Chess Opening: Philidor Defense 3…Nd7
Monday, July 12th, 2010 at
8:43 am
Sorry about the opening rant. All these Olympic slideshows are getting very annoying, especially the ones that get you to click by promising real footage. It’s the deception I’m opposed to. Yes, I realized the irony: my videos are slideshows of chess positions :-p This is a discussion of the early tactics in the Philidor Defense with 3…Nd7. This is crucial information for any 1.e4 player and especially for you Philidor Defense users — You will learn this stuff through experience eventually, why not here?
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sry matt i should’ve just kept watching the video, i always do that omg
not mistake, if 7…. Bxg5 then 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5, and black lose bishop pair.
I played the Philidor Defense with a friend and after he played d6 and I played Nf3 he played Bg4… I was wondering if that’s some kind of other variation of Philidor. Anybody know?
That’s another variation of the Philidor, although not a very good one. 4.dxe5 and now Black either gambits a pawn with 4..Nd7 or gives up the bishop pair with 4..Bxf3. The Opera House game continued with 4..Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 6.Bc4 which was very strong for White.
Thanks for explaining!
First of all I want to gcongratulate you for all the videos,it has helped me alot.I think that you should made more videos on openings and traps.
What about the black C7 pawn, it can undo everything if it’s advanced?
Dont be fooled by grandmasters never playing an opening. Theres a lot of reasons for this other than the opening being bad. First of all, theres such thing as opening fashion in chess…grandmasters copy eachother a lot. Second, some openings involve highly unique and avoidable stuff…for example you will only see king’s gambit accepted positions in the king’s gambit, but a huge number of openings might transpose into the typical caro cann isolani position or something very similar to it.
The positons where you said white was ‘slightly better’ look nearly resignable for black to me haha, but a lot of it is a question of style. Some people are comfortable in very cramped, defensive positions, I am not.
Could you talk about how black can use the Pirc move order to achieve these positions and how this changes things?
this is a good video im not bashing you in any way at all, but correct me if im wrong but did you not just point out all that is wrong with the philidor defence,other than”its hard to crack”i dont see any up sides to it
It’s positionally sound, difficult for White to force trades of pieces since most of Black’s pieces are behind his pawns. Games are usually decided by knowledge of 3-4 move positional manuevers rather than violent cross-castling attacks.
This video is an attempt to cover some specific move orders rather than the defense as a whole.
stop me if i m wrong!!! why not to eat the knight on g5??? (09:43 approximately)
please what is this called where you can do this on the computer someone please tell me! im begging you!
I think you’re right. Hasty
I haven’t checked with a computer, but I think white regains the piece after Qh5 (threatening mate on f7 and adding an attack on g5)
Those are some loud crickets chirping in the
background. I think I heard a few tumbleweeds blow by too.
That Ng5 move @ 9:42 is not realistic, I think the Bishop-Queen overpowers the knight by simply Bxg5, then BxB, QxB.
If you’d finished watching the video (or read 2 comments below) you’d have seen White’s idea is Bxg5 Qh5 winning back the B on g5 and gaining the bishop pair.
Nh6 after Qh5 also seems to stop the mate too after the BxB was played.. i still believe white comes out ahead a piece.. If you’re going to give me thumbs down on this, at least try to prove me wrong
Yes it stops the mate but White can capture on g5 now and regain his piece… gaining the bishop pair. Look at the video at 10:31. This double attack is even pointed out with arrows.
You clearly didn’t finish watching the video before leaving your first comment which is why I responded the way I did and why other viewers – not me – gave you thumbs down.
One of the best videos about the Philiodor Defense, thanks very much…
what if Ng5 instead of castling @ 1:48?
That is another possible line. White can win material: 6.Ng5 O-O 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qd8 10.Nxa8 but after 10…b5 it is generally thought that Black has adequate compensation.
Very very nice video. I have to say, I always like to play against the Philidor defense in Blitz games because of the rather passive play for black in the beginning. However, I haven’t really gotton across the 3. …Nd7 lines too often online but I’ll be ready now
Again, thumbs up, very instructive and inspiring video.