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Blackburne Shilling Gambit

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writes that 3...Nd4 is also known as the "Oh my God!" trap, as for full effect, Black is supposed to make this exclamation, pretending to have accidentally blundered the e-pawn. Burgess condemns this behavior as unethical, and notes that the trap, if avoided, leaves White with a large advantage.
696:, Stockbridge 1983, continued 5...Ke7 (5...Kd8 is better) 6.0-0 Qxe5 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.c3 Nc6 (Silman analyzes 8...Ne6 9.d4 Qf6 10.f4 when "with two pawns and an attack for the sacrificed piece, White’s compensation isn’t in doubt".) 9.d4 ( 503: 500: 912: 494: 725: 688:, is now White's best chance and in some measure a promising one, considering that he has two Pawns and the attack for the piece". G. Chandler– 748: 665:
per game from café visitors. Wall has questioned this, however, stating that there are no recorded games of Blackburne playing this line.
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gives 4.0-0 d6 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.c3 "with the better position".), 4.c3, or 4.Nc3. He recommends as best 4.Nxd4
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Black's third move is a weak, time-wasting move. Steinitz recommended 4.0-0 or 4.Nxd4 in response.
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made the first known mention of this line, noting it in 1895 in the Addenda to his
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on e5 without losing material; however, after 4.Nxe5 Qg5, White can maintain a
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or the Schilling-Kostić gambit is the name facetiously given to a dubious
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that has ensnared many players. After the natural 4.Nxe5?, Black wins
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game with 5.Bxf7+! Steinitz wrote that this move, "followed by
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loses to 5...Qxg2, for example 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3
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Now the obvious 5.Nxf7 473:, derived from an offshoot of the 14: 288: 281: 274: 267: 260: 253: 246: 239: 232: 225: 218: 211: 204: 197: 190: 183: 176: 169: 162: 155: 148: 141: 134: 127: 120: 113: 106: 99: 92: 85: 78: 71: 65: 943:Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings 599:exd4 5.c3 d5 6.exd5 Qe7+ 7.Kf1 672:, since White cannot take the 1: 842:The Oxford Companion to Chess 661:reputedly used it to win one 603:. If 5...dxc3, White has the 769:The Modern Chess Instructor 422:The Modern Chess Instructor 397:1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 1014: 668:The opening is not a true 525: 467:Blackburne Shilling Gambit 20:Blackburne Shilling Gambit 962:The Mammoth Book of Chess 24: 704:(in light of 13.Qxa5). 559:New Zealand Championship 532:to describe chess moves. 847:Oxford University Press 659:Joseph Henry Blackburne 547:Modern Chess Instructor 721:List of chess openings 938:Matanović, Aleksandar 615:after 6.Nxc3 d6 7.d4 950:. p. 242, n. 1. 586:International Master 21: 530:algebraic notation 528:This article uses 516:after the Serbian 886:B.T. Batsford Ltd 625:Wolfgang Unzicker 463: 462: 387: 386: 1005: 973: 960:Graham Burgess, 958: 952: 951: 934: 928: 927: 925: 924: 915:. Archived from 909: 900: 899: 882:The Italian Game 878:Botterill, G. 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ECO
Wilhelm Steinitz
Legend
Blackburne
Italian Game
chess opening
Italian Game
e4
e5
Nf3
Nc6
Bc4
Nd4
?!
grandmaster
Borislav Kostić
algebraic notation
Wilhelm Steinitz
chessgames.com
Dunlop
New Zealand Championship
trap
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International Master
Jeremy Silman
Paul Keres
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initiative
center

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