Chess Board
[ECO code C50]
BLACKBURNE SHILLING GAMBIT
Trap Var. - Smothered Mate
White's worst scenario QB4(c4) Bishop to K2(e2) blocks White's queen check [better is 7.Q-K2..KtxQ].
Black's Q5(d4) Knight moves to KB6(f3) for a smothered mate! Blackburn used to trap café visitors with this line for a shilling a stake.
    White  Black	White  Black
 1. P-K4   P-K4	     5.	KtxBP?? QxKtP
 2. Kt-KB3 Kt-QB3    6.	R-B1   QxKP ch
 3. B-B4   Kt-Q5!?   7.	B-K2? Kt-B6 mate
 4. KtxP?? Q-Kt4
Checkmate: Undo or Jump or Mates or Clear