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| Akuni: Didn't someone play two simultaneous blind fold games in the 1200's, though chess was a lot different back then so maybe it doesnt count |
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| May-11-07 |
| actionhero56: find more philidor games, chessgames.com, he was the best chess player of his time, so why don't we have more of his games ! |
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May-11-07
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| SwitchingQuylthulg: Because finding them is not easy. Not many of his games have survived. Remember that there's only one game by his teacher Légal, reputedly the strongest player in the world before Philidor overtook him. The chess world is lucky that even this many Philidor games have survived. But it's a pity that they're all games by an old man - I guess games by a young Philidor would be more interesting. |
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May-21-07
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| Cannon Fodder: According to CG's bio of George Atwood, 47 of Philidor's games were published in the 1820's from notation taken by Atwood. Do any of the chess historians out there know where these games can be found? |
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| May-21-07 |
| IMDONE4: A fitting player for the day. I still enjoy his extremely underrated Philidor's defense, that gives white absolutely no advantage with reasonable play. |
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Jul-23-07
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| whiteshark: Here is a 'petit' endgame
<<Philidor> vs <D. Browdler>, London 1749>
click for larger viewWhite draws with <1. Ne3 a3 2. Nd5 f1Q 3. Nc7+ Kf8 4. e7+ Kg7 5. e8Q Qf8+ 6. Qxf8 Kxf8 7. Ne6+> |
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| Sep-01-07 |
| laskereshevsky: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandpa!
And thanks....cause without you, i strongly suspect that still today we'll playing chess "throwing wildly" the pieces.....
and sacrifing tonns of pawns for nothing....
Just in the hope of same unclear chances to catch king. |
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Sep-07-07
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| sneaky pete: <Biographer> Other sources, like Ken Whyld, Wikipedia and <vonKrolock>, give September 7, 1726, as his birthday. |
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| Sep-07-07 |
| D4n: Philidor was one of the the first greats...
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Sep-10-07
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| nimh: Could somebody explain what's fundamentally wrong in Philidor's idea of pawn phalanx?
Would you recommend it even today at least at club level? |
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| Sep-13-07 |
| James Demery: I`m such a patzer nimh that I don`t even know what Philidor`s idea of pawn phalanx is. Can you tell me what you`ve heard? |
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Sep-13-07
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| chessamateur: <whiteshark> I haven't checked this or anything so I'm probably wrong but it is possible for black to play for a win with something like 1. Ne3 a3 2. Nd5 f1Q 3. Nc7+ Kf8 4. e7+ Kg7 5. e8Q Qf6+ 6. Ne6+ Kh6 ?
click for larger viewMaybe Black can promote the pawn now and win? |
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Sep-13-07
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| chessamateur: Never mind your correct but, this at least tests the opponent a little more. |
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Sep-15-07
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| nimh: <James Demery>
Progressive pawn chains supported by pieces behind which in some way resembles ancient Greek battle formation - the phalanx. |
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| Sep-15-07 |
| James Demery: I don`t think anyone ever proved Philidor wrong nimh. I think Philidor died in the 1790`s and in the 1850`s with the rise of Morphy saw the open game come to the fore. I`m curious if a GM came along that was as adept at pawn play as Philidor how successful would he be? |
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Oct-21-07
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| ketchuplover: This page doesn't exist via chessgames.com. I'm able to see it because it was sent to my email. |
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| Oct-21-07 |
| Amulet: <Philid0r: Imagine: Philidor vs. Bobby Fisher. Who wins? i think Phili would kick fisher's ass. He was the greatest ever. Anyone agrees?> I disagree. I think Fisher will kick his ass from France to Iceland. LOL. |
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Jan-17-08
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| Shams: which is a more tedious argument: creation vs. evolution, or "who would win between chessplayer <x> and this other guy who lived centuries beforehand?" tough call indeed. |
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Jan-17-08
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| Knight13: <Philid0r: Imagine: Philidor vs. Bobby Fisher. Who wins? i think Phili would kick fisher's ass. He was the greatest ever. Anyone agrees?>
I disagree, too. Fischer would beat this guy 20-0 BLINDFOLDED. |
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| Mar-06-08 |
| Alphastar: <Knight13> Obviously Philidor would win game 1 since Fischer wouldn't agree to the terms of the match and proceed to not show up at the first game. |
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Mar-07-08
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| timhortons: http://contregambitphilidor.blogspo... .......these french guy is obsessed by these gambit named after these great champion, i was surprised to see my icc handle in his blog and my lost game |
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Mar-07-08
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| timhortons: timhortons: [Event "ICC 5 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.01.11"]
[White "timhortonsknigt"]
[Black "rodent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "1588"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[Opening "Philidor: Philidor counter-gambit, del Rio attack"] [ECO "C41"]
[NIC "KP.08"]
[Time "01:45:57"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Bc5 7. Nf7 Qf6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. O-O cxb5 10. Nxh8 Bxe6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nge7 14. Qxc5 O-O-O 15. Be3 Rd5 16. Qa3 b4 17. Qb3 a5 18. a4 g5 19. c4 Rd3 20. Qc2 Nf5 21. Rad1 Ncd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 23. Qb1 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Rh3 25. Qxe4 Rxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 White forfeits on time 0-1< i lost these game but always find delight on how we played it on 5 minute time control, our game is always on these gambit! the one posted in his blog is different from these game> |
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Mar-07-08
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| timhortons: 
click for larger view <final position> |
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| Mar-12-08 |
| Amulet: <laskereshevsky: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Grandpa! And thanks....cause without you, i strongly suspect that still today we'll playing chess "throwing wildly" the pieces.....
and sacrifing tonns of pawns for nothing....
Just in the hope of same unclear chances to catch king.> Nice poem!
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Mar-26-08
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| Knight13: You can buy Philidor's "Analysis of the Game of Chess" here http://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Ches...
(cost $40-45 at the moment). |
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