Sko, do yourself a huge favor. Get that Bauer book. Why listen to a 1500 player, when you can listen to a 2600 player? ;)
Philidor defence - Help me learn
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BirdBrain wrote:
Sko, do yourself a huge favor. Get that Bauer book. Why listen to a 1500 player, when you can listen to a 2600 player? ;)
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I have been studying Bauer's Philidor Files book and like it. Barsky's Modern Philidor is also interesting. They differ on how black should respond to the 3...e5 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Qxd8+ Kxd8 6.Bc4 line. Bauer recommends 6...Be6, while Barsky prefers 6...Ke8.
This b3 Bb2 system looks interesting, is playing for d5 correct plan?
Nov 21, 2015
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Very nice cordination in the queen exchange line:
Crazy game! I think I misplayed in the opening, with a delayed Bxf7 from white I was down material and tried desperately to attack. Please help me analyze!
Don't fight your feelings Skotheim2.
You know you want to play the Philidor, Exchange Variation.
Drawing GM (!) Alex by using the philidor in a 30+30 game. What do you guys think of the game?
This was a good game!
Some errors in it, e.g. 19.Bxd6? by Yermo, when 19.Qd4 or 19.e5 would have been unpleasant, and Black missing a rather easy win after 27...b5.
But in general, this was a good game.
Hehe.. xD
This sacriface is the easiest sacriface to deal with in my experience. Just beat an IM 4-0 on ICC, and he didn't stand a chance against my philidor.
Also what will a 2100 blitz rating on here be on ICC? I see some 2400 here have 2600 there. I just started playing on ICC yesterday so I don't know.
Something interesting is the early ...d6-d5 (pre-f4)
https://gyazo.com/26d052f22714652ada0c56abedaa97a5
White can also play f4 at move 5, with good results.
https://gyazo.com/a6f846d983a30df8ef73cb87e7c60d84
https://gyazo.com/69bee39abdb8b1c7d3975cad5a06d078
It seems that at this point, a strategy (and I think Bauer expands on this) is around holding the strongpoint on e5, to keep central control.
5. Ne2 actually doesn't have as good of results in my database, but nonetheless...
https://gyazo.com/2c6570029fed7d7be9b4d2e7e65441ac
Only one time has f4 been played at this time, and not even between masters.