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Friday, October 7, 2016

Jerome Gambit: Theory and Practice (Part 2)

Another game from Vlastimil Fejfar. His opponent fearlessly offers a piece (matching the one Vlasta offered in the opening) for active counter-play, but the followup is marred by some inaccuracies, and once again the Jerome Gambit - and the gambiteer! - triumphs.  

Vlastous 2344 - Iva 1816
ChessManiac.com, 2016

1 e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 




4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+
Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.Nc3 



Varying from the previous game of Vlasta's that we took a look at, which saw 10.0-0 instead.

10...Rf8 

Alternately:

10...Kf7 11.f4 (11.d4 Re8 12.O-O Bd7 13.f4 Kg8 14.f5 Ne7 15.Qf3 Nc6 16.Be3 Qe7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.dxc6 Bxc6 21.c4 Rae8 22.d5 Bd7 23.b3 Re2 24.f6 gxf6 25.Rxf6 Rf8 26.Rff1 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Rb2 28.Re1 Kf8 29.Re3 Rxa2 30.Rf3+ Ke8 31.Re3+ Kf8 32.Rf3+ Kg7 33.Re3 Kf6 34.Rf3+ Ke5 35.Rf7 Bf5 36.Rxc7 b6 37.Re7+ Kf6 38.Re3 a5 39.h3 h5 40.Rf3 Ke5 41.Rg3 a4 42.bxa4 Rxa4 43.Rb3 Rxc4 44.Rxb6 Kxd5 45.Rb5+ Ke4 46.Rb8 d5 47.Rh8 Bg6 48.Rg8 Kf5 49.Rf8+ Kg5 50.Rd8 d4 51.Rd5+ Kh6 52.g4 hxg4 53.hxg4 d3 54.g5+ Kh5 55.Ke1 Rg4 56.Kd2 Rxg5 57.Rd8 Rg2+ 58.Kd1 Kg5 59.Rd5+ Kf4 60.Rd8 Ke3 White resigned, mrjoker - serge57, Internet Chess Club, 2008) 11...Rf8 12.O-O Ng4 13.Qg3 Kg8 14.f5 N6e5 15.d4 Nf6 16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 dxe5 18.Bh6 Qe7 19.f6 Qf7 20.fxg7 Qxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Black resigned, shugart - Amanchous, FICS, 2013); or

10...Be6 11.d4 Qd7 (11...Qe7 12.O-O Kf7 13.f4 Bc4 14.Re1 Rhe8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nd5 17.Qf3+ Kg8 18.b3 Rf8 19.Qg3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Bd5 21.Qe3 c6 22.c4 Be6 23.Bd2 b6 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Rxf1 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.Qf3 Qxf3 28.gxf3 Nh4 29.Kf2 Nf5 30.Be3 Nxe3 31.Kxe3 Kf7 32.Ke4 Ke7 33.d5 cxd5+ 34.cxd5 Bh3 35.f4 g6 36.a3 Bf5+ 37.Kd4 h5 38.b4 Kd7 39.a4 a6 40.a5 bxa5 41.bxa5 Kc7 42.Kc5 Be4 43.e6 Bf5 44.d6+ Kd8 45.Kd5 Bh3 46.Ke5 Bg4 47.Kf6 Bf5 48.Kf7 Bxe6+ 49.Kxe6 Ke8 50.Kf6 Kd7 51.Kxg6 Kxd6 52.f5 Ke7 53.f6+ Kf8 54.f7 h4 55.h3 Ke7 56.Kg7 Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - chesstraininglab, FICS, 2008) 12.f4 Bf7 13.f5 Ne7 14.O-O Bc4 15.Re1 Kf7 16.h3 Rhe8 17.Qf2 Nc6 18.b3 Ba6 19.Bb2 b5 20.Rad1 b4 21.e5 bxc3 22.e6+ Black resigned, MrJoker - DamjanBlazeka, Internet Chess Club, 2011; or

10...Qe7 11.O-O Kf7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Qxe3 14.fxe3+ Ke7 15.d4 Bd7 16.g3 Bb5 17.Rf5 Rhf8 18.Rxf8 Rxf8 19.Bd2 Kd7 20.e4 c6 21.dxc6+ bxc6 22.d5 cxd5 23.exd5 Bc4 24.Bc3 Ne5 25.Rd1 g6 26.b3 Be2 27.Rb1 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Ng5 29.Re1 Bf3+ 30.Kg1 Bxd5 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Be4 33.Bd4 a6 34.c4 Bb1 35.a3 Ba2 36.b4 Bxc4+ 37.Kf2 d5 38.Ke3 Kc6 39.a4 Ne6 40.Be5 Bb3 41.a5 Kb5 42.Bd6 d4+ 43.Ke4 Bc2+ 44.Kd5 d3 Black resigned, Haroldlee123 - Knight32, ChessWorld JG6, 2011. 

11.d4 Ng4 12.Qg3 Qf6 



Black builds his pressure on f2. Perhaps he avoided the reasonable 12...Nxf2 because of 13.O-O!? 

13.f3 h5 

Bold! Daring White to open up his King by taking the piece. (The "objective" Stockfish 7 prefers the Knight retreat 13...Nh6.)

After White chases the enemy Queen away from her attack on the pawn at d4, he accepts the piece. 

14.Nd5 Qf7 15.fxg4 Bxg4 16.Be3 Rc8 



Both Kings will remain in the center, but White's will be safer, and the first player has an extra pawn.

17.Kd2 Qd7 

This is a tactical oversight, as it un-protects his Knight, making his Bishop loathe to move.

Vlasta is quick to respond.  

18.h3 h4 19.Qxg4 Qxg4 20.hxg4 c6 21.Nc3 b6


White is clearly better.

22.Raf1 Rc7 23.Rf5 Rh8 24.Rg5 Nf8 25.d5 c5 26.Nb5 Rd7 27.Bf4 Rh6 28.Rf5 Rf6 29.g5 Rxf5 30.exf5 



30...g6

Allowing checkmate, but Black's position was untenable. White's material advantage is too great; Black's King is too vulnerable.

31.Nxd6+ Kd8 32.Rxh4 gxf5 33.Rh8 Ke7 34.Be5 Ng6 35.Re8 checkmate