C41
Philidor Defense
The Philidor Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code C41. Below are the best example games from master play.
Top Players in this Opening
Best Games
Dominguez Perez,L vs Gukesh,D1-0
Saint Louis Blitz 2025 2025Notable
Abdusattorov,Nodirbek vs He,Anthony1-0
PNWCC Opening Bl 1.e4 e5 2020Notable
Dominguez Perez,L vs Carlsen,M0-1
Saint Louis Rapid 2020 2020Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Predojevic,B1-0
PNWCC Online Blitz JP 9 2020Notable
Aronian,L vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
Zurich CC Blitz 2014 2014Notable
Caruana,F vs Carlsen,M1/2-1/2
Biel ACCENTUS GM 2011Notable
Karjakin,Sergey vs Pelletier,Y1-0
GRENKE Rapid WCh 2010Notable
Anand,V vs Aronian,L1-0
Amber Blindfold 2006Notable
Ivanchuk,V vs Aronian,L1/2-1/2
Amber Blindfold 2006Notable
Najer,E vs Mamedyarov,S1/2-1/2
WCC 2005Notable
Polgar,Ju vs Morozevich,A1/2-1/2
WCh-FIDE 2005Notable
Leko,P vs Svidler,P1/2-1/2
Amber Rapid 2004Notable
Vlassov,N vs Kasimdzhanov,R1/2-1/2
FIDE WCh KO 2001Notable
Leko, Peter vs Bauer, Christian1-0
FIDE-Wch k.o. 1999Notable
Anand, Viswanathan vs Ivanchuk, Vassily1/2-1/2
Amber-rapid 5th 1996Notable
Caruana,F vs Carlsen,M1-0
World Blitz 2025 2025
Anand,V vs Gukesh,D1/2-1/2
TechM GCL 3rd-4th 2025 2025
Caruana,F vs Carlsen,M0-1
chess.com SpeedChess 2025 2025
Gukesh,D vs Carlsen,M0-1
Clutch Chess: Champions 2025
Shankland,S vs Gukesh,D1-0
Saint Louis Rapid 2025 2025