Amateur Versus Amateur Pirc Defense

Ziping Liu Amateur Chessplayer



Here is a hard fought game, which was lost by Atomic Patzer in the Amateur East, in Parsippany, New Jersey, Round five in June 2007.


The winner of this game is Ziping Liu a young upstart on the New Jersey chess scene and also a student of NM Jim West Chess Teacher of New Jersey also. A disclaimer here is that on his chess blog Jim West On Chess, his student Ziping is showcased many times either in a win, place or show in the local New Jersey Chess Quads.


The opening is the Pirc , played by Black.


More info for the Pirc on Wikipedia.













In the game below in Chess Flash format , to open up the variations play on the chessboard, just click on the variation and those moves will highlight in red and play through them.

Analysis by Fritz 8


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All the analsysis is by Fritz 8, which by the way was given gratis to me by Atomic Patzer. Any player who utilizes the Pirc Defense is welcome to post a comment about how the first part of this game is played.


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Ziping Liu Chess Tournaments Statistics from MSA Chess Data from US Chess Life

MSA Chess Program, An IntroductionThis is data from 01-01-1991 to 08-23-2009

Current Official rating is 1694 Current UnOfficial rating is 1731
Best Unofficial rating = 1737 Best Official rating = 1737 Lowest rating on record = 631
200 Opponents Total Rated Games = 267 ---> 121 Wins 53 Draws 93 Losses

Best Upset = 517 points -- SCOTT VANDER VEEN -- 1221 SCHOLASTIC 08-06-2006
Best Draw = 463 points -- JAMES R WEST -- 2200 ICA EARLY WINTER OPEN CHAMPION 12-07-2008
Worst Loss = -441 points -- KELVIN E YAO -- 1021 US AMATEUR EAST U1400 05-28-2007

Highest Rated Opponent Win = ALICE DONG -- 1786 WESTFIELD QUAD 160 06-28-2009
Highest Rated Opponent Draw = JAMES R WEST -- 2200 ICA EARLY WINTER OPEN CHAMPION 12-07-2008
Lowest Rated Opponent Loss to = CHRISTOPHER M CALDERON -- 668 WESTFIELDQUADS20 08-27-2006

Most Recent Wins in a row = 7 ending on 11-10-2007 at UNION CTY CHAMP
Most Recent Draws in a row = 4 ending on 05-17-2008 at 1ST EVERBRIGHT KOPEC CUP OPEN
Most Recent Losses in a row = 7 ending on 06-16-2007 at 6TH NEW YORKER JUNE GAME/50!

Results against 129 higher rated players: Wins = 35 Draws = 27 Losses = 67
Results against 1 equally rated players: Wins = 0 Draws = 1 Losses = 0
Results against 137 lower rated players: Wins = 86 Draws = 25 Losses = 26

Results against 78 players rated + 100 : Wins = 19 Draws = 8 Losses = 51
Results against 90 players rated +/-100: Wins = 37 Draws = 29 Losses = 24
Results against 97 players rated - 100 : Wins = 65 Draws = 15 Losses = 17