Wednesday, October 7, 2015

All Over But the Annotations


The following Jerome Gambit game was over so quickly, it only seems fair to continue with some "what if?" annotations - from earlier Bill Wall games.

Wall,B - Guest2892618
PlayChess.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf6



Black needed to either move his King to a safer square - 6...Ke6 - or block the check with 6...Ng6 or 6...g6

7.Qf5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Black resigned



Of course, Black could have continued with 8...Kf8 

(Instead, Wall, B - Guest1468523, PlayChess.com, 2013, continued: 8...Kf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qd5+ Ke7 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qg5 h6 13.Qxg7+ Ke6 14.d4 Black resigned.)

9.Qxc5+ d6 

(Or 9...Ne7 10.0-0 d6 11.Qe3 Be6 12.f4 Qd7 13.f5 Bf7 14.g4 Re8 15.d4 Bc4 16.Rf2 g6 17.Qc3 b5 18.b3 Bf7 19.Bh6+ Kg8 20.d5 Nxf5 21.gxf5 Re5 22.Nd2 gxf5 23.Qg3+ Bg6 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Qxc2 27.Rf8 checkmate,  Wall,B - SMNN, FICS, 2013.) 

10.Qb5 c6 

(Or 10...Nf6 11.d3 Bd7 12.Qxb7 h5 13.Nc3 h4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 h3 16.gxh3 Rxh3 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.f4 Rb8 19.0-0-0 Be6 20.Qd4 Bxa2 21.Qxa7 Be6 22.Qxc7 g6 23.f5 Black resigned, Wall,B - KSPF, FICS, 2011

11.Qc4 Nf6 12.0-0 b5 13.Qxc6 Be6 14.Qxb5 Rc8 15.d3 Rxc2 16.Nc3 Ng4 17.Qa4 Qh4 18.h3 Rxf2 19.Qxa7 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Qf2+ 21.Qxf2+  Black resigned, Wall, Bill - Guest733407, PlayChess.com, 2014.

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