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Annotated by tag1153 (1700): While on a chess playing tour in Europe, Paul Morphy took the night off and went to the Paris Theater to watch 'The Barber of Seville'. During an intermission, Count Isouard and the Duke of Brunswick (both accomplished amateurs) invited Morphy to their private box for a friendly game. What follows is a lesson on the art of the attack. 17 moves was all Morphy needed to send these two aristocrats… |
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Annotated by yellowlab (2033): 1. e4 has many good points. It attempts to secure space in the center, and open lines for the f1 bishop and the queen. The g1 knight might also develop via e2 in some lines. Two of the fundamental elements of chess: space and time, are well served by the move. There is a slight weakening to the d4 and f4 squares, which should also be noted. Just as logical for black as for white. A… |
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Annotated by tomwhufc (1200): This offhand game is one of the most instructive examples of how to develop rapidly and attack. It is what is called a 'consultation game' where one player( in this case Paul Morphy) plays against two opponents, who were allowed to confer with each other to decide which move to make. Apparently the Duke was criticised in the newspaper of the time for playing a game of chess at the opera.
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Annotated by nyctalop (2166): This is a game played in blitz, so I doubt it holds up to a decent analysis but, despite that, it still has something to offer. If you've played over games from 1800's where White would sacrifice everything just to get the attack going and enjoyed them, even if they were unsound, I'm hoping you'll like this as well. The Philidor defense is earning more respect nowadays than 30-40 years ago and … |
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Annotated by eric2jin (1200): This is the shortest blitz game I have had so far... my shortest actual game was my 1st team match against archangel_777. The link is below in the comment section. Regular KPO. Yup, symmetrical right now. The g1 knight moves out Philldors defence, not that black-favoured opening Standard ?! Hahahahahaha ? Yum! ??????? Checkmate I… |
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Annotated by the_ashaman (1200): This is a nice little miniature that shows the power of a bishop on c4 and what a great thing developement is. The Philidor Defense, considered inferior to the Queen's Knight and Petroff Defense because it blocks in the dark-squared bishop. Oddly there is no recorded game where Philidor played this. Challenging Black's center, and trying to open up the game. Defending the center, a poorer move … |
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Annotated by jeffegg2 (1300): Philidor's Defense. C41 Counter attack! This is a weak move already.--Fischer Morphy takes anyway. attacking the weak f7 point. Developing and blocking the queen. ! still attacking the f7 and also b7! f7 must be protected! Morphy does not grab the pawn, but continues to develop. now the pawn is protected. Black is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't
develop the [Queen's]… |
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Annotated by jeffegg2 (1300): The start of "the open" game. I prefer this move, it leads to many times an exciting tactical open fight it out game. philidors defence. the best reply. opens up the game for lots of fun! I love when an opponent makes this move. It seems to pin the knight from protecting the pawn on e5 after the capture. This is also the start of my favorite game Morphy vs the Count, made while watching the… |
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Annotated by jotheblackqueen (1200): Hi everyone!
You have been used to seeing Glenda in a defensive role but occasionally she can be a menace. In this game it looked at one stage as though black had an advantage, but one erroneous knight move caused Glenda to unleash her wrath on my unfortunate opponent. How does this come about? Well, here goes. Firstly we have a double king pawn opening and we pick up the action again on… |
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Annotated by acrewboy02 (1192): The game database identified this as C41: Philidor's defence at this point i've developed all 4 minor pieces and black's are still all on his back rank.... Black wastes another move and takes away the best square from his knight i am now prepared to castle long Black advances yet another pawn. i decide to stop letting black take space with his pawns and this prevents black from… |
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Annotated by last_anant (1200): This game was played at Paris in 1859. Philidor's defense Morphy plays a direct play for the center An inferior reply correct is
3. ... Nf6 or
3. .... Nd7 or
3. .... ed
(According to the book) Clearly white is better off in terms of development The frustration makes Brunswick play worse. This leads to a loss of material. Better is 6. .... Qe7 Brunswick choses to defend the f7 square… |
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Annotated by jeffegg2 (1300): 1.e4 "Best by Test. Bobby Fischer" Ah Philidore. Creates an early strong point at e5. This is not exceptable to me. I wish to open the game and complicate with tactics! White will counter attack this without delay! Bam! Paul morphy played against this, one of my favorite games. black played Bg4 here, but the pin doesn't help black. 3...Bg4 4. de Bxf3 5. Qxf3 de 6. Bc4! Nf6 7. Qb3! hitting the… |
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Annotated by erlepettus (1526): Paris, France 1858 As Bobby Fischer noted, "This is a weak move already." If 4. ... dxe5, then 5. Qxd8 Kxd8 6. Nxe5 and black has lost the pawn and the ability to castle. Attacking f7. Had black adopted a different move order - say 7. ... c6 then white wins with 8. Bxf7 Ke7/d7 9. Qe6# Fischer, again - "Black is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't develop the [Queen's] … |
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Annotated by beld (1676): so far so good ;)
I almost always play this part with white. bad move of black, it blocks his bishop on the black line.
Nc6 would have been better. I don't mind getting more control in the center, therefore I push my pawn forward to d4. ow how cute he attacks my knight. well I don't want to be forced to strike back with the g-pawn so I move my pawn to d5 to prevent it from being taken. well … |
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Annotated by bakerbaker (1200): This game shows how a simple tactic can leave me with an easily won game on move 10. The Philidor is somewhat passive, but it is safer than the sharper Nc6. Capturing is better because then Black can make a useful developing move instead of moving the queen to an unimportant square. I thought about playing Nc3 here, but I wanted to get castled as soon as possible to get my king off the… |
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Annotated by beresford13861 (1475): Team rating test, standard kings pawn! always a standard... develop while threatening my free pawn. protection of course, and opening the files for my bishops. starting the battle a little early? is it a bad thing? generaly i found that true but in this case, lets see.... the pawns no big deal, i need to develop. pawn graber another pawn grabed. DEAD pawn grabing pawn! and asisted in… |
