30 Jun '08 22:21>
Recently I finally got around to taking a look at the Philidor. After
1.e4 e5
2.Nf6 d6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc6 Be7
6.Bf4 o-o
7.Qd2
I would like to play 7...d5 but I am a little worried about this line:
7.Qd2 d5
8.Ndb5
and here I don't like 8...c6 or 8...Bb4. I did find one game with
8.Ndb5 Na6
which looks okay, at chessbase.com -- Pritchard vs. Meetze (2003) from an IECC email knock-out tournament.
I am not an advanced player and do not trust my own analysis of such a position. Also, I do not have access to a strong chess engine. So, I am looking for analysis from strong players and also from strong chess engines (preferably more than one). I basically want to know if this is sound. Please note: I am currently NOT engaged in ANY correspondence chess games, so you will not be assisting with an ongoing game.
If you aren't rated at least 1900 then please don't reply unless you are offering engine analysis. Thanks.
1.e4 e5
2.Nf6 d6
3.d4 exd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc6 Be7
6.Bf4 o-o
7.Qd2
I would like to play 7...d5 but I am a little worried about this line:
7.Qd2 d5
8.Ndb5
and here I don't like 8...c6 or 8...Bb4. I did find one game with
8.Ndb5 Na6
which looks okay, at chessbase.com -- Pritchard vs. Meetze (2003) from an IECC email knock-out tournament.
I am not an advanced player and do not trust my own analysis of such a position. Also, I do not have access to a strong chess engine. So, I am looking for analysis from strong players and also from strong chess engines (preferably more than one). I basically want to know if this is sound. Please note: I am currently NOT engaged in ANY correspondence chess games, so you will not be assisting with an ongoing game.
If you aren't rated at least 1900 then please don't reply unless you are offering engine analysis. Thanks.