Pirc Defense
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6
Black lets White build a broad center and plans to attack it later with pieces and pawn breaks, with the bishop on g7.
As White: 62% score in 1304 games (764 wins, 91 draws, 449 losses).
As Black: 59% score in 1771 games (962 wins, 153 draws, 656 losses).
Who plays it most
- GM Zbigniew Pakleza: 94 games as Black, scores 64%
- GM Ruben Felgaer: 92 games as Black, scores 61%
- GM Gabriel Flom: 83 games as Black, scores 54%
- WGM Mahalakshmi M: 59 games as Black, scores 42%
- WGM Vera Juergens: 50 games as Black, scores 29%
- IM Alexander Velikanov: 46 games as Black, scores 70%
- FM Dincer Tasdogen: 46 games as Black, scores 67%
- GM Vitezslav Rasik: 42 games as Black, scores 54%
- WGM Elizaveta Malakhova: 37 games as White, scores 64%
- GM Bartosz Socko: 33 games as White, scores 68%
- GM Mikhail Gurevich: 31 games as Black, scores 73%
- GM Krasimir Rusev: 30 games as Black, scores 62%
- GM Yahli Sokolovsky: 30 games as Black, scores 55%
- GM Alexey Korotylev: 30 games as Black, scores 87%
- GM Michael Bezold: 29 games as Black, scores 52%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 401 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.