The Black Lion - An Aggressive Version of the Philidor Defense - Williams "Sydney Gruber" and those playing 1 e4

and those playing 1 e4 as white will also benefit from Houska's mostly objective coverage

248 for the Najdorf variation

and counterattack

Westward Ho

and Judit Polgar

The Black Lion - An Aggressive Version of the Philidor Defense - Williams "Sydney Gruber" and those playing 1 e4Looking for an interesting, exciting, aggressive and flexible opening to play against 1 e4!? Then the Black Lion is just the opening for you! The Lion gets ready to roar after 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0 0 c6 and now Black wants to attack with an early g5. This opening , first brought into the limelight by Dutch amateur players Jerry van Rekom and Leo Jansen, now gets the Grandmaster treatment. Grandmaster Simon WIlliams