This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...that the defense has been almost shelved. Hardly half a dozen noteworthy specimens of the "Philidor" have been going the rounds of the Chess columns during the last three years. The best estimate of the present standing of Philidor's Defense is contained in the following article from a recent number of London "Land and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...that the defense has been almost shelved. Hardly half a dozen noteworthy specimens of the "Philidor" have been going the rounds of the Chess columns during the last three years. The best estimate of the present standing of Philidor's Defense is contained in the following article from a recent number of London "Land and Water " "The 'Philidor' is a shrine of disappointment. Many analysts have worshiped thereat, and, rising from their knees with shining faces, have gone forth to announce that the secret had been confided to them. Their day of triumph has, however, been like the show of the Siberian sun in midwinter, sometimes glittering, but always very brief. The reason why such a deceptive oracle is so persistently consulted lies in the yearnings of Chess players for some means whereby the detestable tyranny of the Euy Lopez may be overthrown. The French Defense stands its ground, very much to the annoyance of first players, thus balked of their Ruy; and, if the 'Philidor' could have but its legs made strong, second players would greatly rejoice, for no one likes the monotony of having but one defense. Apart from the lack of variety, there is a strain upon an exhaustion of the resources of a player when thus bound down to a single opening, as has often been manifested in the play of Blackburne, that faithful servant of the French Defense. "The weakness of the ' Philidor' consists in the fact of KP x QP, being (apparently) incumbent on Black, whereby all his means of development become paralyzed. Let us look at the board after 1 P-K4 P-K4, 2 Kt-KB3 P-Q3, 3 P-Qt P x P, 4 Q x P, and what do we see: White's Bishops have a free and unrestrained action, so have the Knights, and one of them is already in play. He can quickly bring ou...
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