Philidor Defense: Lion Variation, Shirov Gambit

C41

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. g4

How it went

63 ours · 118 masters

White wins 56% Draws 8% Black wins 36%

Continuations

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

Master games

Aronian, Levon — Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 · 2014
Shirov, Alexei — Azmaiparashvili, Zurab 1/2-1/2 · 2003
Jones, G... — Rapport, Richard 0-1 · 2019
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar — Agrest, Evgenij 1-0 · 2008
Shirov, Alexei — Hoffman, Alejandro 1-0 · 2008

Games in Spain

Garcia Ramos,Daniel (2426) — Sjugirov,S (2712) 0-1
Shirov,A (2704) — Toczek,G (2287) 1-0
Shirov Alexei (2704) — Toczek Grzegorz (2287) 1-0
Shirov,A (2673) — Tomb,M (2090) 1-0
Shirov,A (2668) — Zhu Chen (2423) 1-0
Shirov,A (2660) — Portela Peleteiro,A (2329) 1-0
Shirov,A (2660) — Chayka,V (2102) 1-0
Remolar Gallen,J (2329) — Henriquez Villagra,C (2626) 0-1

This line is also written

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Nc3 Ngf6 5.g4
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nd7 4 Nc3 Ngf6 5 g4
e4 e5 Nf3 d6 d4 Nd7 Nc3 Ngf6 g4
e4, e5, Nf3, d6, d4, Nd7, Nc3, Ngf6, g4