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Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4f5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit318k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
61%195k53%
21%65k53%
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation9.1%29k58%
3.4%11k59%
2.6%8.2k49%
1.4%4.6k52%
0.5%1.4k46%
0.3%89149%
0.3%81951%
0.1%46332%
Famous games in this line45 master games
Charbonneau, Pascal (2513) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2733)20101–0Sax, Gyula (2600) – Kosten, Anthony C (2510)19901–0Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (2595) – Inkiov, Ventzislav (2495)19821–0Adorjan, Andras (2530) – Mestel, A Jonathan (2420)19771–0Sorokin, Maxim (2510) – Maljutin, Evgeni (2435)19910–1Sutovsky, Emil (2465) – Varga, Zoltan (2470)19941–0Dgebuadze, Alexandre (2521) – Claesen, Pieter (2384)20051–0Vogt, Lothar (2475) – Maus, Soenke (2430)19951–0
Heroes of this opening Charbonneau, Pascal · Sax, Gyula · Tseshkovsky, Vitaly · Adorjan, Andras
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5
GambitSolidClassical
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Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation4.Nc3Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 · 1 deeper linePhilidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation4.Bc4 exd4 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxh7Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation4.dxe5 fxe4 5.Ng5 d5 6.e6 Bc5 …
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