How to Fight Against The Black Lion!!

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Chess Opening:
Philidor Defense - Hanham, Lion variation:
1.e4 d6
2.d4 Nf6
3.Nc3 e5
4.Nf3 Nge7
5.a4 Be7
6.Bc4 c6
7.0-0 Qc7
8.Re1 h6
9.h3
0:00 Intro
5:43 9...a5
6:23 9...0-0
6:40 9...Nf8
9:32 9...g5
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Пікірлер: 64

@Hailmich10 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You not only explain the opening well but the implications of the opening to executing the right middle game strategy!

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry on kind words 👍

@hassengawwad1739 2 жыл бұрын

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 🙏

@bflo1000 Жыл бұрын

Yes, this was great.

@Chris-zf5jz 2 жыл бұрын

Thx Mio, excellent summary of the main plans for both sides - very valuable lesson! Cheers from Germany =)

@henrylangston4944 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. So glad I found your channel. Hvala!

@vffzbr 2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas, Mio! 💡 I faced this kind of position lot of times, everything is clear now. Thanks! My best regards 🇧🇷👍

@zxien1 11 ай бұрын

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.

@shyyynechess7471 2 жыл бұрын

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 ?

@zenondecitio8539 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video Mio!!!😍 It would be great another one dealing with the philidor main line with 0-0

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@fazzolarijames 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Hey James! Thanks for kind words and golden rule - You don’t need engine when using my lines 💪😂

@phidybee3334 Жыл бұрын

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, 🤘👍

@jdpaterson 2 ай бұрын

been waiting for this video

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 ай бұрын

Well, this video is 2 years old…😄

@kwhd559 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊

@GhostRider-hy9zt Жыл бұрын

Someone destroyed me with the black lion at my local chess club. I’m gonna rewatch this until I can get payback lol. Amazing video.

@ScottySoul031 2 жыл бұрын

Teach us how to crush WITH the Black Lion :P Never heard of this opening, but it looks like a lot of fun. Awesome content as always Mio!!! Cheers

@edmondzeldin7036 2 жыл бұрын

GM Simon Williams has a video on that.

@JohnS-il1dr 10 ай бұрын

The g4 move by white has tamed the Lion

@Volclus Жыл бұрын

I really don't like facing these ultrasolid openings like the lion, so this is extremely helpful. Thank you!

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Жыл бұрын

😉

@skull-agar7722 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@hichamanf794 Жыл бұрын

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

@phidybee3334 Жыл бұрын

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 👊👍

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Жыл бұрын

Cheers bud 👍

@phidybee3334 Жыл бұрын

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😁😁

@phidybee3334 Жыл бұрын

@@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🤘🤘

@TheDitronik 2 жыл бұрын

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. c4 e5 4. Nc3 c6 5. d5 Qc7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd2 a5 8. a4 Ngf6 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Bd3 g5 11. O-O Nf8 12. Qc1 Ng6 13. b3 Nf4 14. Bc2 Rg8 15. Qb2 Bh3 16. gxh3 Qc8 17. Bxf4 gxf4+ 18. Kh1 Qxh3 19. Rg1 Qxf3+ 20. Rg2 Qxg2# 0-1

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

3.Nf3 not c4?!

@TheDitronik 2 жыл бұрын

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 h6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O a5 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Be3 g5 11. Re1 Rg8 12. g3 Nf8 13. Bf1 Ng6 14. Bg2 Nh7 15. Nd2 g4 16. Nb3 h5 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. a4 Bd7 20. Bf3 gxf3 21. Nxf3 Bg4 22. h3 Bxh3 23. Nh2 Nf6 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Kh1 Bg2+ 27. Kg1 Rxg3 28. Re2 Nh3# 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nf3 e5 4. d5 c6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O a5 8. Bd2 Ngf6 9. b3 Be7 10. Rc1 g5 11. g3 Nf8 12. a4 Ng6 13. h4 gxh4 14. Nxh4 Nxh4 15. gxh4 Rg8+ 16. Kh2 Qd7 17. Rg1 Qh3# 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Bc4 h6 6. Qd5 Qf6 7. b3 c6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Bb2 Qxe4+ 10. Be2 Ngf6 11. O-O Qf4 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bc4 e4 14. Nd4 Ne5 15.Bf1 Nfg4 * 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 h6 5. f4 c6 6. Nf3 a5 7. a4 Qc7 8. f5 Ngf6 9.Bd3 Be7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Nh4 g6 12. fxg6 fxg6 13. Qe1 Kf7 14. Qg3 Kg7 15. Nf5+Bxf5 16. exf5 g5 17. h4 N8h7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Ne4 Kf7 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qxg5 Rag8 23. Qd2 d5 24. c4 e4 25. Be2 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qh2# 0-1 1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 Nd7 3. Be2 e5 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd2 Qc7 7. O-O a5 8. d4 Ngf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qe2 g5 12. Rab1 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Bc4 Nf4 15.Qf1 Rg8 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Qe2 Bh3 18. Kf1 Bxg2+ 19. Kg1 Bxf3+ 20. Kf1 Bg2+ 21.Kg1 Bxe4+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bd5+ 24. Kf1 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bf3+ 26. Kf1 Bxe2+ 27.Kxe2 e4 0-1 1. Nf3 d6 2. e3 Nd7 3. d4 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bc4 Ngf6 7. O-O h6 8. e4 g5 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 a5 11. a4 Nf8 12. Ne2 Qc7 13. Nh2 Ng6 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nxh3+ 17. Kg2 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 h5 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. f3 hxg4 21. fxg4 f3 22. Rf2 Nxg4 23. Qxf3 Rxh2+ 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. f4 e5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bd3 c6 6. c3 Qc7 7. Be3 Ngf6 8. Qc2 Be7 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. O-O a5 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nf8 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rxf6 exd4 16. cxd4 Qxh2+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Qxf6 19. Rf1 Bg4+ 20. Ke1 Qxd4 21. Qc4 Qe3+ 22. Be2 O-O-O 23. Qc3 Qxe2# 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 Nd7 3. Bc4 e5 4. Bb3 h6 5. h3 c6 6. Qf3 Ngf6 7. Nge2 Qc7 8. O-O a5 9. a4 Be7 10. d3 g5 11. Qg3 Rg8 12. Nd1 Nf8 13. c4 Ng6 14. d4 Nf4 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. Qf3 h5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Bc2 Rg3 20. Qe2 Bxh3 21. Kh1 Bxg2+ 22. Kh2 Bxf1 23. Qxf1 Ng4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf2 0-1 1. Nf3 d6 2. d3 Nd7 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 h6 5. Nd5 c6 6. Ne3 Qc7 7. Nf5 g6 8. Ne3 Ngf6 9. h3 Be7 10. Ng4 Nf8 11. Ne3 g5 12. Bd2 Ng6 13. g3 a5 14. Be2 d5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. c3 Kd7 17. Qa4+ Kd6 18. c4 Bd7 19. c5+ Qxc5 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Rc1 Qa7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qa3+ Ke6 24. Qb3 a4 25. Qd1 a3 26. b3 e4 27. dxe4 Nxe4 28. Nd4+ Qxd4 29. Bc3 Qxc3+ 30. Kf1 Nxg3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kxg3 Qe5+ 33. Kg4 h5+ 34. Kxh5 Rh8+ 35. Kg4 Qf4# 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Be2 a5 7. Qd2 h6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Rad1 g5 10. h3 Be7 11. Rfe1 Rg8 12. Nh2 Nf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. a4 Nf4 16. Nf3 N6h5 17. Kh2 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Rc1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rg2+ 21. Kh1 Qc8 0-1 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. e3 e5 4. Bd3 c6 5. c3 Qc7 6. O-O Ngf6 7. e4 h6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Re1 g5 11. Nf1 Rg8 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qb3 Ne6 15. h3 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Rad1 g4 18. hxg4 a4 19. Qc4 Qb6 20. Rf1 Be6 21. Qxe6+ fxe6 22. a3 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Nxg4 24. Rf1 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Rxg3 0-1 1. c4 d6 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e3 c6 5. Ne2 Qc7 6. O-O h6 7. d4 a5 8. Nbc3 Ngf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 g5 12. f4 Ng4 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. Qd2 Nxf1 15. Rxf1 f5 16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Nc5 Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 O-O 19. Nc3 f4 20. Na4 fxg3 21. Nxc5 Rxf1+ 22. Bxf1 Bg4 23. Ne4 Bf3+ 24. Bg2 Rf8 25. Bxf3 Nxf3 26. Qe3 g2+ 27. Kxg2 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Nd2+ 29. Ke1 Rf1# 0-1 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. e4 e5 4. Bc4 h6 5. Nc3 c6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. h3 Be7 9. Re1 Qc7 10. d5 Nf8 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 g5 13. Nh2 Ng6 14. Ng4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 gxf4 16. f3 h5 17. Nf2 Rg8 18. Kf1 h4 19. Red1 Nh5 20. Ke1 Ng3 21. Qd3 Qa7 22. Rd2 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 fxe3 24. Rd3 exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 29. Ke3 d5 30. Rc3 d4+ 0-1 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 Nd7 3. d4 e5 4. d5 c6 5. c4 h6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be3 a5 8. Qd2 Ngf6 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. h3 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Be7 12. Bd3 a4 13. a3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. Kb1 b5 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. g4 b4 18. Ne2 O-O 19. h4 Bxg4 20. Rhg1 bxa3 21. b3 axb3 22. Bxb3 Rxb3+ 23. Qxb3 Nxb3 24. Rxg4 a2+ 25. Kxa2 Qc2+ 26. Ka3 Ra8+ 0-1 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. c3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Ngf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Be6 10. a4 h6 11. g4 Nh7 12. Nf1 Bd6 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 f6 16. Rg1 c6 17. Bxh6 Rf7 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Rxg7+ Kh8 20. Bxf7 1-0

@wolfensteinx Жыл бұрын

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

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Жыл бұрын

Once in a while I know to come up with some good ideas 💡

@wolfensteinx Жыл бұрын

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial good job man i appreciate the data you gave ❤️

@leonparodi2132 2 жыл бұрын

I like a Lot Shirov Gambit against that! Mio please traje a look for that! 1. e4, d6 2. d4, Nf6 3. Nc3, e5 4. Nf3, Nbd7 5. g4!?

@archissine Жыл бұрын

oh man. this is life saving. thx a lot. i have a guy that makes me suffer with this system. i think next time i'll make him suffer

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it, I’ve won all my games with it so far!

@Throt73 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@negativeiq3843 Жыл бұрын

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

@nonodupont3385 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Butcher, interesting, do you intend to analyse deeper the line with 0-0 for black?

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

It is Philidor - Main line, for sure one day…

@ChrisSmith-rm6xl 5 ай бұрын

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.

@phidybee3334 Жыл бұрын

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💯 😁👍

@hectorgray8542 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

They are fine but Nf3 positions are the best!

@hectorgray8542 2 жыл бұрын

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Thanks!

@hectorgray8542 2 жыл бұрын

@@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!

@peterchess01 Жыл бұрын

Why not play After Knight h4 Knight tapes e4? The nicht at h4 is hanging even as d5

@xo7151 2 жыл бұрын

Really annoying system to fight againts as white, Really cool video dude!

@treasonouspigeonpeckers957 2 жыл бұрын

Bring in Simon Williams

@RaptureReady2025 2 жыл бұрын

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. 💪🏼👍🏼

@treasonouspigeonpeckers957 2 жыл бұрын

@@RaptureReady2025 I did his entire Chessable's course for nothing

@tyrelljeffries2527 2 жыл бұрын

SL Chess Development where you at bro?

@mikedee1771 10 ай бұрын

Why is this defence referred to as the Black Lion?. It has been Philidor's Defence for over two centuries.

@Heroball299 4 ай бұрын

They call it black lion when black plays nbd7 before e5. So they would start with 1.d6. Philidor is when they allow the queen trade (e5 before Nbd7)

@billi9230 2 жыл бұрын

I am scared of such videos, there aren't a lot of people, who I will play against but there's still the chance...

@billi9230 2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@jacobtarallo4370 2 жыл бұрын

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.