Opening · played as White

Pirc & Modern: White's Side

How to meet 1...d6 and the Modern as White: 2.d4 and 3.Nc3, building the big centre Black invites you to build, then proving it.

A position this opening is aiming for.

You play
White
Variations covered
50

The main line

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.h3 Be7 6.Bc4 exd4 7.Qxd4 c6 8.a4 O-O

Some of the variations

…and 44 more in the trainer.

Train it

ChessReflex drills the branch points where a line splits rather than making you replay it move by move, so a repertoire this size is a handful of decisions instead of hundreds of moves. Free, and no account needed to start.

Open Pirc & Modern: White's Side