Author: Christos Gitsis
Date: 17:49:41 12/17/05
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On December 17, 2005 at 20:02:06, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >On December 17, 2005 at 19:52:52, Christos Gitsis wrote: > >>On second thought, White is not forced to play this line. The most frequent move >>for White is 4.Nf3, leading to the very old Philidor Defence, with a score of >>57.3%. This is somewhat passive for Black. >> >>Regards, >>Christos > >Yes, you are right. I bought the roman video "rapid and complete opening >repertoire for black player", and could not believe that he was recommending the >phildor! I could have gotten the same advice from someone 100 years ago. > >I am having some doubts about his black recommendation against e4, but I need a >second response to E4, other than the accellerated dragon (my normal defense). > >best >Joseph I did not mean to blame the Philidor. In fact, the first chess book I read was "My System", by Aron Nimzovich, and he was playing it very frequently. It is a bit passive and out of fashion, but it is definitely playable, and it may be a good solid alternative in games when you don't want to play the sharp Dragon. Regards, Christos.
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