[Event "Opening Repertoire - Nikos"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "1 e4 Pirc & Modern (Bg5!?)"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B07"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "15"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.02"] {[%evp 0,15,33,33,58,58,83,69,77,52,76,41,42,-2,-20,-68,-6,-6]} 1. e4 d6 (1... g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 $5 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nd5 {[%csl Rb4]} a5 8. c3 $14 {Although that's not the refutation of Black's play, it is a bit more pleasant to play for White, and it is much easier to find good moves!}) 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Pirc} 4. Bg5 $5 {This is usually referred as the "Byrne System", although, as you'll soon see, I have in mind something different than the usual theoretical recommendation} Bg7 {A trap that many Black players fall into, comes after} (4... c6 {[#]} 5. Qd2 Nbd7 {the key idea is again e4-e5, and White can prepare it with} (5... Bg7 $6 6. Bh6 $1 $16) 6. Nf3 $1 {[#]} Bg7 7. e5 $1 $16) 5. e5 $5 Nfd7 $1 (5... dxe5 $2 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Rxd1 Ng4 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Gg7e5,Gg4e5] [#] It might seem that White is in trouble! The only way to defend e5 is} 8. h3 $1 {it is Black that is in trouble!} (8. f4 Ne3 $1) 8... Nxe5 9. Nd5 $1 $18) 6. e6 fxe6 7. Qd2 $1 $14 {[%CAl Gg5h6]} h6 8. Be3 $14 {[%CAl Gh2h3,Gg1f3,Gf1e2] White continues with h3-Nf3-Be2, while Black cannot castle and generally it isn't easy to develop the rest of the pieces...} *