Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit Report Card (Part 7)

 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit, like other Jerome Gambit variants, can lead to complex play. The following game is the last in the series, looking to see whether this blog presented useful information for playing the line, or if the first player had to go off adventuring on his own.

In this case, the help available was not enough to overcome, among other things, a rating difference of some 250 points.

Upon reflection, I need to do more investigation into the BSJG, and post more on this blog.

peon_5429 - Sapozhnik53

20 20 classical, lichess.org, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke7

An interesting choice.

6.c3 Ne6 7.Nf3 

I was surprised to see that, according to The Database, this move is a novelty.

More frequently seen is 7.d4, a move that was covered a few months ago along with the game perrypawnpusher - HanPeng, 10 0 blitz, FICS, 2021 (1-0, 36) in the blot post "BSJG Dumpster Fire".

7... d6 8.d4 Nf6 

The game has transposing into position which appears 22 times in The Database. Black has a piece for two pawns, and an oddly placed King. Stockfish 13 rates the second player a bit more than a pawn and a half ahead, as compared to after 7.d3, when it gives Black less than a 1/3 of a pawn advantage. (Ergo, the blog had useful information.)

From here on out, Black outplays his opponent, until the game ends at move 33.