Posted on June 1st, 2010 by Richard
As I usually open with 1.e4 as white I quite often face the Philidor defence. I do not mind this at all! It seems quite a passive defence for Black and does not seem to trouble me too much. Of course some people who play the defence as Black really know it inside out and in their hands it can be a dangerous opening against White. Thankfully most people who play the Philidor opening against me do not know it in much depth!
I prefer playing the 4.Qxd4 line. Here is a recent game of mine showing a win with Qxh7#:
The Philidor defence:
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[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.06.01”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1045”]
[BlackElo “1115”]
[ECO “C41”]
[TimeControl “300”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Be7
8. Bf4 Nf6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Qc8
14. Qxh5 Bb4 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Qxh7# {AN
checkmated} 1-0
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