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Opening · 32 games
Philidor Defense
Magnus Carlsen's games in the Philidor Defense. Every game from the collection that played out through this opening.
All 32 games
Year
Game
ECO
Result
2007
Magnus Carlsen vs Etienne Bacrot
World Blitz
C41
1–0
2008
Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
Trophee CCAS GpB
C41
1–0
2011
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
Biel ACCENTUS GM
C41
½–½
2012
Magnus Carlsen vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
World Blitz Final
C41
0–1
2013
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
Norway Supreme Masters Blitz 2013
C41
1–0
2014
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana
FIDE World Rapid 2014
C41
1–0
2017
Gadir Guseinov vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com Speed 5m+2spm 2017
C41
½–½
2019
Magnus Carlsen vs J Cuenca Jimenez
Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup
C41
1–0
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
FIDE Steinitz Mem Open
C41
½–½
2020
Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov
Lindores Abbey Prelim
C41
0–1
2020
Leinier Dominguez vs Magnus Carlsen
Saint Louis Rapid 2020
C41
0–1
2020
Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen
Skilling Open Prelim
C41
1–0
2022
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk
Titled Tue 23rd Aug Late
C41
0–1
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Olexandr Bortnyk
Titled Tue 23rd May Late
C41
1–0
2023
Magnus Carlsen vs Eric Hansen
Bullet Chess Winners 2023
C41
1–0
2023
Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2023
C41
½–½
2024
Valentin Dragnev vs Magnus Carlsen
45th Olympiad 2024
C41
0–1
2024
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Magnus Carlsen
TechM GCL 2024
C41
½–½
2024
Alexander Grischuk vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 26th Nov Early
C41
½–½
2024
Daniel Dardha vs Magnus Carlsen
World Rapid 2024
C41
½–½
2025
Volodar Murzin vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 4th Mar Early
C41
½–½
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Vignir Vatnar Stefansson
Titled Tue 22nd Apr Late
C41
0–1
2025
Marek Karas vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 17th Jun Early
C41
0–1
2025
Magnus Carlsen vs Patryk Cieslak
Titled Tue 1st Jul Late
C41
1–0
2025
Matvey Galchenko vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 16th Sep 2025
C41
0–1
2025
Jose Martinez vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
C41
1–0
2025
Jose Martinez vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
C41
1–0
2025
D Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen
Clutch Chess: Champions
C41
0–1
2025
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
chess.com SpeedChess 2025
C41
0–1
2025
Jeffery Xiong vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Nov 2025
C41
½–½
2025
Dmitrij Kollars vs Magnus Carlsen
Titled Tue 18th Nov 2025
C41
0–1
2025
Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen
World Blitz 2025
C41
1–0