I have been updating The Database with games from FICS, through the end of November, 2020. This gave me the opportunity to play over the following miniature.
panjisegoro - Roetman
20 5, FICS, 2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
4.Bxf7+
The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. I call it that because of the similarity of play with the Jerome Gambit. Actually, I have not found any games by Alonzo Wheeler Jerome playing the line - nor have I found any games by Joseph Henry Blackburne playing his Shilling Gambit.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.c3 Ne6
At this point, The Database has 111 games, with White scoring 53%.
8...Qg5
In a successful (for Black) Blackburne Shilling Gambit, where play might go 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Nxe5, this Queen move would have a starring role: 4...Qg5!?
In the current position, however, The Database has 12 games, with White scoring 64%.
Black would have done better with the thematic 8...Nf6, e.g. 9.Qh4 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Nxe4 when Black would have two pieces for a Rook and 2 pawns. The computer gives Black an edge, but I think the player who has more experience with this line, and who is more comfortable, would have the advantage.
9.Qxg5 Nxg5 10.Nxh8 Black resigned
The end seems a bit abrupt. If 10...Bg7 11.d3 Ne6 12.f4 Bxh8 13.d4, Black would have 2 pieces for a Rook and 3 pawns. Perhaps he was intimidated by the "Jerome pawns". Perhaps he was disappointed that his trap opening did not succeed.
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