Game of the Week: Akopian, Chatalbashev

For this week’s show I would like to take a look at an opening we have rarely featured here, the Pirc Defense. In the game between Vladimir Akopian and Boris Chatalbashev from the Bronstein Memorial Open in Minsk, the players left the beaten path early, with many possible interesting tactical skirmishes. The result hinged on a few serious errors in a complex and unusual situation.