Monday, December 21, 2009

Jerome Gambit Quiz #1

This is the first in a series of quizzes to test the reader's understanding of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) and related openings.The answer to each quiz can be found at the end of the following day's post.

Here we see that White, who is used to "throwing around pieces" in the Jerome Gambit, has decided to switch his fourth and fifth moves, playing 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5, instead of the usual 4.Bxf7+ and then 5.Nxe5.

What do you think? What are some of the benefits of this line? What are some of the difficulties it creates?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Seems patzy - after black takes the horsey he defends f7 and attacks the bishop on c4 so white has to waste a move to attend to that. I can't think of an advantage of it.