Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation

C41

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

How it went

986 ours · 3,043 masters

White wins 46% Draws 15% Black wins 39%

Continuations

3

Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bc4 1 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Locock Variation C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Philidor Defense: Lion Variation C41 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 973

Master games

Ivanchuk, Vasyl — Topalov, Veselin 1/2-1/2 · 1999
Timman, Jan H — Ree, Hans 1/2-1/2 · 1978
Babula, Vlastimil — Maze, Sebastien 1-0 · 2004
Vasiukov, Evgeni — Antoshin, Vladimir S 0-1 · 1981
Vogt, Lothar — Antoshin, Vladimir S 1/2-1/2 · 1980

Games in Spain

Baches Garcia,G (2329) — Savchenko,B (2551) 0-1
Suarez Gomez,Julio (2423) — Lopez Varela,Pablo (2177) 1-0
Castro Miguelez, Jose (1999) — Dominguez Torres, Dario (1651) 1-0
Fernandez Fernandez, Lidia Raque — Iglesias Estrada, Jesus (1514) 0-1
Garcia Calvo, Raquel (1206) — Jurjiu, Emilia (979) 0-1

This line is also written

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