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Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4Nf64.Nc3Nbd75.Bc4Be76.Ng5O-O7.Bxf7+Rxf78.Ne6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line5.8k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
97%5.6k40%
2.9%17026%
0.3%2010%
0.1%40%
0%20%
0%250%
0%10%
0%1100%
0%1100%
Famous games in this line63 master games
Radulski, Julian (2552) – Mchedlishvili, Mikheil (2626)20120–1Murey, Jacob (2487) – Bezold, Michael (2508)20001–0Atanasov, Anthony (2411) – Zhou Jianchao (2584)20250–1Jimenez Fraga, P. (2463) – Zaragatski, I. (2480)2014½–½Crawley, Gavin (2380) – Campora, Daniel Hugo (2540)1988½–½Bachin, Vitaly (2489) – Kosintseva, Nadezhda (2425)20041–0Herzog, Adolf (2399) – Bezold, Michael (2508)20000–1Rasulov, Vugar Ural Oglu (2392) – Bagaturov, Giorgi (2482)20080–1
Heroes of this opening Mchedlishvili, Mikheil · Murey, Jacob · Zhou Jianchao · Bachin, Vitaly
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. Ne6
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Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Sozin Variation1…d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 …Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice1…d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 …Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation3…f5 4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 …
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