The Philidor is Back... and so am I! || Philidor Chess Games

[@AndrewIsbell]

Thank you for the upload and welcome back. I play the 1..d6 Philidor every game. At first I was disappointed when you had to play exd4 because for your return to youtube I wanted to see a Philidor with a pawn on e5. But a few moves later your opponent let you play dxe5 and I got the kind of position I wanted to see! Right after you ask why c4 was a bad move you tell us the answer when you said ..c5 would be a bad move for black for the same reason. When white played c4 he gave away the d4 square to your bishop and maybe also your knight with a maneuver like Nf6-d7-c5-e6-d4. And it puts his own light square bishop behind his pawns making it blockaded bishop, which Lisa Simpson says is of little value. I was really happy to see your dark squared bishop be the star of this game after your opponent traded his own off early, leaving you with the only dark squared bishop. That piece is usually is a dud in my games and I try to trade dark square bishops so I can leave a Knight on a key dark square especially f5. When you said you made an "in-between move", John Nunn calls that kind of move a "collinear move". Thank you for the upload and welcome back!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thanks for the comment and you’re absolutely right and your answers is extremely in depth. Don’t worry about seeing the take on d4 variation as I will be definitely showing the not take variation very very soon! Great answer!

[@michaelallport5816]

Very instructive, Sean. Thanks so much!

[@deejy232]

WOW! Great to see you back Sean!!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

:) It's meeeeeee

[@alvarobastida1963]

Welcome!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thanksss

[@random9-548]

Awesome game! The in between move with you rook is also know as a collinear move, here is the descripción of this move: “collinear move” is used to describe a move such as this, in which two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece For some reason such moves are very easy to overlook.’

[@SLChessDevelopment]

nice! havent heard of that before

[@antonnovo695]

Hey man! Is everything ok? Where are you? Btw, You Are A Great Teacher! Thank you Thank you Thank you

[@SLChessDevelopment]

I'm still alive, just some days I'm working 12 hours and it's hard to do anything else 😢when I am free I will t ry to come back!

[@oscarshiel]

I’m so happy you’re back!! Been missing your philador shenanigans

[@SLChessDevelopment]

:)

[@mcronrn]

Glad to see you back!! 👏👏

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thank you!

[@palavtalasum]

Hey dude! It's awesome you are back, I hope you also brought the Colle Z with you because your videos were the best

[@SLChessDevelopment]

for sure!

[@DavidPeriard]

my man back in action!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

That’s me :)

[@ems3832]

It's great to see you back, Mr Lei! Now we are all happy in chess again!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Haha

[@andybickford6863]

Welcome back! Need more Philidor!!

[@abhrajitsaha5215]

So happy to see you return!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thank you!

[@saisusato2871]

Welcome back Bud! Just finding your channel but ive been binging most of your series :) thanks for all the great content, & for sharing your passion for the sport.

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thank you!

[@apoorvbansal5956]

Where were you all this time ? Missed your vids so much Welcome back Sean

[@SLChessDevelopment]

School has finally ended and outside work has been hard! But with school done I’m much much freer and happier haha

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Missed you too!

[@karlmchugh9996]

Glad to see u back..

[@huiyingli2418]

Love your videos! Lina(cwms) calls that kind of "inbetween" (get close but no capture) move a "nutmeg" 😄

[@SLChessDevelopment]

loool

[@xaviserra2227]

Welcome back!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thank you!

[@liltimi]

Happy that your back🔥... I love to see you play the Philidor cuz I only play the Black or White Lion (if I feel like my Lion system doesn't work out cuz of some early exchanges I just play the normal Philidor like you)👌

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Hahah sounds like a good strat!

[@Five-Star-General]

@8:09 lmao a fianchetto’d knight lolol

[@1ngenu1ty]

6:45 The opponent pushes a pawn and weakens the d4 square for a potential outpost? Especially by the bishop... ALSO WELCOME BACKKKK YOUR VIDS HAS TAUGHT ME A LOTTTT LOTS OF LOVE ✨️✨️

[@SLChessDevelopment]

THANK YOU!! Good answer... maybe you need to add some more to it :P

[@preachtheword1689]

Wow you've been gone a long time. Your philidor opening is still one of my weapons. More philidor content!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Will do!

[@mohamedshakir1642]

You are back after one year man 🤣? I'm happy you are here I was waiting for long

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Thanks for waiting :)

[@Scientist93]

Question: what would you have played after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6, considering that the natural 5... Nxf6 apparently runs into 6. e5!, after which White already has a sizeable advantage, according to the engines? From what I can see, 5... exf6 is given as the best reply, but I must say that I do not enjoy the ensuing structure at all for Black. The bishop pair might be able to matter in the long run, but I'll have probably fallen asleep and lost on time by then. xD

[@SLChessDevelopment]

You are right that the natural Nxf6 leads to e5 which is a bit problematic situation (which is why e5 is recommended before h6), I do enjoy the passive positions that come from gxf6 or even the crazy Ng8 retreat after pawn e5! Ofc, this won't work against strong players (like GMs or such), but in blitz games like these I really enjoy these structures haha

[@n1c530]

@@SLChessDevelopment like Sean said, play 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nd7 4. Bg5 E5 and you'll do fine. It works even up to the 2200 level online players.

[@n1c530]

Sean returns...

[@SLChessDevelopment]

that's me

[@banzaiburger9589]

omfg you're back! 💪 As for the trivia question, I suppose c4 was atrocious because d4 and b4 become super weak and potentially an outpost for a black minor. Probably incorrect or incomplete answer ...

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Good answer! Though perhaps a little more needs to be added :)

[@michaels4255]

c4 eliminates the white bishop's best defender against the attacking rooks and also makes the white bishop "bad."

[@banzaiburger9589]

Ok, to add to my answer the black squares were already weak, but c4 added to this problem for white. You were able to exploit the weak black squares with your bishop which supported the attack along the file. 🤔

[@Daniel-G-P]

I LOVED this video. Fantastic. Thanks Sean. Your videos on the Philidor are the best. So helpful. I'm having great success with this opening thanks to your teaching. I have 2 questions please. Firstly, did you ever do a video against White's bayonet g4 attack. I find that quite tricky to play against. Secondly, what do you think about playing this Philidor Lion opening as White?!?!

[@n1c530]

I am one of his students so I'll try to answer some of your questions. First, the bayonet attack is quite dubious, just play normally while taking in mind that your g knight can be kicked from f6 so maybe develop to e7 instead. perhaps reply g4 with d5. Secondly, the philidor lioin is good as white but I would recommend other openings like the scotch and the like because as white you want to win not defend like in the philidor. :)

[@ferdinandmartin8345]

6::30 push pawn to take away knight square

[@SLChessDevelopment]

That is the move that is played! But can you explain why c4 is bad fundamentally :P

[@yumakuga3948]

🤣 I'm a beginner choosing a new opening and I think I found a super rare but close group of people who all play it and it seems they gravitate here amazing

[@SLChessDevelopment]

Loool

[@Rock-ram-r7b]

w

[@SLChessDevelopment]

W

[@monkeygrip2412]

Why don't you play 1.e4, e5 first? Then 2. ...d6.

[@SLChessDevelopment]

There are benefits and negatives of both, the issue of early e5 is that it rules out the pirc in the opponent's mind so they know for sure they are against a Philidor, elsewise they may play differently

[@monkeygrip2412]

@SL Chess Development thanks so much!

[@SLChessDevelopment]

@@monkeygrip2412 No problem