Vasja Pirc (/ˈpɪərts/ PEERTS; Slovene pronunciation: [ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːɾt͡s]) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) was a Yugoslav chess player. He is best known...

pawns on d4 and e4. It is named after the Slovenian grandmaster Vasja Pirc. The Pirc Defence is usually defined by the opening sequence 1. e4 d6 2. d4...

PIRC may refer to: Vasja Pirc, chess grandmaster Parental Information and Resource Centers, a program in the U.S. Department of Education Pensions & Investments...

moves. In 1952, Isaac Boleslavsky tried the opening against Vasja Pirc (after whom the Pirc Defence is named), but they agreed to a draw after move 62...

9-10th at Birmingham 1951 (Staunton Memorial, won by Petar Trifunović and Vasja Pirc), and won the British Championship in 1951. GER-ch 3rd Aachen 1935 Archived...

Alexandria Peter Romanovsky Isaac Kashdan Daniel Yanofsky Robert Wade Vasja Pirc Milunka Lazarević Requirements for the title of International Arbiter...

Chess Olympiad Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia 45½ Svetozar Gligorić, Vasja Pirc, Petar Trifunović, Braslav Rabar, Milan Vidmar Jr., Stojan Puc  Argentina...

15/19, ahead of Samuel Reshevsky (14), Ståhlberg (13½), Gligorić (12), Vasja Pirc (12), and Euwe (11½). He also won at Bled in 1950. Although not a full-time...

 Nicolas Rossolimo (France) 16 1954  Hans Bouwmeester (Netherlands)  Vasja Pirc (Yugoslavia) 17 1955  Borislav Milić (Yugoslavia) 18 1956  Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)...

Held in Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia, SR Croatia. The tournament was won by Vasja Pirc. First three players were tied for 1st, so they played champions play-off...

he came first at the 4th Nova Gorica Open. In 2003, he won the 11th Vasja Pirc Memorial at Maribor. In 2004, Kožul reached the final sixteen at the FIDE...

Menchik finished in third place out of nine with a score of 5/8 behind only Vasja Pirc and Lajos Steiner, both of whom would be named inaugural International...

finished last at Semmering. Petrovs placed 3rd-5th at Łódź in 1938, behind Vasja Pirc and Tartakower, and third at Margate in 1938, behind Alekhine and Rudolf...

(Trifunović won). In 1948, he tied for 17-18th in Belgrade (Gligorić and Vasja Pirc won). In other tournaments, he won ahead of Mijo Udovčić at Zagreb 1948...

Petrič (born 1964) – swimmer Rok Petrovič (1966–1993) – alpine skier Vasja Pirc (1907–1980) – chess player Tadej Pogačar – cyclist Lucija Polavder (born...

Yugoslavia, SR Serbia. The tournament was won by Svetozar Gligorić and Vasja Pirc. Portal: Chess "Yugoslav Championship 1948/49". www.chessgames.com. Retrieved...

to Yugoslavia. He took 2nd at Zagreb 1934, took 9th at Maribor 1934 (Vasja Pirc and Lajos Steiner won), and took 2nd, behind Petar Trifunović, at Zagreb...

polytechnicians Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian film director and poet Vasja Pirc (1907–1980), chess grandmaster Nikolaj Pirnat (1903–1948), sculptor, painter...

tied for 4-5th at Novi Sad 1936 (the 2nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Vasja Pirc won), and tied for 9-10th at Ljubljana 1938 (the 4th YUG-ch, Boris Kostić...

Horowitz, Erik Lundin, Folke Ekström, Ossip Bernstein, C. H. O'D. Alexander, Vasja Pirc, Vladas Mikėnas, Alexander Tolush, Jan Foltys, Julio Bolbochán, Hermann...

1903–1939) Albert Pinkus (US, 1903–1984) József Pintér (Hungary, born 1953) Vasja Pirc (Slovenia, 1907–1980) Rudolf Pitschak (Czechoslovakia, US, 1902–1988)...

Savielly Tartakower. In 1937, he tied for 4th place with Endre Steiner and Vasja Pirc, behind Tartakower, Ståhlberg, and Najdorf in the Jurata (4th POL-ch)...

Yugoslavia, SR Slovenia. The tournament was won by Svetozar Gligorić. Vasja Pirc withdrew after eight rounds. Portal: Chess "Yugoslav Championship 1950"...

defeated well-known stars such as Hermann Pilnik, Milan Vidmar Sr., and Vasja Pirc. After this impressive debut, he was selected to represent Yugoslavia...

third Slovene to become a grandmaster, after Milan Vidmar (1950) and Vasja Pirc (1953). He won the Slovenian Chess Championship in 1959 and 1961 and shared...

paradox. Harold Pinter, British playwright – Pinteresque. Vasja Pirc, Slovenian chess player – Pirc Defence. Giovanni Battista Pirelli, Italian businessman...

Trifunović (Yugoslavia) ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ x ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 10 11  Vasja Pirc (Yugoslavia) 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 9½ 12  Svetozar...

League of Handball Champions] (in Slovenian). MMC RTV Slovenia. 2008. Vasja Pirc (4 December 2005). "Politično imenovanje ali razrešitev" [A Political...

named after François-André Danican Philidor Pirc Defence – 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 – named after Vasja Pirc Polerio Defense of the King's Gambit – 1.e4...

he tied for 11-12th in Novi Sad (the 2nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Vasja Pirc won). In February–March 1937, he won in Belgrade, ahead of Matveef, Petar...