Oh, By the Way...

With all of the attention that this blog has paid to the Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4), I should have mentioned earlier an article by Paul Valle in the irrepressible Unorthodox Openings Newsletter Issue Number 3, June 2001.

It is fun to see in Chapter 6

Please excuse me for not having time... to look into 4.Bxf7+, although I doubt White has enough for his piece after 4…Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6

Of course, not everyone has to agree with everything Paul writes...