Vasja Pirc
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 Pirc in the 1930s | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 19, 1907 |
| Died | June 2, 1980 (aged 72) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Title | Grandmaster (1953) |
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Vasja Pirc (/ˈpɪərts/ PEERTS; Slovene pronunciation: [ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːɾt͡s]) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980)[1] was a Yugoslav and 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, 1948, and 1953.[2] He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the Grandmaster title in 1953. He was made an International Arbiter in 1973.[1]
Pirc was born in Idrija in 1907, then a part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. He died in Ljubljana in 1980.
