Thursday, April 4, 2019

BSJG: Such An Environment

How many strong ideas can you come up with, at a minute a move? How about at a minute a game?
Again, angelcamina thrives in such an environment. He has met this opponent before.

angelcamina - Skhokho1507
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

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



The Blackburne Shilling Gambit. I suspect it kills at bullet time control.

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. White wishes to be the aggressor.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 Nf6 



The position has gotten quite wild, but it is focused upon the Black King, which is the right idea in quick chess. Black's move looks inspired, but it is actually not as strong as 7...hxg6, which presents White with some difficulties after 8.Qxh8?! (8.Qxg6+ would be best)

8.Qe5+ Ne6 9.Nxh8 Bg7 10.Qf5 Bxh8 



White has a Rook and three pawns for two pieces, but the game will not be decided by mere material.

11.e5 Nd5 12.Qxh7 Bxe5 



13.Qg8+ 

The greedy 13.Qh5+ Kf8 14.Qxe5 was stronger, not just because it grabs a piece, but because it also reduces the defenders who want to counter White's Queen. But - Her Majesty has a one-track mind.

13...Nf8

You have to wonder what White would do after 13...Ke7 14.Qxd8+ (what else?) Kxd8. I imagine angelcamina would go with the direct 15.h4!?, but who knows?

14.f4 

How does that song go? Kick 'em when they're up. Kick 'em when they're down... Surely, the piece grab, this time 14.Qxd5, would lead to a win, eventually, but White is not playing for the "eventually".  

14...Nxf4 15.O-O 

Of course. A bullet move if I ever saw one. 

15...Ne2+ 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.d4 



17...Bxd4 

The computer recommends 17...Bxh2 18.Rxf8+ Qxf8 19.Qxf8+ Kxf8 20.Kxh2 Nxd4 when the game is mostly balanced.  

18.Bg5 

This move provides more heat and more pressure as Black's clock winds down. In a longer game, White would have found the thematic 18.Bh6

18...Ng3+ 

Thinking of an escape line that will never come. Instead, 18...Qg7 would extinguish White's attack - But Black does not have the time.

19.hxg3 

White won on time.

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