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Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4exd44.Nxd4g6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation322k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
48%154k58%
19%61k54%
8.7%28k56%
5.3%17k56%
4.6%15k50%
4%13k51%
1.9%6.1k50%
1.8%5.7k53%
1.5%4.8k50%
0.9%3.0k49%
Famous games in this line418 master games
Dreev, Alexey (2677) – Georgiev, Kiril (2654)20021–0Karpov, Anatoly (2690) – Keene, Raymond (2510)1977½–½Vachier Lagrave, Maxime (2711) – Vorotnikov, Vladislav V (2464)2013½–½Sermek, Drazen (2595) – Fominyh, Alexander (2536)20021–0Reinderman, Dimitri (2440) – Piket, Jeroen (2670)1995½–½Glek, Igor V (2566) – Reinderman, Dimitri (2542)19991–0Sutovsky, Emil (2675) – Vorotnikov, Vladislav V (2426)20091–0Jones, Gawain C (2635) – Grabarczyk, Miroslaw (2457)20111–0
Heroes of this opening Dreev, Alexey · Sermek, Drazen · Glek, Igor V · Sutovsky, Emil
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6
FianchettoSolidClassical
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