Watching a player who has mastered bullet games - one minute on the clock, with no increment - it is easy to believe that just about any move is playable at that time control. It is an interesting science to balance unexpectedness with strength in moves and come out with a win.
angelcamina - Gab20
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.
4.Bxf7+
Often Black, having unleashed an opening surprise, is not ready to face one by White.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.Qh5 Qf6
A little bit stronger was 6...Nf6, as in angelcamina - rabirabi, lichess.org, 2019 (1-0, 13), angelcamina - shahramkhoshseffat, lichess.org, 2019 (1-0, 13) and angelcamina - luquitas2018, lichess.org, 2020 (1-0, 21).
7.Qe8+
Shocking - and I think that is the idea behind the move. "Objectively" it is bad, but Black has to recover and analyze, all while the clock is ticking.
Instead, 7.Ng4 worked in angelcamina - regullele, lichess.org, 2020, (1-0, 16).
7...Be7 8.Nd3
White withdrew his Queen with 8.Qh5 in angelcamina - Skhokho1507, lichess.org, 2019, (1-0, 12).
8...Nxc2+
In the BSJG, sometimes this fork is a distraction from Black's proper course of play, and should not be essayed; sometimes, however, it gains useful material.
In this case? It is quite playable, and increases Black's advantage. I wonder, though, how much time he spent deciding on the move.
9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.Qh5 c6
White was threatening mate.
11.Nc3 Kd6
Ouch.
This brings to mind the quote from Alexander Alekhine
The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.
12.e5+ Qxe5 13.Nxe5
(Or capture with the Queen.)
l3...g6 14.Nxg6 Nf6 15.Qe5 checkmate
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