HoemberChess wrote on 10/18/10 at 19:33:35:
My choices versus the
* Philidor: (4.Nf3 Nbd7) 5.Bc4 //a useful study could be games by Mark Hebden
* Pirc: (4.Nf3 Bg7) 5.h3 //who...?
I am creating my repertoire vs. 1..d6 and looking for books etc on these two topics.
(I know that one would find everything to create his own White repertoire here, on chesspublishing, but I am not a subscriber.)
If you know about book titles, articles, etc, please don't hesistate to share your secret in this thread.
For example, "Chess Openings for White, Explained" covers the Pirc 5.h3, but I am not sure how sound its lines are.
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ONLY for the sake of completeness--being a 1.d4-player,
besides
- 1.d4 d6 2.e4,
I can get the aforementioned defences after
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
- 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5,
which I like because I have voted for playing on home ground... (with occasional main lines thrown in)
(I used to play KID w/ 6.h3 and liked the positions, and will continue to use it in certain games, but avoiding a bunch of 1.d4-defences thus playing on home ground is getting important to me, with less time for the study of opening theory. I still have a lot to learn about other phases of the game.)
You won't face the Pirc or Phillidor very often, so studying the Informant and relevant Yearbook surveys should be more than sufficient.
Additionally, you can create an opening report on the position after 5.h3 in ChessBase, and play through the games of the leading exponents of this system.
If you can, purchase the book 'The Pirc in Black in White'. It's undoubtedly the best reference guide to the Pirc nowadays. For what it's worth, in his review of the book Silman infers that Vigus recommends 6...a6 7.a4 Nc6 and that things are not as clear-cut after 7...b6 8.e5 as Dzindzichashvili suggest.
And you should check out the following booklet I found on the Internet:
www.firebrandx.com/downloads/diepircdie.docP.S It's very ironic that the first spelling correction suggested here for 'Dzindzichashvili' is 'Indispensability'.