Philidor Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6
Black defends e5 with a pawn, keeping a compact but somewhat passive position.
As White: 60% score in 263 games (146 wins, 24 draws, 93 losses).
As Black: 55% score in 898 games (453 wins, 82 draws, 363 losses).
Who plays it most
- GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian: 108 games as Black, scores 57%
- GM Leon Livaic: 64 games as Black, scores 52%
- GM Roberto Mogranzini: 44 games as Black, scores 50%
- WGM Elizaveta Malakhova: 41 games as Black, scores 49%
- GM Valentin Dragnev: 36 games as Black, scores 51%
- GM Krasimir Rusev: 34 games as Black, scores 65%
- WGM Mahalakshmi M: 33 games as Black, scores 42%
- GM Cemil Aghamaliyev: 31 games as Black, scores 44%
- GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis: 30 games as Black, scores 55%
- GM Mohamed Haddouche: 22 games as Black, scores 50%
- GM Zoran Jovanovic: 22 games as Black, scores 52%
- GM Gabriel Flom: 21 games as Black, scores 64%
- WGM Filiz Osmanodja: 20 games as White, scores 57%
- GM Simon Williams: 19 games as Black, scores 50%
- GM Minh Tran Tuan: 18 games as Black, scores 56%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 182 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.