In Lev Alburt and Alex Chernin’s book, “Pirc Alert!,” there is good coverage of a wonderfully simple system for white against the Pirc: 4.g3. They begin the chapter on this system by saying “If a non-professional player were to ask GM Alex for a fairly simple and reliable system to play against the Pirc, GM Chernin would probably advocate 4.g3.” After using this as my main answer to the Pirc for the last six months, I see why.
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