Yvalery - Gouldy
standard game, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.
4.Bxf7+
The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6
The updated New Year's Database has five of Yvalery's games with 5...Ke8 here (he was 2-2 with White, and 1-0 with Black), but none 5...Ke6.
6.Qh5
In the Database there are 68 games with this position. White's score is 58%.
I recommend 6.c3, instead, even though it scores only 53% (out of 215 games) in the Database.
6...Nf6
The strongest move. White scores 39% in the Database.
7.Qg5
White has to hang in there while his Rook disappears.
7...Nxc2+ 8.Kd1 Nxa1 9.Qf5+
9...Ke7 10.Nc3 d6
Black has things under control.
11.Nd5+ Nxd5 12.Qf7 checkmate
Ouch!
