Thursday, February 23, 2023

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: And That's That



In a one-minute game, things happen quickly.

In the following game Black misses the proper defensive line on move 6, and that's that...


angelcamina - peteza

1 0 bullet, lichess.org. 2023


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ Ke7 


Black needed to play 6...g6. The game would then be somewhat in his favor after the wild continuation 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.Qxg8 Qg5.

Instead, now he will be checkmated.

7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4+ Kc5 

Or 8...Kc6 9.Qd5 checkmate, angelcamina - deep140, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021. 

9.Qd5+ Kb4 10.c3+ Ka4 11.b3+ 

Or 11.Qa5 checkmate, angelcamina - Vpkl, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org 2022. 

11...Nxb3 12.axb3+ Kxb3 13.Ne3 checkmate


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