Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit Declined

Sometimes a chess game will unfold simply. The defender misses a threat, the attacker uneashes it, the game is over.

SorryYouLose - snob

3 0 blitz, FICS, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. 

4...Ke7 

The BSJG declined.

Blitz games can go like this.

White is content to simplify.

5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.d3 

Black's King is displaced. 

White can develop a stronger center with f2-f4. He also has a basic threat.

7...d6

Earlier, SorryYouLose had an opponent who also missed the threat: 7...c6 8.Bg5+ Black resigned, SorryYouLose - PlatinumKnight, blitz, FICS, 2017. 

However, one earlier opponent did not miss the threat: 7...h6 8.Na3 d6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Qd2 c5 11.Nb5 Kd7 12.e5 g5 13.Bg3 Qb6 14.Nxd6 Qxb2 15.O-O Bxd6 16.Rfb1 Qa3 17.exd6 b6 18.f4 g4 19.f5 Bxf5 20.Qxh6 Rae8 21.Rb3 Qa6 22.a4 Be6 23.a5 Bxb3 24.Qh7+ Kc6 25.Qc7+ Kd5 26.Qf7+ Kc6 27.Qxb3 Qb5 28.Qf7 Black forfeited on time, SorryYouLose - pugachevsky, blitz, FICS, 2020. 

8.Bg5+ Black resigned

And that's that.