Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Ms. Jerome Gambit Killer

As given in an earlier blog post (see "Les Femmes des Echecs... & the Jerome Gambit") I lost my first Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) in a 3 0 game at FICS:  perrypawnpusher - MsD, blitz, FICS, 2009.

The other day I was wondering if MsD had played against other Jerome Gambits and other Jerome-ish openings, so I checked out the updated New Year's Database.  I was quite impressed by what I found: in 35 games, she had accumulated 33 wins and 2 losses, scoring 96%!

Here is one example.

Daisuke - MsD
blitz, FICS, 2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4


6...Bxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.f4 Nc6


11.Qe3 Rf8 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Qd4


14.Qxd4 Nxd4 15.exf6 Nxc2 16.fxg7+ Kxg7 White resigned


graphic by Jeff Bucchino, the Wizard of Draws



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