Does anyone know the name of the opening which begins 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc6 c6? I was told it was called the Pribble or Pryble or something like that. Anyone ever hear of it?
Steven Craig Miller (chess coach at Lincoln-Way West HS in New Lenox, IL)
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Known as Pribyl or Czech defense.
Thanks for the name & link!!
that opening is impossible.
I used to play this line back in the 1990s but had to give it up. Don’t be misled by the games at the above link. They all feature the continuation (after 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 c6 4 f4 Qa5 5 Bd3 e5) of 6 dxe5 dxe5 7 f5, which is not the best way for White to proceed as Black gets adequate play. The whole variation is considered all but unplayable these days because of the continuation 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Be3 (or 6…Nbd7 0-0). White won a whole bunch of games with these moves back in the mid-90s, convincingly enough that the line is little played for Black anymore at the professional level. My database shows White scoring 60% or better. If you consider only players rated above 2400 FIDE, it goes up to 66% for White.
– NM Hal Terrie
There is a book on this defense, “How to Play the Pirc - A New System for Black” by GM Jansa and IM Prybl. It was published by Chess Enterprises, Inc. in 1988. It was written in figurine algebraic notation. Informant style analysis sections followed by unannotated example games. The sharpest lines for White start with 4.f4. A good surprise weapon against players booked up on other variations or who want to play the 150 Attack. Prybl seems to have made it a point of honor to play this line whenever he could.
i dont understand how people are replying to this post. The line you’ve given is impossible (illegal).
The original post obviously contained a typo. He meant 3 Nc3 not 3 Nc6. Everyone else understood that immediately. Why didn’t you?
– Hal Terrie
Another source of info on this opening is Foxy Video 56, “Win with 1. … d6 Part 1” with Andrew Martin.
Regards,
John
I think that Kasparov played the black side of that against Deep Blue in 1997, though with a different move order. He got a draw.