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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Bishop's Opening C23
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Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack
Overview
Bishop's Opening: Philidor Counterattack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C23.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 4 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6.
It is a variation of Bishop's Opening, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation.
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- ECO code
- C23
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Bishop's Opening
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
1,487,641 games · White 49.9% / Draw 3.9% / Black 46.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 418,535 | |
| Nc3 | 298,150 | |
| d3 | 200,321 | |
| Qh5 | 123,454 | |
| Qf3 | 105,070 | |
| d4 | 76,526 | |
| a3 | 65,374 | |
| c3 | 64,245 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:01:24
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