Vasja Pirc
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 44 years ago |
Date of birth | December 19,1907 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Idrija |
Slovenia | |
Date of died | June 2,1980 |
Died | Ljubljana |
Slovenia | |
Titles | FIDE titles |
Grandmaster | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1015389 |
Vasja Pirc Life story
Vasja Pirc was a Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defence. Pirc was champion of Yugoslavia five times: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1953.