Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: What Is In A Name?

                          

The following game starts as a Blackburne Shilling Gambit, although I have not been able to find a single example of Joseph Henry Blackburne ever playing the line.

It features the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit, although I have also failed to find an example of Blackburne playing the Jerome Gambit. (Destroying it, yes.)

The name fits, though, as it is thematically right on target.

Serving2021 - Aromel143

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4. Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

Objectively better is 4.Nxd4, 4.O-O, or 4.d3, but White is feeling aggressive.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ 

Again, the computer considers 6.c3 Ne6 7.d4 Nf6 8.O-O d6 to be the preferred line, but that is not the direction White is heading.

6...g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Qg5 

Black has aggressive intentions as well. The Queen move is thematic in the Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

This time, Black wanders away from the computer's suggestion of 

8...Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1 10.Qxg8 which would be better for him, although The Database shows Black scoring 50% in 214 games. 

9.Qxd4 Qxg2 10.Rf1 d6 11.Nc3 

The action is fast and furious, as you would expect from a 3-minute game.

11...Bg4 

Hoping to keep White's King in the middle of the board by preventing castling Queenside.

If White can get untangled, however, his advantage of the exchange plus two pawns should be winning.

12.Qe3 Qxh2 13.Qg3 

An exchange of Queens would help settle things down.

13...Qh5 

Tactics now win out.

14.Rg1 Nh6 15.d3 g5 16.Nd5 Kd7 17.Nf6+ Black resigned