BSJG: All Along the Long Diagonal

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit is a combination of two outrageous forms of play - one for Black, one for White - that can lead to odd, often outrageous, play, often along the a1-h8 diagonal. The following 15 minute game is a good example.

DVYate - borodin
FICS, 2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+ 

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 

Discussed a long time ago, blog-wise.

8...Nxc2+ 

Always a temptation, often an error - but just fine in this position.

9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.b3 Nf6 11.Bb2 

So far, so good for Black, but he has to let the Knight at a1 go. Instead, he decides to get a pawn for it, and...

11...Nxb3 12.Bxf6 Black resigned