Notice here, the Knight can't be kicked if Black doesn't accept.
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Sep 25, 2020
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#223
The best White can do is trade and trade the queens, depriving Black of castling rights. Nc6? is met with d5, and the same game above.
@PILOTOXOMXD How is this bad
Lol this all stemmed from when I said d6 was "playable"
horselover123 wrote:
PILOTOXOMXD wrote:
Dude, a beginner's theory always outweighs up to a 2600's idea. Theory is always correct. Checked by the greatest GM's of time, and told by your coach, theory is always correct. Besides, the Philidor is solid, but really slow. The transposition from the Scotch into the Philidor involves Black not taking on d4, and the Knight on c6. In the philidor, the Knight can't be kicked bcuz it is not developed. In this scenario, Black loses 2 tempi trying to save the Knight, and gets doubled h-pawns. White develops both Bishops during these 2 turns, and White is just more developed.
lolol my coach teaches me lines that aren't theory and are actually not bad, just not commonly played
1700's that i've played have fell for this line before, yes it's two pawns for a piece but works out to a later on advantage for black
great way to test if your opponent is good at memorizing or good at chess
Eric Rosen taught me that trap.
Sep 25, 2020
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#230
SNUDOO wrote:
Name an opening and I will give a stereotypical, one sentence subjectively objective verdict.
Example: Philidor defense, annoyingly solid.
Hah, really?
When I saw the title, the first opening that came to mind was the Philidor... because I (probably) have an enormous win % against it.
There are only 2 types of people who play the Philidor... people under 1200 and over 2200 
Sep 25, 2020
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#231
I mean, sure, objectively it's solid. It's not like I win in 20 moves all the time. I'm just saying... the people who play it are usually terrible. Just let the game last long enough and they'll prove it to you.
Sep 26, 2020
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#232
IHaveTHECoronaVirus wrote:
@PILOTOXOMXD How is this bad
Explain to me how you are going to get your Bishop out.
Sep 26, 2020
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#233
If the Knight moves, its a forced win. If it doesn't move, you are still extremely better
Bruh im 790 USCF I shouldn't be explaining this to u. The N goes on g6, b goes on e7 and d7/g4
Sep 26, 2020
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#236
IHaveTHECoronaVirus wrote:
@PILOTOXOMXD How is this bad
It's actually not lol. It's my kind of position
Sep 26, 2020
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#238
Also, please tell me what you plan to do with the Bishop. At this point, this Bishop is worth negative points. It as no real value for at least 3 more moves, and at that point, Whites attack is gonna steamroll Black's Kingside. Not to mention it takes up an extra square that you could put your Queen on to connect your Rooks. I know you will say Qc7 is also fine, but its not. Qe7 gets the Queen closer to the Kingside, so it can defend if necessary
Dude, a beginner's theory always outweighs up to a 2600's idea. Theory is always correct. Checked by the greatest GM's of time, and told by your coach, theory is always correct. Besides, the Philidor is solid, but really slow. The transposition from the Scotch into the Philidor involves Black not taking on d4, and the Knight on c6. In the philidor, the Knight can't be kicked bcuz it is not developed. In this scenario, Black loses 2 tempi trying to save the Knight, and gets doubled h-pawns. White develops both Bishops during these 2 turns, and White is just more developed.