BSJG: Warped Reality

Bullet chess - games played at a 1 minute, no increment, time control - warps reality. It is a challenge to the minds and nerves of those who play it. It doesn't always make sense. 

What to make of the following game? Black is "winning", right up to the point when he is checkmated by his lower-rated opponent.

angelcamina - Skhokho1507
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.Qh5 

White's strongest move here is 6.c3, but any Queen move has to be scary for Black, and takes up thinking time to figure out how to deal with it.

6...Qf6 7.Qe8+ Be7 8.Qh5 

I don't know if White has achieved anything on the board with his Queen moves, but I am sure that he has made progress on his opponent's clock.

Now Black goes after more material - which is fine, as long as he is careful.

8...Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.f4 Qxf4 11.Nd3 

11...Qf6 12.Qd5 checkmate

*Ouch*