Still Instant

Last year I pointed out that a position in the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit should have spelled "Instant Victory" for White – in which the first player had a forced checkmate – it had in fact yielded only a 66% score in 155 games in The Database.

The number of examples has grown since then by about 20, but the score for White remains the same.

Lucky for me, I read and remembered that post, and I recently scored my second "instant" victory.

perrypawnpusher - theferno
blitz, FICS, 2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4

The Blackburne Shilling gambit.

4.Bxf7+

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8

Last year my opponent played the sharp 5...Ke6  in Ronels - theferno, FICS, 2010, (1-0, 34).

6.Qh5+ Ke7

This is the position to recall.

Last year my opponent played the correct 6...g6 against me and I had to out-play him from a roughly equal position in perrypawnpusher - theferno, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 28).

7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4+ Kc6

Or 8...Kc5 9.Qd5+ Kb4 10.c3+ Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - Raankh, blitz, FICS, 2010.

9.Qd5 checkmate