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Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4Nd74.Bc4c65.O-OBe76.dxe5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation22k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
94%21k53%
5.3%1.2k44%
0.1%2730%
0.1%2421%
0%1030%
0%743%
0%475%
0%250%
0%10%
Famous games in this line145 master games
Anand, Viswanathan (2725) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735)1996½–½Ni, Hua (2704) – Zhang, Pengxiang (2640)20081–0Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2718) – Cossin, Sebastien (2509)20131–0Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2630) – Rogers, Ian (2570)19981–0Hracek, Zbynek (2625) – Murshed, Niaz (2510)19961–0Topalov, Veselin (2630) – Franco Ocampos, Zenon (2490)1994½–½Karjakin, Sergey (2562) – Pivnik, Vladimir (2524)2004½–½Tiviakov, Sergei (2635) – Murshed, Niaz (2435)20031–0
Heroes of this opening Ni, Hua · Vachier Lagrave, Maxime · Granda Zuniga, Julio E · Hracek, Zbynek
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5
SolidClassical
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