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C41

Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation

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Overview

Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C41.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of Philidor Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 4 notable variations — Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Klein Variation, and others.

Together the deeper variations number 11 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C41
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
6
Parent
Philidor Defense
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
11

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Variations (4)

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Sister lines that share the same parent Philidor Defense:

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