[Event "Phoenix"] [Site "Phoenix"] [Date "1975.??.??"] [White "Silman, Jeremy"] [Black "Strauss, David"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Silman, Jeremy"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B08"] [Opening "Pirc Defense: Classical Variation, Schlechter Variation"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/nPSK1WAK/HUpbBzps"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 { This was my favorite way of dealing with the Pirc. } 5... O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be2 Na6 { Black thinks that he is gaining a nice square on b4 for his knight, but this is more or less an illusion. The reality is that the Black horse can be kicked away by an eventual c2-c3, while the hole on b6 can turn into a very real problem after the Nf3-d2-c4 maneuver. } 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Qc1! { I've always had a penchant for backwards "creeping" moves. I don't know where this habit came from, but it's served me well over the years. The strange looking 12.Qc1 prepares the aforementioned Nf3-d2-c4 maneuver. } 12... b6 13. Nd2 { Now both 14.Nc4 and 14.f4 are in the air. } 13... d5 { This keeps the the knight off of c4, but allows me to create a very favorable kingside attacking structure. } 14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f5 16. Nf3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Qd2 e6 19. g4 Rec8 20. Rf2 Rab8 21. Rg2 { Black's queenside counterplay is almost nonexistent while White's kingside attack more or less plays itself. } 21... b5 22. gxf5 b4 23. Ne2 exf5 24. b3 Nf8 25. h4 h5 26. Kh2 Bh6 27. Rdg1 Kf7 28. Qd3 Rb6 29. Rxg6! Nxg6 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Bg7 32. f5 Rf8 33. f6 Rf7 34. Nf4 c5 35. Ng5 Rbxf6 36. exf6 Rxf6 37. Qe8+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0