Monday, June 27, 2011

Understanding Less and Less

Ah, yes, the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), the duck-billed platypus of chess openings, misunderstood and maligned...



perrypawnpusher  - Mences
blitz, FICS, 2011

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


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6


7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 b6 9.Qe3


Usually the White Queen gets booted away by the d-pawn (as in our previous game), but Black plans to put his light-squared Bishop on the a8-h1 diagonal.

9...N8e7 10.f4 Nc6 11.f5 Nge5 12.d4 Nc4 13.Qd3 N4a5


Usually the Knights pile up on the Kingside. This could be a risky idea if the Bishop goes to b7, too.

14.0-0 Bb7 15.Nc3 Qc8

At this point, I was quite confused as to my opponent's intentions. Move-by-move, I understood less and less.

16.Qg3


This is the right idea (attack the Kingside) but even "righter" was 16.f6.

16...Rg8 17.f6 Rf8 18.Qxg7 Nxd4 19.Qe7 checkmate

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