My second attempt at the Cupcake Gambit (1. a3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Bxd3) was even sweeter than the first. Where the original Cupcake Gambit chess game featured sprinkles of originality, the sequel shares part of the recipe you can use to win games with this tactically tasty variation of Anderssen’s Opening. In fact Chess(dot)com’s Game Review gives my second Cupcake Gambit game a 93.7% accuracy score with White achieving a 2500 Game Rating! This means that this game likely represents ideal play with the Cupcake Gambit against the 4… e5 setup by Black.
[Event “Casual Chess at Cafe Borrone”]
[Site “Menlo Park, California”]
[Date “08/17/2025”]
[White “Chris Torres”]
[Black “Michael”]
[Result “1-0”]
1. a3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. d3 exd3 4. Bxd3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxg6 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxd7 Qxd7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5+ Kf8 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Qxf7# 1-0
