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About this product   The Philidor Defence 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 combines a number of advantages. The black player has a choice of various types of positions - he can play with or without capturing on d4. The typical plans and maneuvers are easy to learn and there is hardly ever any red-hot new theory. But you have to like playing from a passive position whilte waiting for your chance. If you play 1.e4 with White you can hardly avoid this opening. The author, Elexander Bangiev, does not hide his liking for the black side but still never fails to indicate and analyze plans, ideas and promising lines for White. He writes: "This old defense, which was already played by Philidor, is characterized by active pawn-play. Philidor thought that pawns should not hinder the development of the pieces but should themselves become active." Famous is his saying: 'Pawns are the soul of Chess', with which he wanted to express the idea that the pawn carries the positional ideas in chess, an idea that is supported by today's views. Features: 13,400 games, 300 of which are annotated, (134 by the author) training database tree of all games Specifications: System Requirements: Pentium, Win 95/98/2000/Me/XP. No additional software required.

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