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Bishop's Opening: Philidor Variation

ECO C23 · 477 games · Black to move

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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3
51% White4% Draw45% Black
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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / BlackLeads to
d616534.6%
Nf611524.1%
Nc66814.3%
Qf6306.3%
Bxf2+153.1%
Qh4122.5%
a6122.5%

A further 60 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

How this line is reached

King's Pawn Game 1. e4King's Pawn Game 1... e5Bishop's Opening 2. Bc4Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation 2... Bc5Bishop's Opening: Philidor Variation 3. c3

Other lines in this family

Boi VariationC23…8,213Lewis GambitC23… 3. d4536Stein GambitC23… 3. f4141Bishop's OpeningC23…69,259Berlin DefenseC24… 2... Nf622,037Vienna HybridC24… 2... Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc35,995Ponziani GambitC24… 2... Nf6 3. d42,530Philidor CounterattackC23… 2... c61,986Paulsen DefenseC24… 2... Nf6 3. d3 c61,388Urusov GambitC43… 2... Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf31,175

All 19 lines in the family

Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.