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RdC God Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 868 Joined: 05/17/08	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #6 - 12/22/17 at 10:06:11	Post Tools	Print Post
	MNb wrote on 06/23/06 at 02:44:35: It's originality lies in the chapter on 6.o-o c6 with the idea of keeping the king in the centre and start an attack on the king's wing (Qc7, Nf8, h6, g5, Ng6 evt. Rg8). I hadn't realised "The Lion" is over ten years old. I ran into that plan for the first time just over a year ago. It's when they play .. Rg8 that's the real shocker. I suspect if White has played normally with e4,d4,a4,h3,Nc3,Nf3,Bc4,Be3,Qe2, O-O, Rcd1 and Rfe1, that you avoid panic and play Kh1, being prepared to take the Knight when it arrives on f4. If they take with the g pawn, your King stays secure with the Knight on f3 and the pawn on f2. Or is that the prejudice of a Lion hating engine? Certainly when I played Nh2 and f3, my position collapsed very rapidly on the dark squares.


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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #5 - 06/24/06 at 13:27:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	This opening has some sort of cult following here in the lower level of club competition (1900-down). The book is supposed to be decent, however you have to some kind of masochist if you like this opening. I faced it twice and won without any particular effort, while normally these opponents would give me a run for the money (I faced them with black as well).

	If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10758 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #4 - 06/23/06 at 02:44:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	What's worse for Holbox, it offers a repertoire against 1.e4 only: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 (other options not treated) Nf6 3.Nc3 (other options not treated) Nbd7 (e5 has a chapter called The Yawn of the Lion) and now mainly 4.Nf3 e5 and 4.f4 e5. The main bunch consists of the Philidor main line 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 (one chapter on 5.Be2) Be7. It's originality lies in the chapter on 6.o-o c6 with the idea of keeping the king in the centre and start an attack on the king's wing (Qc7, Nf8, h6, g5, Ng6 evt. Rg8). I must say though, that I have only seen the Dutch version. But I got the impression, that the English one was not really different.

	The book had the effect good books usually have: it made the stupids more stupid, the intelligent more intelligent and the other thousands of readers remained unchanged. GC Lichtenberg
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Alias God Member Offline Posts: 1512 Location: East of the river Svartån Joined: 11/19/04	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #3 - 06/22/06 at 11:27:19	Post Tools	Print Post
	There are some Philidor players in my club who have this book. They say the quality of the analyses is rather poor but I guess that's what you get from low rated authors.

	Don't check me with no lightweight stuff.
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TalJechin God Member Offline There is no secret ingredient. Posts: 2892 Location: Malmö Joined: 08/12/04 Gender:	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #2 - 06/22/06 at 11:04:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	I think it has been discussed several times in the past. Check the older threads on the Philidor (and perhaps some on the Pirc too).


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JEH God Member Offline "Football is like Chess, only without the dice." Posts: 1456 Location: Reading Joined: 09/22/05 Gender:	Re: The Lion, the black weapon Reply #1 - 06/22/06 at 10:06:36	Post Tools	Print Post
	Serendipity! I've just bought this book on eBay and can tell you more about it when it arrives.

	Those who want to go by my perverse footsteps play such pawn structure with fuzzy atypical still strategic orientations Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, stuck in the middlegame with you
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Holbox Senior Member Offline Saigón Café Posts: 369 Joined: 02/08/05	The Lion, the black weapon 06/22/06 at 10:00:35	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hi people, what do you know about this book? can some of you show an index of the book? http://www.thelion.nl/ i'm interested in the lines against 1.c4, 1.d4 and 1.Nf3. Thx

	"Ladran, luego cabalgamos", NN
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