Philidor defence

Philidor's defence:
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6

								[[Image:chess rd d44.png|22px|alt=h8 black rook]]
								[[Image:chess pd l44.png|22px|alt=h7 black pawn]]
								[[Image:chess __ d44.png|22px|alt=h6 __|link=]]
								[[Image:chess __ l44.png|22px|alt=h5 __|link=]]
								[[Image:chess __ d44.png|22px|alt=h4 __|link=]]
								[[Image:chess __ l44.png|22px|alt=h3 __|link=]]
								[[Image:chess pl d44.png|22px|alt=h2 white pawn]]
								[[Image:chess rl l44.png|22px|alt=h1 white rook]]

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Philidor's defence, usually called the Philidor, is one of the basic chess openings. It was used often by the 18th century master François-André Danican Philidor, and he published analysis about it in his textbook L'Analyse du jeu des échecs (1849).

Philidor's counter-gambit

1.e4 e5

2.Nf3 d6

3.d4 f5

Main line

1.e4 e5

2.Nf3 d6

3.d4 exd4

4.Nxd4 Nf6

5.Nc3 Be7 or 5...g6 followed by 6...Bg7

Transposition

Black can reach a line called the Hanham variation by transposing from the Pirc defence:

1.e4 d6

2.d4 Nf6

3.Nc3 Nbd7

4.Nf3 e5

• Kosten, Tony 1992. Winning with the Philidor. Batsford, London.
• List of chess openings