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that won't kill me.

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c5!
Nothing could go wrong playing the sicillian.

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Play the Pirc.

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Originally posted by chessisvanity
Play the Pirc.
the Pirc is worse than the Modern Defense (1...g6). I'm playing that right now and I'm getting smoked by everyone 😳

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Originally posted by Tyrannosauruschex
c5!
Nothing could go wrong playing the sicillian.
I second that! Besides anything else is kinda lame...

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you could always go with blacks best move after 1.e4...e5!

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Originally posted by Dutch Defense
the Pirc is worse than the Modern Defense (1...g6). I'm playing that right now and I'm getting smoked by everyone 😳
whatever happened with the latvian gambit?
and anyway, if you get desperate, you can always try Caro-Kann...
it's got to have a draw percentage second only to Petroff's.
very solid for black indeed...then again, we ARE playing 1. e4, so you could always go with Petroff's...
but 1. ... c6 avoids the King's Gambit.. which is a bonus. 🙂

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Originally posted by Dutch Defense
the Pirc is worse than the Modern Defense (1...g6). I'm playing that right now and I'm getting smoked by everyone 😳
Ever think it might be possible that you're playing the Pirc wrong? Let's see some examples.

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Originally posted by rubberjaw30
whatever happened with the latvian gambit?
and anyway, if you get desperate, you can always try Caro-Kann...
it's got to have a draw percentage second only to Petroff's.
very solid for black indeed...then again, we ARE playing 1. e4, so you could always go with Petroff's...
but 1. ... c6 avoids the King's Gambit.. which is a bonus. 🙂
I only play the Latvian about once for every eight games or so right now.

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1.E4 D5! (2.pxp ktf6) learning it myself at the moment. the actual lines are easy to learn as they are mainly the ones you would assume and the theory is easy to too.

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
Ever think it might be possible that you're playing the Pirc wrong? Let's see some examples.
Game 4250001
Game 4250015
Game 4276671
Game 4229282

I can't find anymore right now

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Originally posted by Dutch Defense
Game 4250001
Game 4250015
Game 4276671
Game 4229282

I can't find anymore right now
Those aren't really Pircs.

I sorta misread your original post wrong I guess. See I thought you were playing the Pirc now and getting smoked. The Pirc and the Modern have very similar themes, but they're both plenty solid if you play them right. I'll look at the Modern ones you posted and see if I can find where you f'ed up. 😉

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Originally posted by cmsMaster
Those aren't really Pircs.
I don't play the Pirc, without Nf6, it isn't the Pirc

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Originally posted by Dutch Defense
I don't play the Pirc, without Nf6, it isn't the Pirc
Yes, yes, check my edit. My mistake.

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Originally posted by Dutch Defense
Game 4250001
Game 4250015
Game 4276671
Game 4229282

I can't find anymore right now
Well I just skimmed through game one and there are two glaring mistakes.

First, I don't get 6...a6 Is that book? It seems like a wasted move in that position, you're not developed at all. And, of course, 18...f4 that's an important tactic to miss, after that you're in deep sheiste.

You can only really blame yourself there, not the opening.

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