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Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4exd4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation11.8M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation75%8.9M55%
13%1.6M56%
Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit7.5%883k56%
Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit3.4%396k58%
0.4%48k48%
0.1%10k49%
0.1%8.2k49%
0.1%7.5k52%
0%3.6k52%
0%2.3k50%
Famous games in this line4.1k master games
Dominguez Perez, Leinier (2758) – Carlsen, Magnus (2863)20200–1Karjakin, Sergey (2752) – Carlsen, M.. (2862)20201–0Carlsen, Magnus (2837) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2726)20120–1Carlsen, Magnus (2863) – Dubov, Daniil (2699)20200–1Grischuk, Alexander (2784) – Dubov, Daniil (2770)20200–1Aronian, L.. (2781) – Mamedyarov, S.. (2770)20210–1Nepomniachtchi, Ian (2784) – Giri, Anish (2764)2020½–½Anand, Viswanathan (2792) – Aronian, Levon (2752)20061–0
Heroes of this opening Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar · Dubov, Daniil · Carlsen, Magnus · Karjakin, Sergey
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4
SolidClassical
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Go deeper — named lines from here
Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit4.c3Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit4.Bc4Philidor Defense: Boden Variation4.Qxd4 Bd7Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation4.Nxd4 g6
Nearby lines in the family
Philidor Defense: Philidor Gambit3…Bd7Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation3…Nd7Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit3.Bc4 f5
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