Showing posts with label leobrazer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leobrazer. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Counter-Gambit Rumble


While it has been suggested that "the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it", there are those who prefer to go one step further, and offer their own aggressive gambit in turn.

Philidor1792 - Stranger
Casual Game, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 


About 4 years ago this blog discussed ways to approach this move (instead of 4...Bc5) in "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense" Parts 1, 2, 3, 4.

4.Bxf7+ 


As we have seen earlier in Philidor1792's play, after the alternative 4.Bb3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ we would have a Delayed Jerome Gambit (see "Jerome Gambit-Inspired Play (Part 4)")


An early peek at this 4.Bxf7+ line occurred in "What's Going On Here?", and an early game was presented in "Opening Tale"; but much of what is in The Database on this line is from Philidor1792's games. (In some, below, he appears as "You".)

By the way, all of the referenced games can now be found in The Database.


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+


Some alternatives:


5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 in sTpny - yimansmellsbad, FICS, 2011 (0-1, 28); 


5.Ng5+ in caovas - tomi36, 1 1 blitz, lichess.org, 2013 (1-0, 27) and KillerBishop - TheMentalist, 40 5, lichess.org, 2013 (0-1, 17); 


5.d4 d5 (5...exd4 6.e5, yorgos - perrypawnpusher, blitz, FICS 2009, [1-0, 48]) in tomas2013 - tomi36, 1 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2013 (1-0, 22);


5.d3 d5 (5... d6 in viejoasquerosos - Killyourking, Redhotpawn.com, 2004 [0-1, 27]) cnselway - boycey, net-chess.com, 2001 (0-1, 11); and, finally


5.0-0 Bc5 6.Nc3,  leobrazer - perrypawnpusher, blitz, FICS, 2009 (0-1, 48), transposes into a variation of the Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit. 


5...Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4 


The alternative 6...Ng6 (met with 7.e5) was seen in Philidor1792 - Guest805466, 3 1 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 62);  You-Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 16)) You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 17);  Philidor1792 - guest1278, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 29); Philidor1792 - Guest691264, 3 0 blitz, Play.ChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 14); and Philidor1792 - Juppzupp, 3 0 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 24).


Instead, 6...Nc6 (also met by 7.e5) was seen in Philidor1792 - guest345, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 15);  Philidor1792 - guest3018, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (½-½, 24);  Philidor1792 - guest1334, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 20); You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 18); and Philidor1792 - Guest292640, 5 0 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 50).


Also seen was 6...Nc4 (also met with 7.e5You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 26). 


7.e5 Nxf2 


I hope Readers have stayed through all of the history and games above, as this game is about to get very violent. After all, Black has two extra pieces, and he can use them as he wishes.

8.Kxf2 Ne4+ 9.Ke1 Qh4+ 10.g3 Nxg3 11.Qf3+



11...Nf5+ 12.Kd1 g6 13.c3 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Qxh6 15.Nd2 Kg7



Black's counter-attack has slowed, but he still has the advantage - starting with a safer King.


16.Ne4 Ne3+ 17.Ke2 Rf8 


At this point, Black's plans begin to go haywire - shortness of time?


18.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kxe3 


The game is even - but not for long.


19...d5 20.Nf6 Bf5 21.Nxd5 Be4 22.Kxe4 c6 




23.Nc7 g5 24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.Rhf1 h5 26.Rf6 Rh8 27.Raf1 Black resigned


Sunday, March 1, 2009

Be careful what you wish for...

I am pleased that this blog is read all around the world (Mauritania: yes; Cape Verde Islands: yes; North Korea: no; China: no) and I hope readers try out a few of the strategies and tactics shared here by the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde – even the silly ideas, obviously reflective of Western decadence...

Sometimes, though, it seems that this broader knowledge of the Jerome Gambit (and its relatives) has a chance to come back and haunt me (see, for example, "Where are all of these Jeromes coming from?").

Today, for example, I was minding my own business, looking for a 3 0 blitz game on FICS – admittedly, way too fast a time control for an addled mind like my own – when suddenly familiarity struck!


leobrazer - perrypawnpusher
blitz 3 0, FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
The good old Two Knights Defense.

4.Bxf7+
Ha! says my opponent (in my imagination, anyhow).

Oh, bother! say I (to myself). In a three-minute game, of all things...

4...Kxf7 5.0-0 Bc5


Transposing to a "modern" Jerome Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0 Nf6.

6.Nc3 Rf8 7.Ng5+

Trickier and stronger was the thematic 7.Nxe5+, when 7...Nxe5 8.d4 Bd6 9.f4 Nc6 10.e5 Kg8 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Be3 is okay for Black, although I would have probably chosen 7...Kg8 instead.

7...Kg8 8.d3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qxd5

Move quickly, avoid a blunder, I have an extra piece...

11.Bd2 Bf5 12.c4 Qd7 13.Bc3 Qxd3 14.Qxd3 Bxd3

Faster, faster, a piece up in the endgame still wins...

15.Rfe1 Bxc4

Too fast: missing 15...Bxf2+

16.b3 Bf7

Ditto.

17.Nf3 Rae8 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bd6

Better 19...Bxb3. The clock is ticking down, but I have more time than my opponent, who now slips...

20.Re4 Rxe5 21.Rxe5 Bxe5

Home free: just have to play Beat The Clock...

22.Re1 Re8 23.g3 Bd4 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Kg2 Bg6 26.Kf3 Bb1

We were banging out moves here.

27.Ke2 Bxa2 28.Kd3 Bf6 29.b4 Kf7 30.f4 Ke6 31.Ke4 Be7 32.f5+ Kf6 33.g4 Bxb4 34.h3 a5


There's enough time left for this to decide the game.

35.Kd4 a4 36.h4 h6 37.g5+ hxg5 38.hxg5+ Kxf5 39.Ke3 a3 40.Ke2 Bb3 41.Ke3 a2 42.g6 a1Q 43.Kf3 Qf1+ 44.Ke3 Bc5+ 45.Kd2 Qf3 46.Kc1 Qf2 47.Kb1 Qc2+ 48.Ka1 Qa2 checkmate

Whew!