Yury V. Bukayev pointed me to the following online 5-minute blitz game, featuring Magnus Carlsen, Volen Dyulgerov (known online as Witty Alien), and a timely Bxf7+ by White.
Carlsen, Magnus - Dyulgerov, Volen
5 0 blitz, Chess Club Showdown, Chess.com 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4
4...Nc6 5.Qe3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8
Black's move was first played by Henry Bird
8.Qf4
This idea was introduced by Judit Polgar
As mentioned: 8.f3 d5 9.Be1 d4 10.Qf2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Bc5 12.Qg3 Bb6 13.Ne2 Nh5 14.Qh4 Qe5 15.Na3 Be6 16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Nc1 Qc5 18.g4 Qe7 19.Qg3 Bc5 20.Nc4 b5 21.Na5 Nxa5 22.Bxa5 c6 23.h4 Nd7 24.g5 Nb6 25.b3 Rab8 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.h5 Ra8 28.Bd3 Ba3 29.h6 Bxc1 30.Kxc1 Bxb3 31.hxg7 Qa3+ 32.Kd2 Bxc2 33.Ke2 Bxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Qxa2+ 35.Kf1 Qb3 36.Ke1 Qc3+ 37.Kf1 Ra2 38.f4 Rd2 39.Rxd2 Qxd2 40.e5 Ra8 White resigned, Fleissig,B - Bird,H, Vienna, 1882;
Alternately: 8.Qg3 Rxe4 9.f3 Re8 10.Bd3 Ne5 11.Be2 d5 12.f4 Bxc3 13.Qxc3 Ne4 14.Qb3 Nxd2 15.Rxd2 Nc4 16.Rd1 Ne3 17.Rd2 c6 18.Nf3 Nxg2 19.Rg1 Nxf4 20.Bd1 Qf6 21.Rf2 Nh3 22.Rfg2 Nxg1 23.Rxg1 Qf4+ 24.Kb1 Re3 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Nxe1 Qd2 27.Qd3 Qxe1 28.Qe2 Qxe2 White resigned, Kulkarni,R - Carlsen,M, Chess.com, 2017.
8...Bxc3
Or 8...d6 9.f3 Be6 10.g4 Nd7 11.Nh3 Nde5 12.Ng5 Nd4 13.Qg3 Bc4 14.Be3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ne2+ 16.Bxe2 Bxe2 17.Rde1 Ba6 18.h4 c5 19.h5 Nc4 20.Qf4 f6 21.Nxh7 Kxh7 22.Qf5+ Kh8 23.h6 g5 24.f4 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 gxf4 26.Rf3 Re5 27.Qxf4 Be2 28.Rf2 Bc4 29.Rd2 Qe7 30.Kb2 Re8 31.h7 b5 32.Rh6 b4 33.Rxf6 Rxe4 34.Qg5 bxc3+ 35.Kxc3 Re3+ 36.Rd3 Bxd3 37.cxd3 Qe5+ 38.Qxe5 R3xe5 39.Rxd6 Kxh7 White resigned, Polgar,J - Kasimdzhanov,R, Moscow, 2002
9.Bxc3 Nxe4
Or 9...Rxe4 10.Qg3 d5 11.f3 Re8 12.Ne2 a5 13.Nf4 Nb4 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.a3 Bf5 16.axb4 axb4 17.Nxd5 Ra1+ 18.Kd2 Qxb2 19.Qxc7 Rxd1+ White resigned, Nepomniachtchi,I - Carlsen,M, Leuven, Belgium, 2017.
10.Bc4 Nxc3
Or 10...Nf6 11.Nf3 d6 12.Ng5 Be6 13.Bd3 h6 14.h4 Nd5 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Rxd5 Bxd5 17.Be4 f6 18.Bxd5 fxg5 19.hxg5 Ne5 20.g6 Black resigned, Winawer,S - Steinitz,W, Nuremberg, 1896
The Database has a game that continues 10...Re7 11.Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.Qxe4 Qg5+ 13.Kb1 d6 14.Nf3 Qf5 which appears even, although White later lost in 59 moves in Jahnz,L - Harshavardhan, G, Titled Tuesday, 24th June, early, Chess.com, 2025
11.Bxf7+ Kh8 12.Bxe8 Qxe8
Somewhat better is 12...Nxa2+ 13.Kb1 Qxe8 14.Kxa2 d6 with some compensation for the sacrificed exchange.
13.bxc3 Ne5
Somewhat extravagant. Better is 13...d6 14.Nf3 Qg8 15.Rhe1 Bd7 although White is still on top.
14.Nf3 Nxf3 15.Qxf3 d6 16.Rhe1 Qg8
17.Re7 Be6 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxc7 Bxa2
20.Rde1?
Homer nods.
Instead of doubling Rooks, the pawn capture, 20.Rxd6 is still winning.
20...Rb1+ 21.Kd2 Qd5+ White resigned
White's Rook on e1 is going to be lost.
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