Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Delayed Bishop Sacrifice

C41

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Bxf7+

How it went

4 ours · 2 masters

White wins 25% Draws 25% Black wins 50%

Continuations

This line has no named subvariations in the catalogue. It is a branch end.

Master games

Ma, Zhonghan — Motylev, Alexander 1/2-1/2 · 2013
Simonian, Hrair — Shahinyan, David 0-1 · 2021

Games in Spain

Villuendas Valero,A (2264) — Kleiman,J (2399) 0-1
Bulgurlu,Okan (1908) — Argandona Riveiro,I (2359) 1/2-1/2
Kaganskiy,G (2165) — Portela Peleteiro,A (2338) 0-1
Haug,Havard (2199) — Salinas Tomas,Daniel (2175) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bxf7+
1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 Nbd7 4 Nf3 e5 5 Bc4 Be7 6 dxe5 dxe5 7 Bxf7+
e4 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 Nbd7 Nf3 e5 Bc4 Be7 dxe5 dxe5 Bxf7+
e4, d6, d4, Nf6, Nc3, Nbd7, Nf3, e5, Bc4, Be7, dxe5, dxe5, Bxf7+