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| Moves | 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | C50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Origin | Wilhelm Steinitz, The Modern Chess Instructor, Part II, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named after | Legend on Blackburne (see text) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Italian Game | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonym(s) | Kostić Gambit Shilling Gambit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Blackburne Shilling Gambit or the Schilling-Kostić gambit is the name facetiously given to a dubious chess opening, derived from an offshoot of the Italian Game, that begins:
It is also sometimes referred to as the Kostić Gambit after the Serbian grandmaster Borislav Kostić, who played it in the early 20th century.[1]