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Yvalery - Gouldy
standard game, FICS, 2010

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

The updated New Year's Database has five of Yvalery's games with 5...Ke8 here (he was 2-2 with White, and 1-0 with Black), but none 5...Ke6.

6.Qh5

In the Database there are 68 games with this position. White's score is 58%.

I recommend 6.c3, instead, even though it scores only 53% (out of 215 games) in the Database.

6...Nf6

The strongest move. White scores 39% in the Database.

7.Qg5

White has to hang in there while his Rook disappears.

7...Nxc2+ 8.Kd1 Nxa1 9.Qf5+

9...Ke7 10.Nc3 d6

Black has things under control.

11.Nd5+ Nxd5 12.Qf7 checkmate

Ouch!