After introducing the mangled-Jerome-Gambit line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5 from a game by MrJoker in "Why So Serious?", with a caution not to try out White's move (premature in the Jerome), I almost immediately had to post Bill Wall's interest in investigating where angels fear to tread, so to speak (see "Relatively Speaking").
Who could be surprised by the following email I just received?
(I love working on this blog!)
Rick,
After Joker recommended not to play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5, I decided
to take the challenge and play it. I am glad to see that there are 130 games of this variation
in the ChessBase Big Database 2012. Here are two more to add to the collection.
Wall - Guest2075193, www.playchess.com, Nov 10, 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5 (instead of Jerome's move with 4.Bxf7!?) 4...Nh6
(most common and better is 5.Nxe5) 5.Qh5 (may be a new move. Previously played has
been 5.Ng4) 5...O-O? (doesn't look good. Best seems 5...Qf6, threatening 6...Qxf2+)
6.Nxc6 Bxf2+ (6...bxc6 7.Qxc5) 7.Kxf2 dxc6 (now Black threatens 8...Qd4+ and 9...Qxc4)8.d3 Bg4(perhaps 8...Ng4+) 9.Qc5 Qh4+ 10.Kf1 (or 10.g3) 10...Kh8? 11.Bg5 Qh5
12.Be7 Rfe8 13.Qxh5 Bxh5 14.Bg5 Ng8 15.Nd2 b5 16.Bb3 h6 17.Bf4 Re7 18.h3 g5
19.Be3 a5 20.g4 Bg6 21.a4 Kh7 22.h4 and Black resigned 1-0
Wall - Guest2095477, www.playchess.com, Nov 10, 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Bxf2+ 5.Kxf2 Nxe5 6.Be2 Qf6+ (perhaps a
new move. 6...Qh4+ has been played in the past) 7.Kg1 Ne7 (perhaps 7...c5 or 7...Nc6)
8.d4 N5g6 9.Nc3 c6? (9...O-O) 10.e5 Qh4?? (White now traps the queen. Perhaps
10...Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxe5. Not 10...Qf5? 11.Bg4. 10...Qe6 11.Ne4 looks good for White)
11.g3 Qh3 12.Bg4 and Black resigned 1-0 Bill
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