Showing posts with label valud. Show all posts
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Friday, August 16, 2013

Chess Marches On (Again)


I was wandering through The Database again, enjoying how the theory of the Jerome Gambit and its relatives has developed over the years, when I ran into the following position from dusanmunja  - valud, blitz, FICS, 2013

It had again been reached through a nameless opening variation that had been Jerome-ized: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 4.Bxf7+ (or 4.Nxe5) 
Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Ng6+ Kf6

A search of The Database showed that this position had been reached twice before, both leading to wins for White.

First was JakartaGuy - SwoopingCrane, standard, FICS, 2005 which continued 8.Nxh8 g5 9.d4 h6 10.Qf3+ Kg7 11.Ng6 d5 12.Ne5 Nf6 13.Nc3 Bb4 14.0-0 Bxc3 15.bxc3 dxe4 16.Qe3 Qd6 17.f3 c5 18.fxe4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nc6 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.e5 Qd5 22.exf6+ Kf7 23.Qe7+ Kg8 24.Qg7 checkmate

The second was chessforce - bbrom, blitz, FICS, 2010, which concluded more swiftly 8.Nxh8 g6 9.Qxa5  Black resigned

Of course, dusanmunja, in this year's game, was able to improve upon the play of both of his predecessors (Chess marches on!) by playing 8.Qf5 checkmate.















8.Qf5# 1-0