Philidor Defense (필리도르 방어)

한국어

The Philidor Defense family holds 44 lines. The boards below follow its shortest line from the first move.

The Korean name in brackets is ours, not an official translation. The original name is English.

Main line

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

One move per board, left to right. The two outlined squares are the move just played.

1. e4
1… e5
2. Nf3
2… d6

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Philidor Defense (C41)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

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  1. C41Philidor Defense4 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6

  2. C41Philidor Defense5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4

  3. C41Philidor Defense5 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4

  4. C41Philidor Defense6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7

  5. C41Exchange Variation6 movesPlay this line

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

  6. C41Hanham Variation6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7

  7. C41Lopez Countergambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 f5

  8. C41Nimzowitsch Variation6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6

  9. C41Philidor Countergambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5

  10. C41Philidor Gambit6 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bd7

  11. C41Bird Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3

  12. C41Exchange Variation7 movesPlay this line

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

  13. C41Morphy Gambit7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4

  14. C41Nimzowitsch Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5

  15. C41Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bc4

  16. C41Nimzowitsch, Locock Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Ng5

  17. C41Philidor Countergambit, Zukertort Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Nc3

  18. C41Steinitz Variation7 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. c3

  19. C41Albin-Blackburne Gambit8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Nd7

  20. C41Boden Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7

  21. C41Exchange Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6

  22. C41Hanham Variation, Sharp Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 Nb6

  23. C41Larsen Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6

  24. C41Lion Variation8 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7

  25. C41Hanham Variation, Delmar Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. c3

  26. C41Hanham Variation, Krause Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O

  27. C41Hanham Variation, Schlechter Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3

  28. C41Hanham, Kmoch Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. Ng5

  29. C41Lion Variation, Shirov Gambit9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. g4

  30. C41Nimzowitsch Variation, Rellstab Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Qd5

  31. C41Nimzowitsch Variation, Sokolsky Variation9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 Nxe4 5. Nbd2

  32. C41Paulsen Attack9 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. exd5

  33. C41Hanham Variation, Steiner Variation11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. dxe5

  34. C41Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Bxf7+

  35. C41Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. Bc4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxh7

  36. C41Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack11 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6

  37. C41Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h612 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O h6

  38. C41Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Be2 and c612 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O c6

  39. C41Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+

  40. C41Nimzowitsch, Larobok Variation13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+

  41. C41Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation13 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6 Bc5 7. Nc3

  42. C41Lion Variation, Forcing Line15 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. Ne6

  43. C41Lion Variation, Sozin Variation16 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4 exd4

  44. C41Berger Variation19 movesPlay this line

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1

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Data collected on 2026-09-07. The original is published as a public domain data set.