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[ECO code C41] Move Move Here
PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE
(The) Side Variation

White's KB targeted the Black king's weak KB2(f7).
Black develops his King's Bishop to free his king, anticipating White's eventual B-KB7+ch. This move is nowadays thought inferior to 4..P-QB3 as Black drops a pawn in later exchanges. B-Alt.
	White	Black
 1.	P-K4	P-K4
 2.	Kt-KB3	P-Q3
 3.	P-Q4	Kt-Q2
 4.	B-QB4	B-K2

WHITE to Move or Undo or Jump or Clear
 
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