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Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4Nd74.Bc4c65.O-OBe76.dxe5

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Philidor Defense: Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation22k games · Black to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

21k53%

1.2k44%

2730%

2421%

1030%

743%

475%

250%

10%

Famous games in this line145 master games

Anand, Viswanathan (2725) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2735)1996½–½ Ni, Hua (2704) – Zhang, Pengxiang (2640)20081–0 Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2718) – Cossin, Sebastien (2509)20131–0 Granda Zuniga, Julio E (2630) – Rogers, Ian (2570)19981–0 Hracek, Zbynek (2625) – Murshed, Niaz (2510)19961–0 Topalov, Veselin (2630) – Franco Ocampos, Zenon (2490)1994½–½ Karjakin, Sergey (2562) – Pivnik, Vladimir (2524)2004½–½ Tiviakov, 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

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Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice3…Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Bxf7 Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack3…f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation3…f5 4.Bc4 exd4 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxh7

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