Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Lost Knight

In the following game, White - Tr1ck5t3r77, with 186 games in The Database - faces a line designed to be a surprise, and meets it with a surprise of his own.

When the defender's Knight goes wandering, that is where the trouble multiplies.

Tr1ck5t3r77 - jawa_barat

5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit. A surprise?

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. Most likely a surprise.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.c3 Nb5 

A creative idea, but there was nothing wrong with the main line retreat 6...Nc6, leaving Black with an edge.

White's pawn on c3 is doing more than just expelling the enemy piece. It is not surprising that The Database shows the first player scoring 18 - 3 (86%).

7.d4 d6 

The poor Knight on b5 needed to come home with 7...Nd6. It has lost its way, and soon will simply be lost.

8.Qb3+ d5 9.Qxb5 c6 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.exd5+ cxd5 12.Nc6+ Black resigned

The final surprise, a discovered check, wins the game.