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| Sep-16-08 | | brankat: <just a kid> Don't worry, You're getting there, slowly, but surely :-) |
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| Sep-16-08 | | just a kid: I used his opening against Open Defence in my forum.I am in a sticky situation though. |
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| Sep-16-08 | | apple pi: Don't worry - you're not the first of OD's victims! |
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| Sep-17-08 | | just a kid: <apple pi>And probably not the last... =) |
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| Sep-18-08 | | brankat: <just a kid> <apple pi> A kid for breakfast, that's <Open Defence>'s approach. Even had me for lunch, although I'm not really what You'd call a kid anymore :-) |
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| Dec-06-08 | | brankat: Just noticed that Vasja Pirc has his Birthday on the same date as Capablanca :-) |
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| Dec-19-08 | | just a kid: Happy birthday Mr. Pirc! |
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| Jan-16-09 | | patzer of patzers: <brankat> Are you sure about your last post? According to newinchess.com, Capablanca was born on November 19, 1888. |
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| Feb-08-09 | | brankat: <patzer of patzers> They were both born on November. 19th. Different years, of course, but both would have the Birthday on the same day. |
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| Feb-08-09 | | DarthStapler: It's funny because the date is November 19th, and their birthdays are 19 years apart |
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| Feb-17-09 | | patzer of patzers: <brankat> Sorry if I'm missing anything, but it seems to me that <just a kid> and newinchess.com both say Pirc's birthday was December 19, 1907. |
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| Jun-22-09 | | brankat: <patzer of patzers> I've been away for a few months, so it's just today that I saw Your February post :-) It was my bad. You're correct: V.Pirc was born in December (19th), Capablanca on November 19th. |
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| Aug-14-09 | | patzer of patzers: Of course, there was little use in my getting so worked up over such a matter as someone's birthday, but now that it is settled, perhaps we should move on to another issue: getting a picture of Pirc up here! Google Images provides pictures that are a little grainy or something, but they're infinitely better than this ad for Empire Craft on my page right now. |
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| Oct-15-11 | | BobCrisp: Looks like a cross between <Matthew Sadler> and <Fred Yates>: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/... |
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| Nov-11-11 | | brankat: Never heard of either Matthew Sadler or Fred Yates. But, Pirc does look quite OK, I'd say. |
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| Dec-19-11 | | brankat: R.I.P. GM Pirc. |
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May-15-13
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Pirc and Vidmar used to play a lot during WW2 (reportedly they played more than a thousand unofficial games during the war and around two thousand in total). Their games often attracted many kibitzers (mosquitoes, as Vidmar used to call them), most of them attended regularly and were treated to many humorous remarks by both masters.Once a new spectator, who didn't know either master, famously quipped: "These two are like ass and shirt!" <the literal translation of the Slovenian "rit in srajca", which is derived, I think, from the Italian expression "culo e camicia" or possibly the French "cul et chemise" and the closest English equivalent would be "thick as thieves", I think - anyway it simply means that the two are always together> "Did you hear, Vasja?"
"What, doctor?" asked Pirc, deep in thought.
"He called you an ass," said Vidmar with a smirk and made his next move. |
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| Jun-27-13 | | A Square: Funny anecdote! The closest Spanish equivalent would be "uña y mierda". |
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Dec-19-13
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. Vasja Pirc, created of the Pirc opening.
By the way, how does one tell the difference between a Pirc and Philidor? |
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Dec-19-13
 | | perfidious: <penguincw......By the way, how does one tell the difference between a Pirc and Philidor?> The Philidor was formerly reached, as a rule, via 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6. The Pirc is 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6, with the most common line being 3.Nc3 g6, though nowadays many players opt for 3....c6 or 3....e5, the latter of which will transpose into a Philidor after 4.Nf3. |
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| Jun-24-16 | | brankat: So, what we have is a Philidor-Pirc Defence(Opening) :-) |
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| Sep-23-16 | | brankat: Vasja Pirc was a History teacher by profession. Did write a bunch of books on both, History and Chess. |
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| Sep-23-16 | | brankat: Btw, I did manage to draw a simul game against Pirc in the summer of '68 :-) |
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| Dec-19-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Vasja!!
The Pirc Works! |
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| Dec-20-17 | | whiteshark: <Vlastimil Hort remembers Vasja Pirc>: https://en.chessbase.com/post/vlast... |
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