Philidor Defense
Philidor Defense is regularly played in classical games between masters. Below you will find its variations, move orders, result statistics and the players who play it most, compiled from games of 2500+ rated players.
Played by: Theodorou, Erigaisi, Bjerre, Paravyan, Movsesian, Supi, Bartel, Abdusattorov
Main line
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 Re8 8.O-O Bf8 9.Bf4 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.Ndb5 h6 12.h3 Ra6 13.Re1 Ne5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd7
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Exchange Variation · ECO C41 · for Black
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Statistics from classical games of 2500+ rated players. Notation: K king, Q queen, R rook, B bishop, N knight.