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Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation

ECO C41 · 12,830 games

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4

Out of 12,830 games from this position: White wins 52%, draws 5%, Black wins 43%.

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What gets played next

MoveGamesShareWhite / draw / Black
Nf64,87238.0%
Be72,52819.7%
c51,46211.4%
Nc61,1849.2%
Bd78826.9%
g64363.4%
h63983.1%
a62041.6%
c61741.4%
Nd71180.9%
Qf61090.8%
Ne71040.8%

A further 359 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.