Showing posts with label NightEagle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NightEagle. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit Mystery

I have added to The Database some more Jerome Gambit (and Jerome-ish) games played online at FICS from the first quarter of 2020. Making my way through some of them, I came upon a small mystery.

Here is the game. By the way, drumme is well-versed in the Jerome Gambit, having 589 games in The Database, scoring 55%.

drumme - talyprossoneri
4 0 blitz, FICS, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nx6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Ke7 9.d3 Black resigned

Black's resignation is puzzling. He has two extra pieces for four pawns - perhaps a practical challenge in a 4-minute game (for the record, in the 45 games in The Database with this position, Black won only 16, and drew 2) - an advantage that Komodo 10 assesses at about a pawn and a half.

Maybe the outside world intruded to call him away. 

If the reason was chessic, I can make a guess. Suppose talyprossoneri was intending on playing the pawn capture and fork 9...Nxc2+, followed by 10.Kd1 Nxa1 - when he suddenly realized that his opponent would then have 11.Bg5+, as in paddjaa - vlas, blitz, FICS, 2011, which would lead to checkmate after 11...Nf6 12.Qxf6+ Ke8 13.Qg6+. Ouch.




analysis diagram





However, Black did not have to go after the poisoned Rook, as he had at least two other reasonable moves to consider.

The first was 9...Ne6, although, after 10.Bg5+ Nxg5 11.Qxg5+ Black still has to solve the problem of the f6 square and the d8-h4 diagonal. A 1-minute game, jollygeoff - brouchek 1 0 lightning, FICS, 2016, finished things off from that position with 11...Kf7? 12.Qxd8 and Black resigned a few moves later. The proper response was 11...Nf6, as after 12.e5 Kf7 13.exf6 Qxf6




analysis diagram




Black's two Bishops (one, the extra piece) are probably better than White's three extra pawns.

The second choice for Black is the somewhat stronger (according to Komodo 10) 9...Nf6, as long as the defender meets 10.e5 with 10...Ke6!? (Instead, 10...Ne8? was seen in KingAsh - NightEagle, 1 0 lightning, FICS, 2015 [1-0, 40, time forfeit], when the game should have continued with 11.Bg5+, again leading to checkmate). Best, then, for White would be 11.exf6 Qxf6, as opposed to 11.0-0, from GOH - gruzanin, blitz, FICS, 2013 (1-0, 42, time forfeit).




Analysis position







In club play, of course, in both cases, White might have some practical chances with his three passed, connected passed pawns against the enemy Bishop. Especially, as we have seen in some of the example games, time appeared to be on the attacker's side.

Monday, January 13, 2020

Jerome Gambit Fun

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I have been playing through new and unexamined games in the updated The Database. There are many entertaining and educational games - and one player (among many) who caught my eye was DANNYALBERTO, at FICS. He shows up mostly with Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambits (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+) with the occasional Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+) thrown in, from 2015 to the present. (He scores a very decent 64%.)

Check out the following end-of-the-game positions, just a few among many. The kind of fun that they represent is what draws many club players to the Jerome Gambit and various Jerome-ish lines.


DANNYALBERTO - Tseatsy, blitz, FICS, 2016

DANNYALBERTO - boggus, blitz, FICS 2016

DANNYALBERTO - NightEagle, blitz, FICS, 2017

DANNYALBERTO - fluters, blitz, FICS, 2019

Monday, July 31, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Explosive

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I recently received two Jerome Gambit games from chessfriend shugart, who plays at FICS. We have seen his games here before

His willingness to play at lightning time control continues to explode my brain.

One thing that helps in his play is familiarity with the opening, as the notes to the following game will show. (There might even be the chance that he reads this blog, and has picked up a tip or two.)

shugart - NightEagle
lightning, FICS, 2017

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4



The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+

The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7

In what appears to be a quick blitz game, shugart easily dealt with his opponent declining the gift: 4...Ke7 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.c3 d3 8.Qf3 h6 9.Qxd3 d6 10.O-O Be6 11.Qe2 Qe8 12.d4 Kd7 13.Qb5+ Kc8 14.Qxe8 checkmate, shugart - snob, blitz, FICS, 2013.

5.Nxe5+

The alternative 5.Nxd4 is a hybrid line that has also been played by Jerome Gambiteers such as drumme, HauntedKnight, JKELSEY and Wall:  5...exd4 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qe5+ Ne7 9.Qxh8 d6 10.Qxh7 Qd7 11.O-O Qg4 12.f3 Qg5 13.d3 Qf6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Nb3 Bg8 16.Qh3 Be6 17.Qg3 Kd7 18.Bg5 Qf7 19.Bxe7 Bxe7 20.Nd2 Rh8 21.Rae1?! Bh4 22.Qf4? Qxf4 23.e5 Bxe1 (23...Qxh2+!) 24.Rxe1 Qxh2+ 25.Kf2 Qh4+ 26.Kg1 dxe5 White resigned, shugart -Yaman, lightning, FICS, 2014.

5...Ke8

(5...Ke6 6.Qh5 Nxc2+ 7.Kd1 Nxa1 8.Qf7+ Kxe5 9.f4+ Kd6 10.e5+ Kc6 11.Nc3 b5 12.Qd5+ Kb6 13.Qxb5 checkmate shugart - Manoelo, blitz, FICS, 2013)

6.Qh5+ Ke7

Necessary was 6...g6, but shugart has some experience with that, too: 7.Nxg6 hxg6 (7...Nf6 8.Qe5+ Ne6 (8...Be7 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 (9...Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Qxe7 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12.Kxc2 d6 13.d3 Be6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Bg5 Rhg8 16.Bxf6+ Kxf6 17.g3 Raf8 18.f4 Ke7 19.Rae1 Kd7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 Bg4 22.Rhe1 Kc8 23.Ne4 h5 24.Nd6+ Kd7 25.Nxb7 Rf7 26.Nc5+ Kc7 27.Re7+ Rxe7 28.Rxe7+ Kb6 29.Ne4 Bf3 30.Kd2 h4 31.Ng5 Bd5 32.gxh4 Bxa2 33.h5 Rh8 34.Rh7 Rf8 35.Ke3 Re8+ 36.Kf3 Bd5+ 37.Kg3 Re2 38.Ne4 Rxb2 39.h6 Rb3 40.Nf2 a5 41.Re7 Bg8 42.h7 Bxh7 43.Rxh7 a4 44.Rh8 Kc5 45.Ra8 a3 46.h4 Kd4 47.h5 Ke3 48.h6 Rb7 49.Rxa3 Rh7 50.Rc3 Kd4 51.Rxc6 Black resigned, shugart - Sutarsa, blitz, FICS, 2013) 10.Qxd4 Nxe4 11.0–0 Rg8 12.d3 c5 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.dxe4 Black resigned, shugart - smarcek, blitz, FICS, 2014) 9.Nxh8 Qe7 10.0–0 Qg7 11.f4 Qxh8 12.f5 Bd6 13.Qc3 Nc5 14.e5 Nce4 15.Qd4 c5 16.Qe3 Bxe5 17.d3 Bd4 18.Qxd4 cxd4 19.dxe4 d6 20.Bg5 Bd7 21.Nd2 Qg7 22.h4 h6 23.Bf4 Nh5 24.Bxd6 Ng3 25.Rf3 Bc6 26.Re1 Kd7 27.e5 Rf8 28.f6 Rxf6 White forfeited on time, shugart -Yaman, lightning, FICS, 2014) 8.Qxh8 Ne7 9.Qxd4 c6 10.0–0 d6 11.d3 Bd7 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.f4 c5 14.Qc3 b5 15.Bxe7 Bxe7 16.Qh8+ Bf8 17.Qf6 Be7 18.Qxg6+ Kd8 19.Nc3 Be8 20.Qg4 b4 21.Nd5 Qd7 22.Qxd7+ Bxd7 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.h3 Rg8 25.Kh2 Bc6 26.g4 d5 27.e5 Ke6 28.Rae1 d4 29.f5+ Kd5 30.e6 Be8 31.f6 Rf8 32.f7 Bc6 33.e7 Rxf7 34.Rxf7 Kd6 35.e8Q Bxe8 36.Rxe8 Kc6 37.Rxa7 Kd5 38.Rb8 c4 39.Rxb4 cxd3 40.cxd3 Kc5 41.Rb8 Kd5 42.Rb3 Ke6 43.Raa3 Kd5 44.Kg3 Black forfeited on time, shugart - Yaman, lightning, FICS, 2014. 

7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Qd5+

Okay, okay, hold on a minute...

8...Ke7 9.Qf7+

Acceptable, but unnecessarily time-consuming, is 9.Qxd4, e.g. 9...Nf6 10.O-O d6 11.Nc4 Be6 12.Ne3 Kf7 13.f4 Be7 14.f5 Bd7 15.Nd5 Re8 16.Nxf6 Bxf6 17.Qd5+ Kf8 18.d3 Bc6 19.Qb3 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qh4 21.Nd2 Bb6 22.Nf3 Qf6 23.Bd2 Rad8 24.Bg5 Qf7 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.Qxf7+ Kxf7 27.a4 a5 28.c3 Bd7 29.b4 axb4 30.cxb4 Be3 31.Ra2 Bc6 32.b5 Bd7 33.Re2 Bb6 34.e5 dxe5 35.Nxe5+ Kg8 36.Nxd7 Rxd7 37.Rd2 Rf7 38.d4 Rd7 39.d5 Rd6 40.g4 Kf7 41.h4 Kf6 42.Kg2 Kf7 43.Kg3 Bc5 44.Kf4 Bb6 45.Ke4 Ba5 46.Kf4 Bxd2+ 47.Kf3 Ba5 48.Rd1 Bb6 White forfeited on time, shugart - Yaman, lightning, FICS, 2015.

9...Kd6 10.Nc4+ 

That's it.

10...Kc5 11.Qd5+ Kb4 12.c3+ Ka4 13.Qa5 checkmate






Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat...

The other day I was having fun with a Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nc4 4.Bxf7+) and looked at a sideline that I had not analyzed before. I felt like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat.

Well, not quite.

perrypawnpusher - JokeritT
blitz 6 12, FICS, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4


4.Bxf7+

A good look at this line can be found in "Please, don't do that..." and "It's a good thing I read this blog".

4...Kxf7

No Jedi Mind Tricks.

5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6


7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Qxg6+


Taking the pawn is more prudent than taking the Rook: 8.Qxh8 Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa8 10.Qxg8 Qg5, when White's King is in more danger than Black's.


 



analysis diagram






8...Ke7 9. Qg5+ Nf6


I've analyzed this position enough to know that now after 10.Qc5+ d6 11.Qxd4 White has 4 pawns for his piece – and that computers give Black the edge, while humans are okay with the compensation.

But what about the other sharp move in the position? I didn't remember looking at that one. I thought I'd give it a try.

10. e5

Down two pieces, White offers a Rook! 

10... Nxc2+

And Black goes for it – which turns out to be a mistake.

As much fun as this line is, I have to admit that if Black had not been greedy, but played 10... Kf7 instead,  I'd have nothing more to work with than 11.Kd1, and then it looks like Black has good responses in 11...Rg8, 11...Bg7 and 11...Be7.

For example, 10...Kf7 11. Kd1 Rg8 12. Qxf6+ Qxf6 13. exf6 Rxg2 14. d3 d5 15. h3 Kxf6 and White's two Kingside pawns do not make up for the missing piece, especially since Black has the two Bishops.






analysis diagram





More encouraging for White (and thus, misleading) was for Black to decline the Rook offer with 10...Rg8, as in GOH - NightEagle, lightning, FICS, 2009: 10...Rg8 11.exf6+ Ke8 12.Qh5+ Rg6 13.Qxg6 checkmate.

I'm glad that I was not aware of GOH's game at the time I played JokeritT.

11. Kd1

11...Nxa1

Black needed to reconsider his chances and play 11... Ke6. White's best choice would likely then be to let the air out of the position with 12.Kxc2, when 12...Rg8 13.Qxf6+ Qxf6 14.exf6 Rxg2 was a likely followup. 

The position would be similar to the analysis diagram after Black's 10th move, although Black and White would have the same number of pieces, and White can develop his while Black scoops up the loose pawns on the Kingside.  






analysis diagram





In a game that I was unaware of until I was writing this post, I discovered that the alternative 11...Ke8 led to a disastrous outcome for the second player: 12.Qg6+ Ke7 13.Qxf6+ Ke8 14.Qg6+ Ke7 15.Qxc2 d5 16.exd6+ cxd6 17.Qe4+ Kd7 18.Nc3 a6 19.d4 Kc7 20.Bf4 Qf6 21.Nd5+ Black resigned, themuppeteer - risbo, blitz, FICS, 2005

I wish I had seen that game before taking on JokeritT.

12.Qxf6+


This is what I offered the Rook for.

12...Ke8 13.Qg6+ Ke7 14. d4


14...d6 15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. Bxd8 Kxd8


17.Qf6+ Be7

Slightly better was 17...Kd7, although after 18.Qxh8 White would have a Queen and a handful of passed pawns against Black's two Bishops. 

18. Qxh8+Kd7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Qg7+ Be7


21. Re1 Kc6 22. Qxe7 Bg4+ 23. f3 Bf5 24. Qc5+ Kd7 25. Qxf5+ Kc6 26. Qc5+ Kd7 27. Re7+ Kc8 28. Qxc7 checkmate


Tah dah!