Great explanation for these black lion / philidor positions , it was always hard for me to formulate a plan against them now i have great ideas and themes to work with .thank you so much Mio 🙏
As someone that plays this opening from the black side My personal recommendation for white players is the Shirov Gambit (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.g5!). This prevents the black player hoping to play the black lion from even attempting to attack along the kingside where instead white is the one attacking. This will deal a large psychological blow to the black player. I myself do not like the true black lion too much where black doesn't castle but even against such players the Shirov Gambit is still very powerful and black will quickly get blown off the board if not properly prepared.
Interestingly enough I remember stockfish recommended your A4 idea when I analysed before so I know your strategy is accurate, although not on move 4 but idea is same, also it doesn't hurt for me to learn fresh attacking ideas against other black 🦁 players, thanks again butcher 👊👍
No worries also I'm a short 🏰 plyr not a black 🦁 player so now I'm completely looking at this from whites perspective, turns out we are on the same team after all😁😁
@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial although I'm not a true phildor player either, through engine analysis ive discoverd something about switching up the initial move order makes it alot less susceptible to the kinda holes bobby Fischer uncovered in it against Ruben feinz in 1963 also it allows you to transpose into Sicilian lines depending on whites move order whilst avoiding alapins & smith morra etc, at least it has for me so far anyway but Im not ruling out the possibility of someone making me eat these words one day, 😁 anyway rant done, ♥️Ur Vids, keep em coming Bro🤘🤘
Hi Mio - I spent a few hours studying and working through the content in this video, absolutely amazing ideas. I checked everything with the computer and its all very accurate, thank you for such well researched and thoughtful content!
Hi Mio ! Great Video, like always. What do you think about the Shirov Gambit against the Philidor Black Lion ? I took a look at some lines and games in the database, and it's look like very agressive and interesting. Can you make a video for this gambit ?
The black lion defense is actually an assassin defense for black , without the right moves for white , game over but you actually give me good ideas how to deal with it
Man (Mio) I m black lion sys player. If you play against me like that honestly you will quickly feel. Anyway, i really appreciate and like what you are doing (how to play against...). G4 is best against black li
So after reviewing, have to say great vid, love how you covered off how to punish with a tempo if they try to play a6 before going for all out g6, big ups butcher, 🤘👍
Not going to lie I play the black 🦁 or what I call the delayed philidor & am watching this to learn how to counter your strategy, ain't saying it's gonna work but I guess I have to try or accept your refutation & move on💯 😁👍
Thanks mio, btw there is a manoover in some position where the knight on c3 goes back to b1 and then to d2 since the knight on c3 is controled by the pawn on c6.
Thks for all the explanations!! But what about at 07:39 if black plays d5 followed by e4 closing the centre? In your opinion white gets advantage if it plays Be2 or Bf1 followed by f3 to open the position?
if black plays d5 the engine gives +6.6 for white because white can simply play dxe5. They cant capture whites lightsquared bishop because after white captures their knight, blacks darksquared bishop is pinned and its game over for black. So after white plays dxe5 their knight must retreat to d7 or h7. After that you can actually sac your bishop on d5 and if cxd5, after knightxd5 the engine gives +8.4 for white. You should analyze that line its fun for white
After 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.a4 Be7 6.Bc4 c6 7.O-O Qc7 8.Re1 h6 9.h3 g5 10.a5 Nf8 11.d5 (timestamp 13:22) Stockfish responds with: 11 ... a6 (0.92 depth 43) 11 ... Ng6 (1.03 depth 43) 11 ... cxd5 (1.14 depth 43) 11 ... N8d7 (1.27 depth 43) Black Lion players will always pick ...Ng6 over ...N8d7, so only the first three are likely. This video covers ...cxd5 but doesn't cover ...a6 or ...Ng6. ...a6 stops the idea of white playing a6 and defends the queen side, but leaves White more time to defend the king side. ...Ng6 launches the typical Black Lion kingside attack, with white continuing his queenside attack. At each move both players need to decide wheth to defend or move their attack forward until the opponent has to defend or someone wins the race. I like ...a6 but try playing some games with each.
Hi Mio, what do you think of Nge2 setups vs. the Philidor? Against 1. e4 I play the Vienna and Bishop's Opening (got your course!), so I only face the Philidor through the 1.. d6 move order, which gives some flexibility with the development of the g1 knight. In turn, that allows White to play f3 or f4 and expand aggressively on the kingside. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
@@BeFourCM Cool! I'm actually looking into the Nf6 Vienna with an early d4, seems like a good surprise weapon. Mamedyarov has used it to decent success. I do know Mio's variations are great, the Black Lion is definitely bust but I find normal Philidor players are usually comfortable in their slightly worse positions, so I want to take them out of familiarity. I'll look into Shirov, thanks!
Simon Williams doesn’t want play black lion very often as it’s not a good opening. He plays the Dutch and English openings much more frequently these days. Check out his speedrun series. 💪🏼👍🏼
stop giving away my analysis, mio!!! I don't normally just give my analysis to random people on yt, but mio deserves it, so a4-a5 as white just makes black's position hopeless in most positions. They go c6 or a6, you go a5. The kingside pawn storm shouldn't be fast enough.
@@BeFourCM I like to play the black lion, because for every opening there is an counter. But I hope noone in the next time is gonna play a5 against me. a5 looks weird but it is one of the best moves I saw, I am kinda depressed now after that lol. I should know any other line so I dont think I am bad prepared and when someone does play it he deserve the win cause he did such good research. I mean it was played 50 times on lichess so this isnt popular. It sad that the Bb2 trap or th eh3 line wasnt in the video
