Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Philidor Defense › Philidor Defense › Philidor Countergambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Philidor Defense C41
- Philidor Defense C41
- Philidor Countergambit C41 you are here
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit
Overview
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C41, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 f5 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Philidor Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: Philidor Defense: Lopez Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation, del Rio Attack, Zukertort Variation.
Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C41
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Philidor Defense
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 4
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