nicely, Sir

[@HCW2855HCW]

Good stuff. My 2nd view.

[@mack93936]

Sorry about the typos.

[@anoukadel6397]

Position 1: c3, position 2: Qxd2 Kxd2 Bxh3

[@anoukadel6397]

😯 both answers "correct", at last I start making progress - great lesson

[@951genni]

In the second one I had 1. Qxd2 2. Kxd2 Nc4+ with the idea of Nxa3, rook has to move, trade bishops and rook takes b2. Didn't see Kc1 because I'm a numpty

[@यशवंतदेसले]

I want to know te difference been kings indian def.and the pirc def.bcs moves look to be the same!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Feel free to review lesson # 85 where I explain it at the very beginning 👍 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHTQpHucp8h1eMU

[@यशवंतदेसले]

@@NMRobertRamirez Thank you very much....

[@GigaChad-zg1cu]

Hello Robert Ramirez's I request you to delete the comments that are spam and send inappropriate links(also great vid helped me a ton)

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Very well explained dear

[@abdelhamidmeriouma8248]

How i can get more experience on end game like this ???

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! Review my endgames playlist and practice on chess-endgame-trainer.firebaseapp.com/home

[@dhruvverma6460]

Btw, I've been playing not so good against the samisch and the mongoklov (the h3-g4 plan of white vs the kid is called something like that), because I bad at queenside expansion... So, I was trying to improve my queenside plays, and I soon encountered an agadmator video on tal, where he plays the benko. I like the queenside expansion, and thought that I should try the benko as I can get to practice queenside expansion that I can use to improve my game against the samisch. It worked! Now I feel like a more complete player. I still play the benko occassionally to further improve my QS play. I chose the benko because I seen that black almost always gets to expand on the queenside, while if I practiced my QS expansion in the kid, I would not be able to practice much expansion against the classical or fianchetto

[@Kazutopia808]

I chose the c3 plan as well, and to my surprise I went with the Nb6 continuation 💪. Discovery attack on the h3 pawn, followed by Nc4 forking the queen and bishop.

[@OnlineSlots7]

more pirc defense sir 💖

[@ravideshpande1779]

Robert plz tell your opponent's ratings

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! My opponent was around 2000 👍

[@rafaelflores8524]

i love this videos!!!

[@leroybarlow7468]

Good explanation

[@vijyantmehrotra8119]

Love from INDIA

[@alireza-cn2xr]

Very nice games

[@kennedymukiri6919]

Robert l appreciate your teaching and any inquiry or question you are keen to answer, May God bless u

[@mdmorshalin2913]

Thanks bro

[@abdelhamidmeriouma8248]

Very good game

[@simonblanco6716]

me at min 16:20 😟

[@ramsespowell4560]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@raymerbecki63]

I thank you for helping all of us Thank you I have been playing this for about a month or two it is so much fun thank you once again

[@chilakashalemraju3668]

Very good useful stuff with outstanding teaching. Thank you

[@jonathanliem9536]

what was your opponents rating?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Jonathan! Around 2000 👍

[@AngryBird-hx5tz]

Thanks

[@leandersilva9308]

16:00, Knight e5 to f4. Love the video’s. More than helpful

[@markie5952]

what books are there on pirc??

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello Mark! You can see all of my book recommendations in the description of this video 👍

[@GTA5NFT]

Thanks Robert, you have helped me so much with the pirc defense

[@VideoGrabBag]

Great teaching!!! Thanks!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thank you! 👍😎

[@toddgorman2512]

Robert I just broke 1100 :-) It took me a while but I am learning that move order is really important. And going back and re-re-re-watching some of the variations. I crushed the Austrian attack twice tonight on players over 100pts higher than me. Felt good. Funny thing is earlier in the week.. i dipped to a 6 month low of 925.. and I went back and re-watched serveral vidoes and I think I am 14w 2L 1D in last few days. Thanks!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Excellent! 💪 And yes, That is normally how it goes. Now you will struggle for a bit before breaking through 1200, but eventually you will adjust. Just keep it up 😎

[@tpiano1165]

Hey, Robert! I just can't decide between the pirc and the czech pirc! Which one do you recommend for a tournament?

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! It would depend mainly on how much time you have to prepare for the tournament. If it is coming up soon (less than a moth) I would stick to the Czech Pirc because it is easier to learn and implement. The regular Pirc is more dynamic and offers more to Black, but it also requires more preparation. For the Czech, just make sure you review the material from lessons # 51, 53 and 57 👍

[@dragadeyt]

For first one, I’m thinking Qc7 since he can’t castle queenside and kingside is opened, his king is stuck in the middle so exchanging queens helps him. Qa4 just gets kicked by Nc3.

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Thanks a lot for sharing your answer, Dhananjay! 👍

[@shadyemad9676]

i reached 2100 rapid on lichess today.......and 2000 blitz a week ago thx coach :) will try for a 2100 blitz next

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congratulations! 👏 Keep it up and let me know how it goes 👍💪

[@jurjenbade9271]

I use the Pirc since 2017. But your lessons made it a very effective weapon. Thanks! In addition, I like your aggressive (energetic...) style! Great! I went meanwhile up from about 1700 to 1930

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That's music to my ears 😎 Thanks a lot for your comment and congratulations on such a nice jump 💪👏

[@Harsh-yb2pz]

Why you dont get to the point

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! You must be looking for quick Chess lessons... Trust me, it would be way easier for me to wrap it up in 10 minutes, but I feel like all of the extra information can be helpful for those following this course in order. Remember, you can always use the skip button or find the material from other resources, which are more efficient for you 👍😎

[@nestor916]

Sir when you finish the tournament can you please make a video about Van't Kruijs opening? Btw I love your videos and good luck in future games!

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Hello! In this course, we will cover almost every opening including the Van't Kruijs 👍

[@ziyadreda4727]

I was 800 Elo when i watched the first video now in the 110 video my Elo is 1842 thanks to you ♥️♥️♥️

[@NMRobertRamirez]

Congratulation! 👏💪 You must be doing something right. Now, time to go for that 2000 and hopefully one day you can share your secret with the rest of our community 😎

[@lemanqadafy]

Req sicilian defence 🙏

[@NMRobertRamirez]

That will be lesson # 112 👍