C41

Philidor Defense: Lion Variation trainer

Type a move and press Enter: e4, Nf3, O-O, or from and to squares like g1f3 (e7e8q to promote). The board is also played with the mouse.

Practise the Philidor Defense: Lion Variation

Play Black's moves of the line from memory — 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 — and the trainer plays White's replies; "Play the other side" turns it around.

"Drill all" adds the 5 named lines that continue it, such as Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Bc4 and h6, Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Bishop Sacrifice, Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Lion's Claw, with Be2 and c6, Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch, Larobok Variation, Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line.

Read about the line, its statistics on Lichess and Stockfish's evaluation on the Philidor Defense: Lion Variation page, or pick another opening in the opening trainer.