How to Play the Philidor Defense || Early Ng5 Variations || Chess Openings for Black
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- čas přidán 2. 12. 2020
- In today's chess video on chess openings for black, we will be discussing the third part of my favorite opening in the world, the Philidor Defense and will be covering another one of the so called, Philidor "counters". In this a scary variation against the Philidor, what should we play... or is it just doomed?
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This opening is really a surprise for most players even very experienced players. I beat my father with it who is playing chess for 65 years. With the French I never could beat him no matter how much I prepped. I also like that it is possible to play the Black Lion against d4 it makes it a very nice weapon for black to have in his/her repertoire. The only problem that I encounter is when white goes for a stonewall kind of set up with white. At move two instead of d4 what most people play white plays c4 and after that d3. White creates a weak square on d4 that looks bad, however it is funky enough to give a low rated player like me some problems. But overall the Philidor/Black Lion is a very good defense for all level players I think, very solid. Congrats with breaking the 400 subs barrier your content is very good.
Wow, that's amazing. It's always memorable beating your father for the first time, I still remember the first time I beat mine!
I'm glad my videos helped you reach your milestone, and I hope I can continue to do so in the future!
Now, as for playing against d4, it is theoretically possible, just don't get too used to it and get lazy in opening preparation! If you have more time, study other defenses too as they can always be useful.
Now, the stonewall is very annoying, but not in a bad way. If your opponent goes for that type of setup, know that there really is nothing they're trying to do... Most of the time they're waiting for you to make a mistake... don't give them a free opening!
And of course, thanks again for the kind compliments, they always make my day.
I love this channel, i wish you would create a full video course on it, from a to z. I think you are the only titled player in the world to play it nearly full time, it would be a huge contribution to chess i feel. I’m 1796 with this opening today, play it against e4 and d4 with great results against both, because i go for the early d5 allowing the exchange of queens i love endgames. Thank you for all the videos, this is a very underrated channel 👍👍
I subscribed. Teaching a system is super helpful. More live games vs 1000 to 1400 ratings and commentary please.
Definitely will come out in the future!
Nice to see this series, I'll definitely add this opening to my repertoire
Yay
Great video! Looking forward to part 4!
Coming soon!
Man, you are talented and wise.
Thank you for the content you’re share.
I’m trying to learn how to read board and squares in a right way. It seems hard to reach the knowledge but your videos are helping. Thank you.
I’m gonna try this opening soon.
Glad to hear! Thanks for the warm comment!
Thanks for the Philidor videos. Best defense. 1..d6! vs everything
Of course!
Great series. Keep it up.
Thank you :)
congrats on 400 subscribers!
and also 2:45 LOL
@@9459 hahaha, people always have a negative perception of the opening so when I say that I love the Philidor, they most definitely think that :(((
I discovered your channel a short time ago and I am very impressed. I might finally have an opening for black. (I already try to play KID setups and I am somewhat familiar with the Pirc defence but I am definitely trying this one out for some time. Thank you very much for the great content!
quick question, what do you suggest against 1.c4?
Thank you Sean for another fantastic lesson of "Kung-fu" chess ;). Philidor can definitely use oponents force against them! I like it....
Ofc, more incoming!
7:21 - Out of the woods!
Yeah, that's the expression he was looikng for!
Love your videos! Do you offer coaching ?
Not until January :(, I'm too busy at the moment
Thanks for the vids. Can you do something about the audio output? I dnt know what it is but I find hard to understand what you're saying and sometimes use the captioning but it blocks the view of the pieces. I really like your ideas but for this. Thanks
Hey introduce me ,my name is kiki deny ,my teacher share a lot your video ,philidor and their variation,I think the way you play chess similiar to my teacher ,positional,patient and save
That's rly cool
Another nice philidor video. But regarding a thing you said in the video, how do u know when it is good for "not obvious" exchanges. Like rook for 2 minor pieces as you said, but what about 2 rooks for queen, or even the rare case of queen for 3 minor pieces. Is it just a general rule that the multiple pieces is better? How do u know to take the exchange or not?
Hey sorry for not responding! In general here is some advice, when it comes to small pieces vs a bigger piece like two rooks vs a queen, you have to see how well the smaller pieces are working together in the near future. Generally the rule of thumb is if the pieces cannot work together, the bigger piece works, and if they can, the smaller pieces are better!
After exd4, in hindsight Ne2 is actually a decent try since after Ne5 (threat:Nf3) there is Nxd4 stopping the obvious threat.
Yup!
At around 6:00 isn't black's N on c3 going to be captured by b2 pawn?
@8:59 looks like a Sicilian position. Some sort of Pelican.
It’s very annoying when everyone watching doesn’t like comment and subscribe
LOL
Haw i can use my pire defence with phildor
after Bc4 we can play h6 to prevent Knight g5
Very good! Better than GM Ben Finegold's treatment of this variation on chess.com.
Wow, a great honour :)
if Black Kf6 is in the way of stopping White Kg5 when Bc4 is played then Be2 does nothing? It must be better to play H6 rtaher than go through the drama?
This opening leaves me crowded … it’s hard but I guess it comes with time
They all do :)
can we play h6 to stop it
Generally not a good idea as it creates a big weakness on f5
I had a variation of this as black the other night against a stronger player (I mean, everyone is), but instead of taking the rook, he chose to force repetition by moving the knight back and forth attacking the queen. It was quite annoying, as I was just about remembering the video at that point.
By back and forth I mean between c7 and e6
@@Stu939 a draw as black is usually good
a colab with gingergm for this opening 🔥🔥
I wish
@@SLChessDevelopment maybe one day... but thanks for amazing video and putting efforts in making these videos.
@@parasarora5869 :) Thanks for the amazing comment!
I may be completely blind to something, but why doesn't white simply take the knight on A3 at 5:16?
If he takes your knight, he will have terrible pawn structure and the points still remain, you can play moves like Bb7, win the knight and have way better pieces and remaining pawns than your opponent!
@@SLChessDevelopment I see, it was not so clear to me as I'm very unexperienced in chess, thank you for the answer
@@SLChessDevelopment The evaluation depends on best play without any inaccuracies which for the majority is beyond them?
Phi-li-doooorrrrr
best openingggggggggggg
I play like this so please activate your channel again it's amazing that all this free
It definitely is coming back slowly but surely!
@@SLChessDevelopment waiting your back