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Alekhine rocks the Philidor Defence

11/10/2020 – Attacking artist Alekhine playing the Philidor Defense, an opening that is reputed to be slightly passive? Really? Yes, indeed! Stephan Oliver Platz had a look at the games which Alekhine played with the Philidor and concludes that the 4th World Champion was very successful with this opening!

Philidor's "L'Analyze des Echecs"

6/6/2016 – When Tom Ewers analysed the endgame K+R+B against K+R he came across André Danican Philidor's book "L'Analyze des Echecs", in which Philidor had analysed this endgame more than 250 years ago with remarkable precision. From the analysis of the endgame Ewers soon moved to the book itself and wondered how the content changed with new editions and translations. Here are his findings.

The Philidor Position: turning point of Moscow

4/11/2016 – In the 2016 Candidates tournament round thirteen, Fabiano Caruana - Peter Svidler reached a position with Rook + Bishop vs Rook. During play, Svidler drifted into a losing position (at one point exactly within the 50 move rule) and Caruana was unable to win. The position is the Philidor Position, known since 1749. In the following article you will learn all you need to know about it.

World Champions – reclaiming a lost century

4/6/2014 – The players of Asian board games like Shogi and Go honor their champions at least as far back as the 1600s. Chess, on the other hand, crowned its first official World Champion in 1886, although the game has been around since the 6th century. The chess community recognizes sixteen title holders – too few for historian Paul Lillebo, who proposes we include five earlier champions.
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