Saturday, July 17, 2010

Once A Year

I was wandering through the updated New Years Database and noticed that about once a year someone playing the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) makes a particular unfortunate oversight and gets crushed...

drumme - Cascagians
blitz, FICS, 2010

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


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


6...Qf6 7.dxe5 Qxf2 checkmate 


Last year the same moves (and result) showed up in Nusiance - acuriel, blitz FICS 2009.

Two years ago, the Black Queen went to h4, instead, with the same outcome: 6...Qh4 7.dxe5 Qxf2 checkmate, stretto - DjinnKahn, FICS, 2008.

Take care: Forwarned is forarmed!

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