Answers.Body: <p>&quot;The Pirc Defence&quot; by Mihail Marin (see e.g. <a href="https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/305/the_pirc_defence_by_mihail_marin/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/305/the_pirc_defence_by_mihail_marin/</a>), part of the Grandmaster Repertoire series, covers this line from Black's perspective</p>
  
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Answers.Text: You beat me for ten minutes. Marin's conclusion is that Black has nothing to fear if he knows what to aim for.
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Answers.Text: Does he propose to take the queen or a different line? AFAIK Most humans recommend ...Nfd7
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Answers.Text: Away on hols so will check the details when I get home, but the main line he proposes is to take the queen. But Nfd7, and Nfg4 are both probably at least OK for black - and if black knows what he is doing this is not a very effective line for white. As a Pirc player I certainly like to see if played against me.
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Body: <p>I am looking for some references where this variation is analysed. I have found some <a href="https://youtu.be/a8Kiz4XYOaQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer">YouTube videos</a> where engines play out this position, but they do not explain alternative moves which also lead to extremely complex games. It is called Kholmov System and arises from the Pirc Defence, but is also reachable from the Modern and Alekhine Defence (I almost always get it from the Alekhine).</p>
  <pre><code>[fen &quot;&quot;]
  1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5! Nxd4 (6...Nfd7 7. e6!? (7. Nf3)) (6...Ng4 7. Bb5) 7. exf6 Nxe2 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Ngxe2
  </code></pre>
  <p>The engines claim Black is better, but in human practice White wins by a huge margin. Perhaps some book has good analysis of this variation?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: @CitrusCornflakes Even in engine vs engine games, White wins. Also if you play the engine moves out, after a few it will realise Black has no prospects
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Tags: <analysis><alekhines-defense><pirc-defense><modern-defense>
Title: Pirc Defence, Kholmov System literature
ThreadText: # Pirc Defence, Kholmov System literature
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-08-25)
  
  I am looking for some references where this variation is analysed. I have found some [YouTube videos](https://youtu.be/a8Kiz4XYOaQ) where engines play out this position, but they do not explain alternative moves which also lead to extremely complex games. It is called Kholmov System and arises from the Pirc Defence, but is also reachable from the Modern and Alekhine Defence (I almost always get it from the Alekhine).
  
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  [fen ""]
  1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. e5! Nxd4 (6...Nfd7 7. e6!? (7. Nf3)) (6...Ng4 7. Bb5) 7. exf6 Nxe2 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Ngxe2
  
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  The engines claim Black is better, but in human practice White wins by a huge margin. Perhaps some book has good analysis of this variation?
  
  **Tags:** analysis, alekhines-defense, pirc-defense, modern-defense
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: @CitrusCornflakes Even in engine vs engine games, White wins. Also if you play the engine moves out, after a few it will realise Black has no prospects  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-08-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  "The Pirc Defence" by Mihail Marin (see e.g. <https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/1/305/the_pirc_defence_by_mihail_marin/>), part of the Grandmaster Repertoire series, covers this line from Black's perspective
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: You beat me for ten minutes. Marin's conclusion is that Black has nothing to fear if he knows what to aim for.  
  > **username_0**: Does he propose to take the queen or a different line? AFAIK Most humans recommend ...Nfd7  
  > **username_1**: Away on hols so will check the details when I get home, but the main line he proposes is to take the queen. But Nfd7, and Nfg4 are both probably at least OK for black - and if black knows what he is doing this is not a very effective line for white. As a Pirc player I certainly like to see if played against me.  
  
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