There is nothing wrong with Philidor's Defence, it is slightly passive but completely playable.
The Philidor at my level
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Fear
Jun 27, 2012
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I'm going to jump in with this:
I firmly believe that a good portion of philidor players at the lower elo levels play it because they do not know how to hold on to the e5 properly after 2... Nc6 3. Bb5
That doesn't the philidor is a bad opening by any means; I just have a feeling many weaker players play it for wrong reasons haha.
Kaluki wrote:
I'm going to jump in with this:
I firmly believe that a good portion of philidor players at the lower elo levels play it because they do not know how to hold on to the e5 properly after 2... Nc6 3. Bb5
That doesn't the philidor is a bad opening by any means; I just have a feeling many weaker players play it for wrong reasons haha.
But you'd think they know of 3...a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 and 5.Nxe5 is bad because of ...Qd4.
Jun 28, 2012
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jrzmath99 wrote:
Kaluki wrote:
I'm going to jump in with this:
I firmly believe that a good portion of philidor players at the lower elo levels play it because they do not know how to hold on to the e5 properly after 2... Nc6 3. Bb5
That doesn't the philidor is a bad opening by any means; I just have a feeling many weaker players play it for wrong reasons haha.
But you'd think they know of 3...a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 and 5.Nxe5 is bad because of ...Qd4.
No some don't, and that is precisely why I believe the philidor defense is as popular as it at the lower elo levels.
Jun 28, 2012
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jrzmath99 wrote:
Kaluki wrote:
I'm going to jump in with this:
I firmly believe that a good portion of philidor players at the lower elo levels play it because they do not know how to hold on to the e5 properly after 2... Nc6 3. Bb5
That doesn't the philidor is a bad opening by any means; I just have a feeling many weaker players play it for wrong reasons haha.
But you'd think they know of 3...a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 and 5.Nxe5 is bad because of ...Qd4.
I think it's funny when I go into a ruy lopez as black and someone plays the exchange variation after a6 and then they play Nxe5. After I play Qd4 the time on their clocks widdles away as they figure out what the hell just happened. Then they do the craziest stuff like play Nxf7. Anyways. I love playing against the philidor defense, it's my favorite opening to play against because it is so passive it leaves white an easy game.
To avoid the Ruy/Scotch which someone who plays 2. Nf3 is likely to be looking for.
How come so many people on my level play the Philidor Defense? It always seems to allow me to develop faster and attack his kingside quick.