Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Pirc Defense › Pirc Defense › Pirc Defense › Lion Defense › Anti-Philidor
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Pirc Defense B00
- Pirc Defense B00
- Pirc Defense B00
- Lion Defense B07
- Anti-Philidor B07 you are here
Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor
Overview
Lion Defense: Anti-Philidor is a variation within the Semi-Open Games family, indexed as ECO B07.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4, after 7 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Lion Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Lion's Cave.
In total, the branch covers 2 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- B07
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Lion Defense
- Direct variations
- 1
- Total in subtree
- 2
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