3/8/2018 – The Pirc is an opening which can give White the false confidence of having the initiative. Black lets White build a huge central pawn structure, and then, like in a guerrilla warfare attacks those pawns, and the weak squares behind. Don't miss the chance to learn an opening which will deepen your understanding of many pawn structures! Davide Nastasio has the review.

2/10/2018 – Priyadharshan Kannappan took a look through GM Victor Bologan's Fritztrainer "How to tame the Alekhine, Scandinavian and Pirc" and found an alternative to Bologan's suggestion for black in the line beginning 3...d5. With the aid of new analysis, he feels that Bologan's appraisal of the resulting positions is in need of an update.

11/22/2017 – Who wouldn't want to learn a universal repertoire against White's most common first moves? In this review of FM Charlie Story's first DVD for ChessBase, Davide Nastasio is doing just that, learning all about a highly flexible opening, which can help you win many games in weekend tournaments. From the videos we learn about Story's extensive experience with the Sniper, see his teaching skills, which will improve our opening repertoire, and also our game generally. If you want to step up your results, while saving time, there is only one choice: become Snipers!

2/9/2017 – An opening destined to become a trend is the rather curious looking Modern-Pirc. Or as some grandmasters are already admiring it, a fusion of the strategies involved in the Modern Defence and the Caro-Kann Defence. If you are wondering how that is done, you are about to find out.

8/24/2016 – "This is the story of how I fell in love with the Pirc Defense" - this is how Moshe Rachmuth begins his review of Dejan Bojkov's DVD about the Pirc Defense. Rachmuth describes how he got to know the Pirc, how he came to like it and how he cherished it more and more when he got to know it better. All with the help of Dejan Bojkov's DVD "Attacking with the Pirc".

9/30/2015 – Among the many variations that White can employ against the Pirc Defense, the sharpest and no-compromise line is the so-called Austrian Attack. This swift pawn push for central domination, sometimes transitioning into an all-out attack, is one of White’s most fearsome weapons. In just 60 minutes, IM Valeri Lilov gives a quick theoretical lecture.

11/24/2014 – Did you ever wonder how honest grandmasters are when making opening recommendations? Do they really believe in the lines they advertise? GM Mihail Marin does. In fact, after publishing two DVDs on "his perennial" love, the Pirc, he felt that he did not play the opening often enough. He soon had a chance to rekindle his passion - and scored a fine victory.

10/3/2014 – For Mihail Marin chess is passion, profession and hobby. No wonder the Romanian Grandmaster is one of the most prolific and renowned chess authors today. Recently he published two DVDs on the Pirc, a complete repertoire for black. In an extensive interview Marin talks about his approach to chess, inspiration, and why the Pirc is one of his favorite openings.

8/2/2013 – Promising a complete answer against the Pirc in a mere 60 minutes might seem bound to come up short on some account, but not so. Not only does Dejan Bojkov avoid turning theory study into an efficient sleeping pill and keep the viewer engaged, he balances teaching theory, plans, and tactics, and goes the extra mile to leave the student armed with rarefied weapons.

5/7/2013 – In his latest DVD by ChessBase, Victor Bologan, a top grandmaster, proposes to teach players from beginner to grandmaster a complete repertoire against the Alekhine, Pirc, and Scandinavian all in a single DVD lasting under five hours. He promises to teach his own repertoire and personal analyses dating back decades. Is he peddling magic bullets, or is he serious? Find out in this review.