Friday, November 28, 2025

BSJG: Quickly Turn the Game Into A Mess

                                               

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+) can quickly turn the game into a mess - one that can prove deadly to the defender's King.

perrypawnpusher - zgajek

Not only the Italians play the Italian, Chess.com, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ 


The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 

Declining the piece with 4...Ke7 is insufficient, 5.Bxg8 Rxg8 (5...d6 6.d3 Be6 7.Bg5+ Kd7 8.Bxd8 Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - michon, blitz, FICS, 20136.Nxe5 Kd6 7.Nf3? (7.Nc7+) c5 8.Nxd4 cxd4 as inperrypawnpusher - michon, blitz, FICS, 2013 (1-0, 41).

5.Nxe5+ Ke6 

Not quite a strong is 5...Ke7 6.c3 d6 7.cxd4 dxe5 8.dxe5 as in perrypawnpusher - michon, blitz, FICS, 2013 (1-0, 18)

6.c3 

I have been 8 - 0 with this move. 

6...Nc6 

Black's move is Stockfish 16.1' s choice (30 ply), resulting with an advantage of about 3/4 pawn for Black. 

Grabbing material with 6...Kxe5 7.cxd4+ is a critical line, where Black does best to tip toe away with 7...Ke6 

7.d4 Nce7 

Creative.

Black's safest path was 7...Nxe5 8. dxe5 Kf7 and the King retreats toward safety. 

7...Nf6 is not sufficient, followed by 8.O-O Ke7 9.Nxc6+ dxc6 10.e5 Qd5 11.exf6+ gxf6

8.d5+ 

Less powerful, but still effective is 8.Qg4+ as in perrypawnpusher - Abatwa, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 8)

8...Kxe5 

Or 8...Kd6 9.Nc4+ Kc5 10.b4+ Kb5 11.Nba3+ Ka6 12.Qa4 checkmate 

Or 8...Nxd5 9.Qxd5+ Kf6 10.Qf7+ Kxe5 11.Bf4+ Kxe4 12.Nd2+ Kd3 13.Qf5 checkmate 

9.Qd4+ Kd6 10.Bf4 checkmate




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