Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Forcing Line

C41

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Ng5 O-O 7. Bxf7+ Rxf7 8. Ne6

How it went

5 ours · 5 masters

White wins 40% Draws 20% Black wins 40%

Continuations

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

Master games

Radulski, Julian — Mchedlishvili, Mikheil 0-1 · 2012
Tratar, Marko — Sebenik, Matej 1/2-1/2 · 2010
Murey, Jacob — Bezold, Michael 1-0 · 2000
Bachin, Vitaly — Kosintseva, Nadezhda 1-0 · 2004
Jimenez Fraga, Pedro Alejandro — Zaragatski, Ilja 1/2-1/2 · 2014

Games in Spain

Tejedor Fuente,Enrique (2440) — Shahinyan,D (2456) 0-1
Martin Fuentes,A (2393) — Ozen,Bahadir (2369) 0-1
Cunha,Lucas Aguiar (2290) — Garrido Outon,Alex (2366) 1/2-1/2
Cunha,Lucas Aguiar (2328) — Elissalt Cardenas,H (2288) 1-0
Cunha,Lucas Aguiar (2231) — Torres Rebolledo,Alvaro (2309) 1-0

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.Ng5 O-O 7.Bxf7+ Rxf7 8.Ne6
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nf6 4 Nc3 Nbd7 5 Bc4 Be7 6 Ng5 O-O 7 Bxf7+ Rxf7 8 Ne6
e4 e5 Nf3 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 Nbd7 Bc4 Be7 Ng5 O-O Bxf7+ Rxf7 Ne6
e4, e5, Nf3, d6, d4, Nf6, Nc3, Nbd7, Bc4, Be7, Ng5, O-O, Bxf7+, Rxf7, Ne6