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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| 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.