ECO C41

Philidor Defense: Boden Variation

Philidor Defense: Boden Variation is a chess opening classified under ECO C41. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7.

Philidor Defense: Boden Variation — board position♜♞♛♚♝♞♜♟♟♟♝♟♟♟♟♛♟♞♟♟♟♟♟♟♜♞♝♚♝♜

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7

Explore this opening ▸Add to my repertoireOpen in analysis

The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

Part of