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Philidor Defense

ECO C41 · 31,369 games

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4

Out of 31,369 games from this position: White wins 50%, draws 5%, Black wins 45%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Be78,95428.5%
h66,52920.8%
Bg44,21013.4%
Be62,4637.9%
Nf62,2427.1%
Nc62,2357.1%
c61,2043.8%
f57782.5%
c57582.4%
Qf65121.6%
Qe73461.1%
Nd72890.9%

A further 849 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.

Data: 4.0M rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.