Recently, I stopped by the lichess.com website to pick up a few Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+) games. I grabbed the four listed in "Top games" and the four in "Recent games".
I was disappointed to see that White had scored 1 - 7 in those matches.
The first thought I had was: has this blog failed those players?
I had to know.
Here's the first game I looked at.
ElSrEdwardHyde (2563) - Zloy_Grisha2006goda (2436)
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021
Yes, that's right, white is rated 2500+ - and he is playing the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit!
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4Nd4 4.Bxf7+
It is not surprising that the computer at lichess.com (Stockfish, I think) labelled this move a "Mistake". The recommended moves to counter the BSG include 4.Nxd4, 4.c3, 4.0-0, 4.d3, 4.Nc3 - just not 4.Nxe5, which goes along with Black's plan to play 4...Qg5.
Some players like to Jerome an opening....
4... Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke7 6.c3 d6 7.cxd4 dxe5 8.dxe5 Qd3 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2
I took a look at this interesting - and largely even - position 8 years ago, in "Long Lines: Seeing Unclearly" and "Pwned!".
43.Rg7 Bxg7 White resigned
So: 4.Bxf7+ led to an even game. It took almost 40 moves after that to turn the game into "0-1"
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