Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6

C41

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

How it went

18 ours · 8 masters

White wins 39% Draws 22% Black wins 39%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Ponomariov, Ruslan — Komliakov, Viktor 1/2-1/2 · 1997
Kadric, Denis — Lazov, Toni 1-0 · 2021
Ohanyan, Emin — Petrosian, TL. 0-1 · 2022
Goganov, A.. — Petrosian, TL. 1/2-1/2 · 2022
Rogers, Ian — Carlier, B... 1/2-1/2 · 2006

Games in Spain

Ehlvest,J (2528) — Adan Bermudez,S (2322) 1-0
Ayats Llobera,Gerard (2466) — Barath,Kalyan M (2086) 1/2-1/2
Ayats Llobera, Gerard (2466) — Barath Kalyan M (2086) 1/2-1/2
Korneev,O (2460) — Menendez Rey,J (2133) 1-0
Belov,Alexe (2421) — Adan Bermudez,S (2322) 0-1
Maltsevskaya,Aleksandra (2404) — Adan Bermudez,S (2304) 0-1
Romero Barreto, Jaime Jose (2303) — Adan Bermudez, Sergio (2364) 0-1
Chirilov,James A (2339) — Adan Bermudez,S (2304) 0-1

This line is also written

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