Aug-03-09 J Hawkins vs K Arkell, 2009
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| philbill: Nice mating net...! |
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Jul-30-09 N Birtwistle vs K Arkell, 2009 
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| philbill: An instructive game for Caro Kann players on what to do against the exchange line. |
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Jul-29-09 M Yeo vs C Briscoe, 2009
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| philbill: Nice to see the exchange Philidor a. being played and b. leading to a win - at this level... |
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Jul-28-07 T Woodward vs A G Ashton, 2005
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| philbill: Yes, it is one of those examples of a Queen's Pawn opening transforming into a King's Pawn. Specifically, it started out an Albin and went to a Goering Gambit Declined, usually reached via 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 d5...etc, etc... |
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Jan-23-06 Philidor Defense (C41)
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| philbill: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7
6. O-O O-O is black's best chance in the Philidor, in my opinion. Some sources call it the 'Improved Hanham Variation', I believe. It is hard for white to prove an advantage and is the closest black comes to achieving equality in |
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Jan-22-06 Pirc, Austrian Attack (B09)
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| philbill: "I play the Pirc all the time and I love it, but I think that is the biggest knock on it: it gives white latitude to choose the kind of game he wants" - Keypusher One could come to the same conclusion about all of black's main tries against 1.e4. For example, the Closed Sicilian is |
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Jan-19-06 Korneev vs Azmaiparashvili, 2005
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| philbill: This is well known theory to any Pirc player. Evidently both players were satisfied with a drawn game |
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Nov-17-05 Jeff Horner
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| philbill: Well said, PQB4. The only thing I have to add is that Jeff is a Fide Master. |
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Feb-28-05 Anand vs Kasparov, 2005
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| philbill: This should be a good one. I wonder which opening it will be....it would certainly be interesting to see Kasparov employ the Scotch - though I suspect a Petroff, Ruy Lopez or Nimzo/QID is more likely. |
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Dec-27-04 Alekhine's Defense (B03)
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| philbill: Ksadler: No problem. In fact, we have spoken before - I emailed you about your site a few months ago (My real name is Philip Armstrong). Keep up the good work. |
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