Philidor Defense
Black defends the center pawn with a small pawn move and keeps a compact position.
2 openings · 14 lines
Philidor Defense
You play Black1. e4ECO code C41Difficulty: Simple15 moves to learn
Lines
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4 exd4
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O c6
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7
Philidor Defense
You play WhiteECO code C41Difficulty: Demanding27 moves to learn
Lines
- 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4
- 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
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5
- 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
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Bc4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxh7
- 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4
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