As a follow-up to my "Greed Is Not Good" post from about a half a year ago, I would like to present another game, a Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. The "teacher" of the lesson is the same as last time.
Ghandy - djoaltay
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+ Ke6 6.Qh5
This is one of a number of ways to respond to Black's bold King move. My preference, and it is certainly not for everyone, is 6.c3.
Black can now safely grab White's c-pawn, but he must be careful not to be too greedy: the Rook on a1 is poisoned.
6...Nxc2+ 7.Kd1
Ghandy really "sold" the offer of the poisoned Rook with the weaker-looking (and weaker) 7.Kf1 earlier this year in Ghandy - marlbo, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 9).
7...Nxa1 8.Qf5+
Here's the rub: White had a choice of 39 moves, and 38 of them led to Black's advantage. Alas for djoaltay, the move that Ghandy chose wins.
8...Ke7
This move leads to checkmate, while the alternative, 8...Kd6, "merely" loses the Queen like marlbo did.
9.Qf7+ Kd6 10.Nc4+ Kc5 11.Qd5+ Kb4 12.Qa5+ Kxc4 13.d3+ Kxd3 14.Qd5 checkmate
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