The Philidor defence is a popular opening for club players. Black gets their usual set-up and a lot of standard patterns. So, what can be nicer than playing an unusual set-up against it? The most standard set-up is with 5.Bc4. In case White wants to spice it up 5.g4 is the well-known option - the only drawback is that this is a pawn sacrifice. The move suggested in this 60 minutes course is 5.Rg1, with the idea g4. The plus side is that you still get all the g4 ideas without losing a pawn. Aside from that the move is very new - the author even managed to surprise another International Master with it. Funnily enough his opponent faced the Philidor the day after and played 5.Rg1 as well! Even though both games ended in a draw, it was White who had all the fun. The course includes a complete repertoire, which is easy to learn and has a lot of fresh ideas.
François-André Danican Philidors (1726–1795) Name steht für die Verteidigung 2...d6, in der Schwarz zur Deckung seines Königsbauern einen grundsätzlich anderen Weg einschlägt als in e5-Eröffnungen, wo dieser durch 2...Sc6 verteidigt wird. Im Philidor-System stützt der Damenbauer ergänzt durch den Damenspringer auf d7 den Bauern e5, was eine Fesselung durch Lb5 vermeidet. In der Folge entwickelt Schwarz mit ...Sf6, ...Le7 und ...0-0 ungestört den Königsflügel und komplettiert schließlich mit ...c6 nebst ...Dc7 seinen festen Aufbau, der darauf abzielt, den Punkt e5 zu behaupten.
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