As Black

Philidor Defence · Advanced

Solid, it avoids the complications of the Italian and the Ruy López.

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Lines

1. Exchange Variation · 7...Nxe4 8.Nxe4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Nxe4 d5

2. 4...exd4 5.Qxd4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Bxd8 8.Nxe5 O-O 9.O-O Bf5

3. Exchange Variation · 7...Nxe4 8.Bxf7+

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bc4 O-O 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxf7+ Rxf7 9.Nxe4 d5 10.Ng3 a5

4. 4...exd4 5.Nxd4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Nxe4 d5 9.Bd3 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Bf6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Bf3 Nd7

5. Steinitz Variation · 4...Nf6 5.d4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Nxe4

6. 4...exd4 5.c3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.c3 Nf6 6.cxd4 Nxe4 7.O-O d5

7. 4...Nf6 5.d4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc3 Nxe4

8. Exchange Variation · 5...Be7 6.Be2

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O c5 8.Nf3 Nc6

9. 4...Nf6 5.Re1

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.O-O Nf6 5.Re1 O-O 6.c3 c6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 d5

10. Steinitz Variation · 4...Nf6 5.d3

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.h3 d5