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Attacking the Philidor Defense

Course 103 episodes
(5 hours 32 min)

Creators GM Avetik Grigoryan

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The Philidor Defense seems like a rock-solid opening. After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6, Black is happy to complete their development without throwing any punches in the opening.

At the amateur level, this strategy works fine. But at higher levels, many avoid playing the Philidor with Black, and for good reasons!

This course will show you exactly how to counter the Philidor Defense covering all the mainlines, sidelines, and gambits step-by-step along with the main ideas...

Below are some of the positions from this course:

Philidor Defense

After watching the course, you’ll be ready to take the initiative and space in the opening the next time somebody plays the Philidor.

Let’s begin!

What you'll learn

A full opening repertoire against 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6, covering all important variations, sidelines and ideas.
How to play with a space advantage and make it harder for Black’s army to breathe.
The major downsides and flaws in Black's opening strategy.
Why Philidor Defense is seen rarely in top-level chess events?
How to convert your opening advantage into a win, explained through model games.
A novelty to counter a trendy line for Black, covered in the Advanced section and more.

Course Content

103
Episodes
1
Attachments
5 hours 32 min

Course overview

1. Introduction

2. The downside of g6 move

Unlocked 2m 27s

Unlocked 2m 29s

Unlocked 6m 45s

Unlocked 5m 29s

6. Checkmate is coming! :)

Unlocked 1m 21s

1. Introduction

3. Kovasevic A. - Kelecevic M.

4. Burmakin V. - Espig L.

5. Rozum I. - Tsoi D.

1. Introduction

4. The Theory after 7...Ng4

8. Nice Tactics

1. Introduction

4. 4...h6? - Boom!

6. The King runs-runs and gets checkmate

8. Black has no defense

10. Tiviakov S. - Murshed N.

11. Vachier Lagrave M. - Cossin S.

12. Ni Hua - Zhang P.

13. Ni Hua - Wang Chen

15. Mixing the Lines

1. Black's idea

3. Black's problems

4. Chandler M. - Gulko B.

5. Howell J. - Tepper F.

6. Howell J. - Chebanon J.

7. Ionov S. - Yandemirov V.

8. Conclusion of 3...Nf6

1. Introduction

3. The 2nd option - 4.Nge2!

4. Grischuk A. - Fridman D.

5. Grischuk A. - Agrest E.

6. Carlsen M. - Radjabov T.

10. Two Options

1. Introduction

2. Philidor Countergambit

4. Checkmate is coming!

5. Checkmate is coming anyway :)

6. The other moves

8. Yeah, It's so simple

1. Introduction

8. Conclusion of 5...Bd7

10. Why we go long castle?

11. A bit more about this position (advanced)

12. Here is why 4.Nc3! but not 4.Bb5

13. Transposing to Scotch

14. 5...g6? - Simagin's variation

1. Introduction

4. 15.g4! - Declaring a war

5. A few examples

6. Conclusion of 0-0

7. The idea of 12...b4

8. Sacrificing a piece!

15. In Tal's style

17. Black's best try

4.9

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