Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Philidor Defense › Philidor Defense › Philidor Countergambit › del Rio Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Philidor Defense C41
- Philidor Defense C41
- Philidor Countergambit C41
- del Rio Attack C41 you are here
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack
Overview
Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, del Rio Attack 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f5 4. dxe5 fxe4 5. Ng5 d5 6. e6, after 11 plies of opening development.
The line refines Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Philidor Defense: Philidor Countergambit, Berger Variation.
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- ECO code
- C41
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 1
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