Mar-18-05
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| PivotalAnorak: Great game by VdWiel !
7... e7? 8. e6!
If 9...gxh6 then 10. h5+  f8 11.xe6 e8 12.xh6#
11.f4! 13.f5!! 16. f8+!
I like the Philidor, but the Black player has to know how to react to the most aggressive lines - else he gets crushed. |
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Apr-06-06
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| PivotalAnorak: Krause vs Leussen, 1848 |
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| Feb-29-08 |
| xrt999: xrt999: < PivotalAnorak: Great game by VdWiel ! 7...Be7? 8.Ne6!> This line is questionable for black; better responses in this line are 7...Bc5, 7...Qc7 , or 7...Qf6 Thats not really saying much, though, because black is already on the defensive and has a shaky position. |
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Feb-29-08
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| Jimfromprovidence: Black missed the simple 10...g6, which abruptly stops white's attack. 
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| Feb-29-08 |
| Samagonka: Impressive attack..a nice way to settle the score quickly. |
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| Feb-29-08 |
| D4n: White played for the kill and didn't hold back... |
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Feb-29-08
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| kevin86: I've always seen the Philidor's Defense as a dog. Why open a line with one move and block it the next? Why not develop another piece and defend or counter-attack with it? At least the move 2...d6 is better than the Damiano's Defense 2...f6,which is both tactically and stretegically unsound. |
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Feb-29-08
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| playground player: I like the Philidor, too. I see a lot of it on the Internet, and most of my opponents who use it, use it too timidly and wind up with a bad game. But it doesn't have to be that way. I've learned a lot by studying Philidor games by Morphy, Koltanowsky, and Antoshin. When I play the Philidor, it often seems that my opponent lulls himself into a false sense of security, expecting an easy game as soon as he sees 2... d6. |
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Feb-29-08
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| JG27Pyth: Nice attack from Wiel... the f pawn push was great. f4, f5, fxd6, all superb. <Jimfromprovidence>Gosh, g6 sure does look simple and effective... I guess that isn't surprising though, losing in 11 moves pretty much implies mistakes were made. |
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| Feb-29-08 |
| Bobwhoosta: After g6 Qxe5 looks nice. bf6 qf4 nxc4 e5 nxe5 nc3, and i don't see blacks king getting out of the center anytime soon. Development will be difficult I'd rather have the white (I prefer having the pressure) although white is still down a piece, which has to count for something. |
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Feb-29-08
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| yell0wd0g: I've recently switched to playing Philidor's defense in order to improve my positional play. I think 3 ...Nd7 is inaccurate; better seems to be 3 ... Nf6. If 4 dxe5 then Nxe4 5 Qd5 Nc5 leads back into lines which are edgy but maybe equal. On the other hand, with 3...Nd7 it often seems that Black never reaches equality unless White somehow loses the thread. In this game, c6, which is thematic to restrict White's queen's knight, is played too early. Or am I missing something? |
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