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Philidor Defense

ECO C41 · 28,063 games

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4

Out of 28,063 games from this position: White wins 52%, draws 5%, Black wins 43%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
exd417,04560.7%
Bg43,54912.6%
Nd71,9316.9%
Nc61,7736.3%
f69913.5%
Qe77152.5%
Nf65001.8%
f54691.7%
Be72821.0%
Qf61510.5%
h61460.5%
Be6900.3%

A further 421 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.