Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation

C41

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

How it went

281 ours · 976 masters

White wins 45% Draws 19% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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Philidor Defense: Bird Gambit C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 4 Philidor Defense: Morphy Gambit C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 2 Philidor Defense: Boden Variation C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 1

Master games

Caruana, Fabiano — Mamedov, Rauf 1-0 · 2021
Wang Hao — Durarbayli, V.. 0-1 · 2022
Chanda, Sandipan — Bu, Xiangzhi 0-1 · 2008
Chanda, Sandipan — Bu Xiangzhi_16910 0-1 · 2008
Quesada Perez, Yuniesky — Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter 1-0 · 2003

Games in Spain

Chigaev,M (2628) — Moroni,L (2549) 1-0
Zhigalko,S (2572) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2533) 1-0
Petrov,N (2554) — Ibarra Jerez,JC (2533) 1/2-1/2
Alarcia Astiz,C (2244) — Haddouche,M (2490) 0-1
Fernandez Siles,L (2256) — Seel,C (2483) 1-0
Slaby,Je (2464) — Garcia Garcia,A (2140) 0-1
Galstyan,David (2279) — Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia,Daniel (2402) 1-0
Antonio,R (2363) — Garcia Garcia,A (2140) 1-0

This line is also written

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