chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

256 PIRC DEFENCE
PIRC DEFENCE, 114,line piayed by L. TAULSEN
in the 1880s lnd revived by prxc in tbe 1940si also
knoyn 6 ihe Antdl or Ufimtscr Defence. It can
anse lrom other sequences, e.g.314. Compare the
and PrRc RoB^rs.r sYsrEM.
PIRC ROBATSCE SYSTEM. combinalion of the
prR. and RouArscn DEENCB, sometimes called tbe
Modern Defen.e although playcd rcgularly in the
1860s by Moheschunder Bannerjee, onc of
cocsMNE\ lndian opponeflts. white n permited
to movc both his cenre pasns to lhe tourth rank:
Black plays Pd6, Pe6, Bg7, and Nf6. not ncce$anlyin
rhat order, and may later strike at the centre
by. . . Pe7 e5orin some otherway. This system
became popular ]n the 1960s in answer to 1e4. but
mat also be playcd altcr I d4 whcn lranspositions
to other openings, e.g. the (N
nay be a1 Whne\ dnposal.
PIRC VARIATION.69. avanationinthe o!trEN s
caMBrr Declined piayed in tbe gane Grnnleld
SoultaDbeiel'f. Folkcstonc Olympild. lS33a 150 in
tbe lrMzorNlrN D*!N.r.
PLACSEIXA, JAN (1945- ), Czechoslovali
player, Internarional oraDdmaster (1'rr8). Hh
besr tournamenr wins Bere ?olaoica Zdr6i 1975
when he shared thc pri2c with AVERBAKS, Soiia
197' (+7=6), and Trnava 1979 (+6=?). (Sc.
PLACHUTTA THEME, a c.mposirion thcme
shown b! LorD in 185?. and by the Ausidan
conposer Joseillachuua (1827 83) in the lolloq
ing ycar Ithsimjlar ro rhew
THEME. bnr with sa.ri6ce on thc intc&ction
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A sl!dy by coRcrEv rhat sas asarded 6st honorary
mentio. i. a lourney organized in conjunction with
rhe Moscow Inlernational tournament 1936. Tbe
Phchutla lhene begins witb ihe sacrifice on
Whitc-s5thmo!e. 1d7g2+ 2Lag2Re2+ 3KB
Rd2 ,1K14 Rcl 5 Bd3. and now.
i... Rdxd3 6Rhl+ Rh3 ?d8=O+
5 . . Rcxd3 6 d8=Q Rxd8 7 Rhl+ Rh2 8
(For anolher example olthis thene see ^Nrr
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PLACIARISM, the deliberate copyi.g of
anothels game or composition. Games have
o(asionally been repedted by coincidene. bul
sonednes almost unknown playcrs havc laid claim
to games played by grandmastes. ComposeN
comnonly suller on accouflt of ANncrP.noN when
an idea has been used beloie allhough rhe setling
na!nor hale been idcnti.al. Plagiarhm n rare, irs
A problem by B^rRD that wo. srcond prize in lhe
Leeds Mercutyweeklt Suppln tu theme lourney,
1895. TIe king Nas 10 beplacedintheniddle ollhc
board ard allrhe sbiie men qere ro be as lar oli as
possible. The solution: I Nc1 Ke6 (l . . . Kd4 2
Ql6+) 2 Nd3 Kd7 3 Nc5.
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A probtef,lron One Hundru1 Publishetl Proble$
(194-4) b_\, Fran.is Pcrcilai wenoan (1891 1972),
the problem world\ most notorious plagiarist.
Baird-s posinon has been rotated ninety dcgre€s.
Thh was onc ol ar leasr 16 probleds in this book
rbar were instaDdy .ecogrized as anlicipared, a
6ucb hieher p roportion thancould have arhcn by
chancc (scc sRrNous cAuEs.)
PI-AKSTN. NIKITA MIKHAILOVICH
(1931 ), Soliercomposerrrom Moscotr, rbeleading
specialht o. RErRocNr ANarysN ot bis
gene.ation, reacher. He published 100 rerro
an a |ttical .omposirio n s i.l965and anothe.50. all
based on the Em Mo!! hw. \n Prnhlcm tia 191
(i980)