Friday, January 2, 2026

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Open Lines



In the following game, White opens lines against the enemy King and Queen, and then attacks along those lines. Black's King's mis-steps increased his danger.


PedrosF1 - reykarl

10 0 rapid, lichess.org, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

Blackburne Shilling Gambit

4.Bxf7+ 

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Kf6 

Hoping to evict the enemy Knight.

6.Nf3 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3+ Ke7 


Black has a piece for two pawns, but his King is poorly placed.

It is interesting that Stockfish 16.1 has White meeting 7...Ke6 with  8.Qf5+ Ke7 9.Qg5+ Ke8 10.Qh5+ Ke7 11.Qg5+ with a draw in the offing. 

8.O-O Ke8 

Instead of this retreat, 8...Qe8 9.d4 Qf7 is equal. 

9.d4 d6 

10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.e5 


14...dxe5 15.dxe5 Be7 16.Rad1 Rf8 17.Qh5+ Rf7 18.Rxd8+ 
Black resigned



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