In the following game, White lays siege to Black's defense of his King, and, with a sacrifice, breaks the wall down and delivers checkmate.
angelcamina - lalakt
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+
Four Knights Game: Italian Variation, Noa Gambit; a relative of the Jerome Gambit. (See "Further Explorations 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6")
According to The Database, angelcamina is 11 - 0 playing the gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Neg5+
Or 7.Nc3 (a bit better than the text; best is 7.Ng3) e4 8.Ng1 Bc5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Nge2 Bb6 11.O-O Rf8 12.Nxd5 Kg8 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Qe1 Ne5 15.Qc3 Qf6 16.Bf4 Ng4 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Bxc7 Bg4 19.Ng3 Rac8 20.Bxb6 Rxc2 21.Bd4 Rd8 22.Bc3 b5 23.a3 Rd3 24.h3 Be6 25.Rad1 Bb3 26.Rxd3 exd3 27.Rd1 Bc4 28.Ne4 Nd5 29.Nd2 Nxc3 30.Nxc4 Rxb2 31.Rxd3 Nd1 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Rf2 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Ra7 White won on time, angelcamina - florianschreib, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019
7...Kg8
Best.
Also seen: 7...Ke8 8.d4 h6 9.Nh3 e4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Qh5+ Nf7 12.Nf4 Qf6 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.Nxc7+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ Ke8 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Qxc2 19.O-O Be6 20.Rac1 Qxb2 21.Rc7+ Ke8 22.Rxf7 Bxf7 23.Qe5+ Be7 24.Nc7+ Kf8 25.d5 Qb6 26.d6 Qxd6 27.Qxd6 Bxd6 28.Bxd6+ Kg8 29.Rc1 Bxa2 30.Nb5 a6 31.Nd4 Kh7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Be5 b5 34.Rxg7+ Kh8 35.Rd7+ Black resigned, angelcamina - Farbic, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024;
7...Kf6 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5+ Nxe5 10.Qd4 Bxf311.Nxf3 Qe7 12.Bg5+ Black resigned, angelcamina - GrainBowl, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023; and
7...Kg6 8.d4 h6 9.Nxe5+ Nxe5 10.dxe5 hxg5 11.Qd3+ Kf7 12.O-O Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3+ Kg8 15.e4 dxe4 16.Qxd8+ Kh7 17.Qxg5 Be6 18.Qh4+ Kg8 19.Qe7 Bf7 20.Rxf7 Kh7 21.Rxg7+ Kh6 22.Qf6+ Kh5 23.Rg5+ Kh4 24.Qf4 checkmate, angelcamina - cheesecomputer, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025
8.d4 h6
8...e4 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 h6 (10...Be7 11.Nxe4 (11.h4 h6 (11...c6 12.Qh5 Qf8 13.e6 h6 14.Nf7 Rh7 15.Qg6 Bxe6 16.Nxh6+ Kh8 17.Qxe6 gxh6 18.Be3 Re8 19.Bd4+ White won on time, angelcamina - CATCHESS11, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025) 12.Nh3 Bxh4 13.Nf4 Bg5 14.Qxd5+ Qxd5 15.Nxd5 c6 16.Bxg5 hxg5 17.Ne7+ Kf7 18.Rxh8 Kxe7 19.O-O-O b5 20.Rdd8 Bb7 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 Black resigned,angelcamina - filipe-abc, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025) 11...dxe4 12.Qxd8+ Bxd8 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.O-O-O Be7 15.e6 Rd8 16.Rxd8+ Bxd8 17.Re1 Bf6 18.f3 exf3 19.e7 f2 20.e8=Q checkmate, angelcamina - rutkaycabuk, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024; 10...c6 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.O-O h6 14.f4 Be7 15.f5 Bf7 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Nh5 Bxh5 18.Qxh5 Qb6+19.Kh1 Rhf8 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.f6 gxf6 22.exf6 c5 23.Qg7 checkmate, angelcamina - Lelzwashere, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 11.Nxe4 Bb4+ (11...Bg4 12.Qxg4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 Bc5 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.O-O-O a5 16.f4 b5 17.f5 Kf7 18.e6+ Kf6 19.Bc3+ Kg5 20.h4+ Kh5 21.g4 checkmate, angelcamina - dv_66, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025) 12.c3 Be7 13.Ng3 c6 14.O-O Be6 15.f4 Kh7 16.f5 Black resigned, angelcamina - Otschin_Karascho, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024
9.Nh3 e4
10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bxh3 12.gxh3 Bc5
It's hard to see what White has gained from his opening, besides a level of chaos that he is familiar with. Maybe he has more time on his clock. In any event, he has a solid idea of how to proceed.
13.Rg1 c6 14.Qg4 g5
Ill advised, as angelcamina immediately shows.
Stockfish 16.1 assesses the position as equal, but White shows again that, at the club level, it is easier to attack than to defend.
15.h4 Kh7
This has to be due to time pressure.
Instead, Black could defend with 15...Qd7 or counter with 15...Qf8.
16.hxg5
Good enough. With a bit more time (or a lot more time) he would find I and 17.Bxg5 and Black's defense would collapse.
16...hxg5 17.Qh5+
17...Kg7 18.Rxg5+ Qxg5 19.Qxg5+ Kf7
20.Qf6+ Kg8 21.Be3 Bf8 22.O-O-O Bg7
23.Rg1 Rh7 24.Bh6 Rxh6 25.Qxh6 Kf7 $2 26.Rxg7+ Ke8 27.Qh8 checkmate
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