Andrew Soltis forgot the Philidor Defense pawn structure?

I can’t find the pawn structure family that arises after the Philidor defense  in the book Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis. 

 “As Andre Philidor once said, the authors would write, the pawns are the soul of the game.” – Andrew Soltis

What pawn structure family includes the Philidor Defense?  Thank you.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6

A few more examples from Pawn Structure Chess. Where is Mr. Philidor?

Yeah, they really should include that structure. My System would be a good bet, as Nimzowitsch probably prefers to be black in that structure

e4-e5 is a structure that never lasts the game. Every open game the center gets liquidated, only exception is ruy which he 'sorta' covers in the KID structure.

Black doesn't have to play ...exd4 in the philidor. Indeed it has similarities to the KID structure, but with different move orders and the lack of a fianchetto it's still definitely its own thing.

Good point. Why would Andrew Soltis not cover the King-Pawn openings pawn structures?  By that, I mean an extremely common pawn structure where White has a 4/3 pawn majority on the kingside and Black has a 4/3 pawn majority on the queenside.

There is no immediate isolated pawn created, nor liquidation of the center. This pawn structure happens in many, many games. To play these openings well, The Scotch being one example, one needs to understand this structure.

I'm not sure exactly what you mean by the classical Philidor. I'm guessing you mean the one not played by Bent Larsen with a fianchettoed king's bishop, or some other hyper-modern approach.

There is only one ECO code given, C41: Philidor Defense, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6.

Bent Larsen made a contribution to this defense, known as the Larsen Variation with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6.

Last, there is a 1.e4 d6 opening system that includes the Lion Defense, which is one way for Black to transpose, when White expects The Pirc (B07)1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6, into The Philidor with 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5.

With e5, the opening transposes into the Philidor with the Philidor pawn structure, whatever that may be called.   

I pm'd IM Daniel Rensch about this matter, since he loves to talk about pawn structures.

Both GM's and Super GM's play the Philidor, even as we type.

Here's a modern Philidor, the Lion Defense opening system, and even ChessBase gives this opening the code ECO C41: The Philidor Defense. There is no liquidation or opening up of the center. It looks extremely hard to play.

You gotta like a guy like Nakamura for trying to play the Philidor with no tricks, playing it with Andre Philidor's favorite third move, 3...f7-f5. A young man who knows his chess history.

I'm guessing that some distraction happened on moves 6, 7 and 8, like a pretty girl walking by, since Nakamura blundered on all three moves.  He could have resigned after such a terrible chess engine evaluation of + 6.00 pawns, but played on anyway. 

1/440. That is amazing. Poor Philidor. A noteable composer of operas and the worlds unofficial chess champion at one time, who made such a tremendous contribution to chess in showing us the importance of pawns.

In Chess Openings for White, Explained by GM Lev Alburt, etc., Chapter 12 is titled Philidor Defense - Old-Time Religion.

"The Philidor is the Old Time Religion of the 19th-Century Play. From time to time, you'll see it. So let's be prepared!"

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The Philidor Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves:

1. e4 e5

2. Nf3 d6

It is named after the famous 18th century player François-André Danican Philidor, who advocated it as an alternative to the common 2...Nc6. His original idea was to challenge White's centre by the pawn thrust ...f7-f5. Today it is known as a solid, though passive, choice for Black, and is seldom seen in top level play except as an alternative to the heavily analysed openings which can ensue after the normal 2....Nc6.

Wiki

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Black could play ...Nf6 and ...Nbd7, as an example.

Wow! At a depth of 24, which is looking 12 full moves ahead, i.e., 1.e4 e5, Houdini evaluates the position as = (-0.02). I think both chess players made the right decision in agreeing to a draw.

Re. a white pawn at e4 and black pawn at d6, Ludek Pachman has a chapter on 'The Little Centre' in Complete Chess Strategy volume 2 Principles of Pawn Play and the Centre.  In the Oxford Companion to Chess, Hooper and Whyld call this the "half-centre" and note that Siegbert Tarrasch thought that it gave an advantage to white.  Tarrasch has a section on the Philidor Defence in The Game of Chess where he gives the move 4...exd4 a question mark.

Yep.

Tactics too.

Ok, I'll shut up now, just don't expect your rating to grow from studying pawn structures and openings.

Ok, I'll really shut up now. :)

I'm on vacation, so I have some extra time to delve into deeper concepts, like pawns and pawn structures, because pawns drive me nuts when I play chess! 

Tactics. Tactics. Tactics.

Mate in 1, 2 and 3.

It's 99% of chess and what I spend the majority of my study time doing. :)

Don't forget your removing the guard, deflection, attraction, pins, double attacks, advanced pawns, no retreat, etc. etc. etc. basic tactical motifs etc. etc. etc.   For surely it is written that the chess player who ignores these pearls of sagacity will  perish.   Yeah even though we walk through the valley of death, by the ...man you know how the rest goes.   Now go forth, and sin no more!

Actually, it gave me a very solid base of positional knowledge. It has plenty of merit, just that it needs to be backed up by tactics.

Lots of GMs play Philidor ...

Soltis also didn't cover the double c pawn positions from the nimzoindian or rosolimo Sicilian.

Nothing like reviving a 5 year old thread.