Philidor Defense

Philidor Defense is a named opening in the book. The main stored line runs e4, e5, Nf3, d6. The book has 44 lines under this name, across ECO codes C41 to C41.

44 lines in the book · ECO C41 · 23,055 tagged puzzles in the source database

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Philidor Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. e5
  3. Nf3
  4. d6

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.
  3. White knight moves from g1 to f3.
  4. Black pawn moves from d7 to d6.

Variations

Albin-Blackburne Gambit1 lines · C41Berger Variation1 lines · C41Bird Gambit1 lines · C41Boden Variation1 lines · C41Exchange Variation3 lines · C41Hanham Variation6 lines · C41Hanham1 lines · C41Larsen Variation1 lines · C41Lion Variation8 lines · C41Lopez Countergambit2 lines · C41Morphy Gambit1 lines · C41Nimzowitsch Variation5 lines · C41Nimzowitsch2 lines · C41Paulsen Attack1 lines · C41Philidor Countergambit4 lines · C41Philidor Gambit1 lines · C41Steinitz Variation1 lines · C41

Named gambits and traps

11 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 11.

Puzzles from this opening

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