Philidor Defense
ECO C41 · 71,496 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
|---|
| Bc4 | 29,315 | 41.0% | | Philidor Defense C41 |
| d4 | 26,928 | 37.7% | | Philidor Defense C41 |
| Nc3 | 5,614 | 7.9% | | |
| h3 | 3,585 | 5.0% | | |
| c3 | 3,261 | 4.6% | | |
| Bb5+ | 781 | 1.1% | | |
| d3 | 708 | 1.0% | | |
| Be2 | 537 | 0.8% | | |
| c4 | 203 | 0.3% | | |
| g3 | 182 | 0.3% | | |
| b3 | 146 | 0.2% | | |
| a3 | 68 | 0.1% | | |
A further 168 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Philidor DefenseC41… 3. Bc431,369Philidor DefenseC41… 3. d428,063Exchange VariationC41… 3. d4 exd417,610Exchange VariationC41… 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd412,830Philidor DefenseC41… 3. Bc4 Be79,027Exchange VariationC41… 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf64,872Lion VariationC41… 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd72,604Hanham VariationC41… 3. d4 Nd72,568Morphy GambitC41… 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc41,554Steinitz VariationC41… 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c31,453
All 20 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.