Why philidor is the greatest chess player of all time.

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lcravethatmineral
Laskersnephew wrote:

"It was played by morphy therefore it was an excellent idea."

It may be a great "idea" but it's a pretty bad move

Don't trust computer evaluations in the opening, they're almost always wrong.

lcravethatmineral
Jebediah_mushroom wrote:

fischer contributed the increment, Is that not enuffff

Exactly, the increment lead to the draw death, because it's impossible to flag people now.

HarryMaguire-05

yep but imagine chess without the increment now. Dirty flags are becoming less and less common

Laskersnephew

"Don't trust computer evaluations in the opening, they're almost always wrong."

If 150 years of grandmaster practice doesn't convince you, I guess nothing will. It's not like you need a supercomputer to evaluate 3...f5. A nose is enough

HarryMaguire-05

bobby fischer is considered the best other than paul morphy

darkunorthodox88
MandelbrotZoom wrote:
Laskersnephew wrote:

"It was played by morphy therefore it was an excellent idea."

It may be a great "idea" but it's a pretty bad move

Don't trust computer evaluations in the opening, they're almost always wrong.

this comment is almost always wrong

Steven-ODonoghue

Not almost always, Always

lcravethatmineral
darkunorthodox88 wrote:
MandelbrotZoom wrote:
Laskersnephew wrote:

"It was played by morphy therefore it was an excellent idea."

It may be a great "idea" but it's a pretty bad move

Don't trust computer evaluations in the opening, they're almost always wrong.

this comment is almost always wrong

It's a well known fact that engine evaluations are inaccurate in the opening, one single move can greatly affect t the course of the game, the horizon effect prevents accurate evaluations.

DrChesspain
MandelbrotZoom wrote:

Philidor is the greatest player of all time, because he invented modern chess. Before philidor, people like greco would miss mate in ones all the time. 

LOOOL

lcravethatmineral
DrChesspain wrote:
MandelbrotZoom wrote:

Philidor is the greatest player of all time, because he invented modern chess. Before philidor, people like greco would miss mate in ones all the time. 

LOOOL

He had plenty of games where he missed mate in 1.