C41 — Philidor Defense

Open Games & French (C00–C99)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

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ECO C41 covers Philidor Defense and related lines (Philidor Defense, Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation, Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit). Main line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 with variations, statistics, and the best responses.

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Philidor Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
Philidor Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
Philidor Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4
Philidor Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7
Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5
Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bd7
Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4
Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bc4
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Locock Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Ng5
Philidor Defense: Steinitz Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3
Philidor Defense: Albin-Blackburne Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nd7
Philidor Defense: Boden Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Sharp Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Nb6
Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Delmar Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Krause Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Schlechter Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3
Philidor Defense: Hanham, Kmoch Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Ng5
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Shirov Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. g4
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Rellstab Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Sokolsky Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Nbd2
Philidor Defense: Paulsen Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bxf7+
Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Bc4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxh7
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Be2 and c6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O c6
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Larobok Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Bc5 7. Nc3
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. Ne6
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Sozin Variation
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4 exd4
Philidor Defense: Berger Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1
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