I have been sharing some recently uncovered games by Ukranian player Vladymyr Yurev, online at InstantChess.com. It is clear that he and his opponents are playing for fun, as evidenced by the nasty, brutish and short wins by White.
Here is a game where Vladymyr took it seriously on the chin. I suspect he chuckled and set the pieces up again.
Vladymyr Yurev - GN ITA
15 0, InstantChess, 2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
The Semi-Italian opening, generally played as a safety first line. Not so, if White wants to get all Jerome-ish.
4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Qf6 7.Nf5 d6
Uh, oh.. Things don't seem to be going smoothly for White.
8.Qd5+ Be6 9.Nxd6+
The start of an irrational streak, the kind of thing that you see when your opponent's clock is almost expired, and you are willing to try anything to get him to use up those last precious seconds thinking...
9...Bxd6 10.Qxe6+ Qxe6 11.e5
Okay, so White is going to blow everything up and start all over, next game.
11...Qxe5+ 12.Kd2 Qd4+ 13.Ke2 Re8+ 14.Kf3 Ne5+
Or 14...Qe4#.
15.Kg3 Nd3+
Or 15...Qg4#.
16.Kh3 Nxf2 checkmate
Oh, well, as the song goes, "Two out of three ain't bad."
As mentioned in the previous post, recently I was exploring the internet and ran across a number of fun games by Vladymyr Yurev, of Ukraine, at InstantChess.com. Some were Jerome Gambits, some were Jerome-ish.
Clearly some of his opponents did not know what to make of his openings, and succumbed quickly.
Here is another example.
Vladymyr Yurev - Elsid
15 0, Instant Chess, 2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
The Semi-Italian Opening. Safety first.
4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Nf6 6.dxe5 Nxe4 7.Qd5+ Ke8 Black resigned
Black will drop his Knight on e4, remaining a pawn down, but it is clear that his resignation had to do with not knowing what hit him.
I was exploring the internet the other day, and ran across a number of fun games by Vladymyr Yurev, of Ukraine, at InstantChess.com. Some games were Jerome Gambits, some were Jerome-ish.
Clearly some of his opponents did not know what to make of his openings, and succumbed quickly.
Here is one example.
Vladymyr Yurev - MELVYN20
Instant Chess, 2017
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
The Semi-Italian Opening. Black pursues safety by keeping the enemy Knight off of g5.
4.Bxf7+
Not everyone waits for ...Bc5 before sacrificing.
4...Kxf7 5.d4 Ke8 6.d5 Nb8 7.Nxe5 d6 8.Qh5+ Ke7 9.Qf7 checkmate
Ouch!
Nice work, Mr. Yurev!
