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Philidor Defence

chess opening, consisting of the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6
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Philidor Defence

Summary

Philidor Defence is a chess opening[1]. It draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #57 of 129).[2]

Key Facts

  • Philidor Defence's image is recorded as Philidor defence.png[3].
  • Philidor Defence's instance of is recorded as chess opening[4].
  • François-André Danican Philidor is named after Philidor Defence[5].
  • Philidor Defence's subclass of is recorded as King's Knight Opening[6].
  • Philidor Defence's part of is recorded as chess terminology[7].
  • Philidor Defence's sport is recorded as chess[8].
  • Philidor Defence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fllh[9].
  • Philidor Defence's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/philidor-defense[10].
  • Philidor Defence's Portable Game Notation is recorded as e4 e5[11].
  • Philidor Defence's Portable Game Notation is recorded as Nf3 d6[12].
  • Philidor Defence's ECO code is recorded as C41[13].

Why It Matters

Philidor Defence draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (chess_opening category, ranking #57 of 129).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

François-André Danican Philidor

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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