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Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation

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1.e4e52.Nf3d63.d4f54.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation119k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
64%76k44%
14%16k41%
8.4%10.0k39%
6.7%7.9k38%
3.8%4.5k28%
0.6%72734%
0.5%59634%
0.5%57035%
0.5%56630%
0.3%41130%
Famous games in this line19 master games
Tseshkovsky, Vitaly (2595) – Inkiov, Ventzislav (2495)19821–0Vogt, Lothar (2475) – Maus, Soenke (2430)19951–0Arbakov, Valentin (2483) – Afromeev, Vladimir (2405)20010–1Dementiev, Oleg I (2490) – Arkhipkin, Yury (2360)1981½–½Stepanov, Pavel (2375) – Maljutin, Evgeni (2465)19920–1Rytshagov, Mikhail (2420) – Pyhala, Antti (2365)19921–0Garcia, Gildardo (2410) – Gutierrez Castillo, Jose Antonio (2370)19791–0Zelcic, Robert (2500) – Doric, Nenad (2265)19951–0
Heroes of this opening Tseshkovsky, Vitaly · Vogt, Lothar · Afromeev, Vladimir · Maljutin, Evgeni
Family
Philidor Defense
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C41
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3
GambitSolidClassical
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