It's always a gamble – the Jerome Gamble, Gary Gifford calls it – how much of the many refutations does my opponent know?
Can he get to me before I can get to him??
perrypawnpusher - LtPoultry
blitz 10 0, FICS, 1020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
Our story begins...
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6
This can lead to the dreaded Whistler Defense, or the much misunderstood Blackburne Defense. Quo vadis?
7.Qxe5 d6
Blackburne! Sac that Rook! Trap that Queen! Mate that King!
8.Qxh8
Falling for the Blackburne bait.
8...Qh4
Yes!
9.O-O
Telegraphing where the King will be, when Black wants to attack.
I've always been a bit uneasy about the "refutation of the refutation" 9.d4.
9...Qxe4
Uh oh... This doesn't look right.
Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885 continued 9...Nf6, trapping the White Queen, before a series of sacrifices finished White off 10.c3 Ng4 11.h3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Qxa8 Qxh3+ 14.gxh3 Bxe4 checkmate.
Of course, I would have veered off with 10.Qd8.
10.Qxh7+
Letting my Queen escape immediately.
Instead, AlgozBR - khuizen, blitz FICS, 2009 continued: 10.d3 Qe5 11.Qxh7+ Qg7 12.Qh4 Be6 13.Nc3 Re8 14.Ne4 Bb6 15.Be3 Qxb2 16.Qh7+ Qg7 17.Ng5+ Black resigned
10...Kf8 11.Nc3
A bit better was 11.d3, as in obviously - dmyze, GameKnot.com, 2004: Qf5 12.Qxc7 Nf6 13.d4 Be6 14.dxc5 Bc4 15.Bh6+ Ke8 16.Re1+ Ne4 17.Nc3 Qxf2+ 18.Kh1 Qf7 19.Rxe4+ Be6 20.Qxd6 Black resigned.
11...Qxc2 12.Qh4 Black resigned
White's Queen is not trapped, Black's King is at risk, and White is ahead the exchange and a couple of pawns.
It was not completely necessary to resign here. DREWBEAR 63 - blackburne, JGTourney4, ChessWorld, 2009 continued a few more moves, for example – after 12.d3 instead of 12.Qh4 – without changing the outcome: 13.Bh6+ Ke8 14.Rfe1+ Kd8 15.Qxg8+ Kd7 16.Qe8 checkmate
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