Originally posted by jonzzzzA similar line scores very well for black. If anything it's probably riskier for white to play. TBH both sides are going to be forced to be very accurate in that line. (I think.)
I'm wondering if this is a good opening as black e4 d6 d4 e5 dxe5 dxd5 Qxd8 Kxd8
as black i think that is bad because white can develope with 5.Nc3 (developing knight.) followed by. ext white plays eighter 6. Bg5+ with 7.0-0-0+ and white is easily ahead in devlopment. if instead black developed his knight to f6, then its pin plus check on the next move and white is still more developed due to the tempo gained from check
I thought the pirc had 2....nf6
so queen swap would go: 1.e4 d6, 2. d4 nf6, 3.e5 dxe5, 4. dxe5 QxQ, 5. KxQ
And now it's white who loses the ability to castle. I play the pirc and I'm pretty happy with an early queen swap as shown in this post but I wouldn't be comfortable with the variation presented in your post - just because I'd feel my king was too exposed stuck in the middle so early. My reckoning though is based on the "general principle" of it being better to castle rather than concrete experience with the variations. I know some players aren't to worried about losing the right to castle if the queens are off and the centres a bit blocked up.
