Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
ECO: C41Open Games1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5
no master games reached this exact line · estimated data
How it's played
Start
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About the Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation
The Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation is a line of the Philidor Defense, catalogued under ECO code C41 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxe5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The Philidor Defense has 44 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
Other lines of the Philidor Defense
- Philidor DefenseC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4
- Philidor DefenseC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4
- Philidor DefenseC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7
- Philidor Defense: Exchange VariationC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4
- Philidor Defense: Hanham VariationC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7
- Philidor Defense: Lopez CountergambitC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5
- Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch VariationC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6
- Philidor Defense: Philidor CountergambitC41 · 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5