Blitz Can Be So Cruel

It's not always nice to repeat myself, but, here I go, from "Not So Fast There!"

In blitz chess, the moves come fast, but the thoughts come faster.

Much better that way, than the other way around.


My opponent was on his way to one of the most potent refutations of the Jerome Gambit - until he wasn't. Blitz can be so cruel.

perrypawnpusher - paolinoscottino
blitz, FICS, 2013

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 

I always hate it when an opponent rattles off his moves like a machine gun, entering such a deadly line as this one.

9.g3 Qg4 

Okay, either he was bluffing, he forgot how the line plays out, or he was engaging in a bit of you-check-my-King-and-I'll-check-your-King which turns out not to be so harmless.

10.fxe5+

A wicked Zwischenzug, as in the last post.

Here,  Black resigned in perrypawnpusher  - vastatorjf, blitz, FICS, 2013

10...Kc6 11.Qxg4 d6 12.Qxg7 Be6 13.Qxh8 Bg4 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.O-O Bc5+ 16.d4 Bd6 17.e5 Be7 18.Qxh7 Be2 19.Qe4+ Kd7 20.Qxe2 Black resigned