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All ECO codes · C · Open games

C41 Philidor Defense

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1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6

C41 is the opening Philidor Defense of the volume C · Open games: 4 half-moves to the position in the diagram, 44 variations in the ECO table.

What the games say

5,954 games in the collections, from 1575 to 2022. Mean rating of the games with ratings: 2421.

White wins 43 %, draws 32 %, Black wins 25 %

Most games: Hermlin, Aarne (56), Braun, Gottfried (51), Strikovic, Aleksa (47), Cifuentes Parada, Roberto (46), Pribyl, Josef (46)

All 44 variations

  1. Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6
  2. Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4
  3. Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗c4
  4. Philidor Defense 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗c4 ♗e7
  5. Philidor Defense: Albin-Blackburne Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♗g4 4.dxe5 ♘d7
  6. Philidor Defense: Berger Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 ♗e7 6.♗e2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.♘f3 ♘c6 9.♗g5 ♗e6 10.♖e1
  7. Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
  8. Philidor Defense: Boden Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♕xd4 ♗d7
  9. Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4
  10. Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4
  11. Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6
  12. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7
  13. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Delmar Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 c6 5.c3
  14. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Krause Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 c6 5.O-O
  15. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Schlechter Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 c6 5.♘c3
  16. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Sharp Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 ♘b6
  17. Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 c6 5.O-O ♗e7 6.dxe5
  18. Philidor Defense: Hanham, Kmoch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♗c4 c6 5.♘g5
  19. Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 g6
  20. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7
  21. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.♗xf7+
  22. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♘f6 3.♘c3 ♘bd7 4.♘f3 e5 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.♗xf7+
  23. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.♘g5 O-O 7.♗xf7+ ♖xf7 8.♘e6
  24. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.O-O h6
  25. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Be2 and c6 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.♗e2 ♗e7 6.O-O c6
  26. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Shirov Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘d7 4.♘c3 ♘gf6 5.g4
  27. Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Sozin Variation 1.e4 d6 2.d4 ♘f6 3.♘c3 e5 4.♘f3 ♘bd7 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.O-O O-O 7.♕e2 c6 8.a4 exd4
  28. Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗c4 f5
  29. Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.♗c4 exd4 5.♘g5 ♘h6 6.♘xh7
  30. Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♗c4
  31. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6
  32. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.dxe5
  33. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♗c4
  34. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Rellstab Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.dxe5 ♘xe4 5.♕d5
  35. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Sokolsky Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.dxe5 ♘xe4 5.♘bd2
  36. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Larobok Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘c3 ♘bd7 5.♗c4 ♗e7 6.♘g5 O-O 7.♗xf7+
  37. Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Locock Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♘f6 4.♘g5
  38. Philidor Defense: Paulsen Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♘xd4 d5 5.exd5
  39. Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 f5
  40. Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.♘g5 d5 6.e6 ♗c5 7.♘c3
  41. Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.♘c3
  42. Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.♘g5 d5 6.e6
  43. Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 ♗d7
  44. Philidor Defense: Steinitz Variation 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.♗c4 ♗e7 4.c3