Keep the shilling...

For those Readers who like to apply the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) treatment to the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4), the following game should bring a smile to their faces.

By the way, a number of years ago, a Hindemburg Melao wrote an interesting article analyzing Amateur - Blackburne, London 1885, “Ajedrez a la Ciega”,(not currently available). Could he be the same player as below?

Melao Jr.,H - Danilo
Centro Cultural, 1996
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+

This game pre-dates all of the 4.Bxf7+ Blackburne Shilling Gambit games that I have in my database.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.c3

The recommended line, as in perrypawnpusher - TheProducer, blitz 10 0, FICS, 2009 (see "Jerome Gambit: Reeling Sequel") but here Melao plays much better than I did.

6...Kxe5 7.cxd4+ Kxe4 8.Qh5

Black should not have taken that pawn on e4.

8...Kxd4

Sadly, Black's best move is 8...g5, to try and limit the White Queen. Still, after 9.Qg4+ Kd5 10.Nc3+ if Black's King isn't mated, he will eventually lose a Rook to a Queen check at e5.

9.d3 Bb4+ 10.Nc3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3+ Kxc3

12.Qc5+ Kxd3 13.Qd5+ Kc3 14.Bd2+ Kb2 15.Qb3+ Kxa1 16.0-0 checkmate