Black counters a Bishop sacrifice with a Bishop sacrifice of his own. It allows him to reach an equal position - only to be outplayed, again.
angelcamina - kevinserge
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
angelcamina has 28 games in The Database with this position. He scores 84%.
6.Qh5+
Very Jerome-ish. He has also played 6.Nxc6 (Stockfish 16.1's preference) a few times, scoring 4 - 2 - 0 (67%).
6...g6
If you play bullet chess, you will see games like 6...Ke7 7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4 checkmate, angelcamina - SammmDBest, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021.
7.Nxg6 Bxf2+
Seen as early as the twin games Hultgren - Harrow, SVE cup, Campbell, CA, 1960 and Blackstone - Dommeyer, skittles, Campbell, CA 1960: 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Qf6+ 9.Nf4+ Kd8 10.d3 d6 11.Rf1 Qd4+ 12.Be3 Qf6 13.c3 Black resigned.
angelcamina has faced alternate lines of play
7...hxg6 8.Qxh8 Kf8 9.O-O d6 10.c3 Be6 11.d4 Bb6 12.d5 Bf7 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Bh6+ Ke7 15.Bg5+ Nf6 16.Bxf6+ Ke6 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Qxd8 Bxf2+ 19.Rxf2 d5 20.exd5+ cxd5 21.Rf6+ Ke5 22.Nd2 c5 23.Qe7+ Be6 24.Qxe6 checkmate, angelcamina - MegaBane, 1 0 bullet lichess.org. 2019;
7...Nf6 8.Qh4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4+ Ne7 10.Nxh8 d6 11.Qxh7 Be6 12.O-O Qd7 13.Ng6 Nxg6 14.Qxg6+ Bf7 15.Re1+ Kf8 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.c3 Qf5 18.d4 Bb6 19.Bg5 d5 20.Bf6 Qh7 21.Qg5+ Qg6 22.Qh4 Qh7 23.Qg3+ Qg6 24.Qxg6+ Bxg6 25.Nd2 c6 26.Re7 Bc7 27.Rae1 Bd6 28.Rd7 Bf8 29.Nf3 Rb8 30.Be7 b5 31.Bxf8 Kxf8 32.Ree7 Be8 33.Rxa7 White won on time, angelcamina - stockfishdanirealno1, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021; and
7...Qf6 8.Nxh8+ Kd8 9.Qxc5 Qxh8 10.Qf8 checkmate, angelcamina - DenBlood, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022.
8.Kxf2 Qf6+
This follow up to the Bishop sacrifice wins in all variations - except one: 8...Nf6 9.Qh4 Rg8.
9.Nf4+ Qf7
Or 9...Qg6 10.Nxg6 Black resigned, angelcamina - boarnara, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023; and
9...Kd8 10.d3 Nd4 11.Rf1 Nh6 12.Kg1 Qd6 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.Qxh6 c6 15.Qh4+ Ke8 16.Nf6+ Kf7 17.Bf4 Qe7 18.Qh5+ Kg7 19.Bh6 checkmate, angelcamina - Fabio-rj, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023
10.Qxf7+
Or 10.Qh4 d6 11.Rf1 Be6 12.Kg1 Kd7 13.Nd5 Qe8 14.Nf6+ Nxf6 15.Rxf6 Qe7 16.Rh6 d5 17.Qxe7+ Nxe7 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nc3 Raf8 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.c3 c6 22.d4 Re8 23.Bf4 Re6 24.Rxe6 Bxe6 25.Re1 Re8 26.Bg3 b6 27.Kf2 b5 28.Re5 Rf8+ 29.Ke3 a5 30.a3 a4 31.Rg5 Rf7 32.Be5 Ke7 33.Rg7 Bd7 34.Rxf7+ Kxf7 35.g4 h6 36.h4 h5 37.g5 Bg4 38.Kf4 Kg6 39.Bd6 Bf5 40.Bb4 Bd7 41.Bc5 Be6 42.Bd6 Bc4 43.Bc5 Bb3 44.Bb4 Bc4 45.Bc5 b4 White resigned, angelcamina - PinkPandaPresident, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023.
10...Kxf7
The position has been simplified, and White is up a couple of pawns.
angelcamina can find his moves quickly.
11.Rf1 Ke7 12.c3 d6 13.Kg1 Nf6 14.d3 Bg4 15.h3 Bh5 16.Nxh5 Nxh5 17.Bg5+ Ke6 18.Nd2 Raf8
19.Nf3 Ng3 20.Rf2 Ne5 21.Bh4 Nh5 22.Nd4+ Kd7 23.Rxf8 Rxf8
24.Nf5 Nxd3 25.Rd1 Nxb2 26.Rb1 Nc4 27.Rxb7
The Rook has finally found gainful employment.
27...Kc6 28.Rxa7 Ne5 29.Ne7+ Kd7
A slip, under pressure. He had to try 29...Kb6.
30.Nd5 Rf4 31.Rxc7+ Ke6 32.Re7 checkmate
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