Poison

A recent game from FICS again shows the dangers associated with an alternative to defending the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5, the "Line of Play Everyone Should Know About"


meijinmike - Shahin
blitz, FICS, 2012


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 

4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.d4 

6.Qg4+ is a playable alternative.


6...d6 7.d5+


Offering a taste of poison. Black should now flee from temptation with 7...Ke7.


7...Kxe5 8.Qh5+ g5 

8...Kf6 was seen in iplayforsean - Leftang, blitz, FICS, 2008.


9.f4+ Kd4 10.0-0 


This relaxed move wins nicely. Readers might want to look at the three retrograde moves, 10.Qd1+,  10.Qe2, and 10.Qf3, and find the mates associated with them as well.


10...Kc5 11.Be3+ Kb5 12.Qe2+ Nc4 13.Na3+ Ka6 14.Qxc4+ Black resigned