Pirc Defense: Roscher Gambit

Pirc Defense: Roscher Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code B00, part of the Pirc Defense family. It goes 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3. White opens with 1. e4 (the king's pawn) and Black answers 1... d6. After 5 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

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Black answers 1.e4 with 1...d6, then ...Nf6, ...g6 and ...Bg7. Black lets White build a centre and counterattacks it later.

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