1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 {Bird's Defence to Lopez. A good choice and playable at the lower levels. Armed with a few lines of theory and the traps Black gets to choose the opening path before White's bum gets warm.} 4.Bc4 {4.Nxd4 is the recommended path and if you adopt this defence then the theory from here should be known. After 4.Bc4 Black can catch the unwary with Blackburne's Shilling trap, especially if White is not a 3.Bc4 player, he may never have seen it before. See the next game} 4...Nf6 5.Nxe5 d5 6.Bxd5 Bb4 {This is not very good but if it was designed to confuse his opponent then it worked. White's best is now Bxf7+ and c3 but instead White goes for the Knight fork and the board becomes alive with tricks.} 7.Nxf7 Bg4 {Black refuses to be intimidated. I'm always glad when enterprising play is rewarded.} 8.f3 Nxd5 {The Queen gets tossed onto the fire as the four minor pieces create havoc.} 9.Nxd8 Ne3 10.fxg4 0-0 {Perfect. All games should go like this. Sac a Queen, sac a Bishop, castle (the theme of this blog) and mate.} 11.c3 Nxg2
As mentioned in the previous game. The Blackburne Shilling Trap from the Bird’s.
I was wating to see anyone would notice.
I have spun the 2nd image.