The Pirc Defence (pronounced "peerts", though it is often wrongly known as the "perk" defence, even among grandmasters), sometimes known as the Ufimtsev Defence or Yugoslav Defence, is a chess opening characterised by Black responding to 1.e4 with 1...d6 and 2...Nf6, followed by ...g6 and ...Bg7, while allowing White to establish an impressive-looking centre with pawns on d4 and e4. It is named after the Slovenian International Grandmaster Vasja Pirc.
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