Showing posts with label sickduck. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Just throw anything at them...



The nice thing about defending against the Jerome Gambit and its relatives is that you can defeat them by just throwing anything at them. I mean, just throw something, right? Anything?? Right???

geojim - sickduck
blitz, FICS, 2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Na5 


Here we have geojim, rated about 350 points below his opponent, looking for a really quiet Giuoco Piano, when his opponent decides to mix things up in a blitz game.

Sure, White can now play 5.Nxe5 with advantage, but what if he wanted to be just as snarky as his opponent?

5.Bxf7+ 

Ah, yes, the "Jerome treatment."

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Ke8 7.d4 Bd6 


8.Qh5+ Kf8 9.Qf7 checkmate


It's a sad, sad day when you have to take a foolish opening seriously.