Jerome Gambit Tournament: Chapter XVIII

Here is my last game of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) thematic tournament – and a good thing, too.

I was very lucky in this game, getting away with playing "routine" moves – several of which could have been punished, if my opponent had been a bit less "routine" himself.

Still, as noted in "Overrated!" the win here gave me a final score of 16 - 2, and first place in the tournament by three points.

brain50 - perrypawnpusher
JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net, 2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4


As noted elsewhere ("Jerome Gambit Tournament: Chapter XV"), brain50's main line for the tournament.

5...exd4


5...Nxd4 6.Nxe5+ Kf8 7.Nc3 d6 8.Nc4 Qf6 9.0–0 Be6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Ne4 Qe7 12.h3 h6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Nxc5 Bxf1 15.Qxf1 Qxc5 16.Kh1 Qd6 White lost on time, brain50 - Kevin the fruitbat, JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

5...Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Na3 d6 9.c3 Nf6 10.Qg5 Ne6 11.Nc4 Nxg5 12.Bxg5 h6 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.0–0 g5 15.h3 Be6 16.Na3 Ke7 17.Nb5 a6 18.f3 Ng3 19.Na3 Kd7 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Bc5 b6 22.Bf2 Ne2+ White resigned, brain50 - blackburne/JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

6.0-0

6.c3 Qe7 7.0–0 Ne5 8.Ng5+ Ke8 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qh4 d6 11.f4 dxc3+ 12.Kh1 h6 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Rf7 Qd6 15.Nxc3 Bb4 16.a3 Bxc3 White lost on time, brain50 - Temmo, JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

6...d6

6...Nge7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qf3 Ne5 10.Qf4 d6 11.Nd2 Kg7 12.Ndf3 Rf8 13.Qh4 h6 14.Nh3 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 h5 16.Qg5 Bxh3 17.Qh6+ Kg8 18.Re1 Rf7 19.Qd2 d5 20.e5 Nc6 21.e6 Rxf3 22.Qh6 Qf6 23.Bg5 Qf5 24.Bh4 d3 25.Be7 Qg4+ 26.Kh1 Qg2 checkmate, brain50 - Sir Osis of the Liverm JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

6...d5 7.Ng5+ Kf8 8.Qf3+ Nf6 9.exd5 Qxd5 10.Ne4 Qxe4 11.Qb3 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7 13.Nd2 Qg4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qf3 Rg8 16.Qxf6+ Ke8 17.Rfe1+ Ne7 18.Kf1 Bxg2+ 19.Kg1 Bf3+ 20.Kf1 Qg2 checkmate,Temmo - Kevin the fruitbat, JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

7.Nbd2


7.Bf4 Ke8 8.c3 dxc3 9.Nxc3 Be6 10.h3 Nf6 11.g4 h6 12.Kg2 Qe7 13.Na4 Rd8 14.Nxc5 Bc8 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 dxc5 17.Qa4+ c6 18.Rae1 Kf7 19.e5 Nd5 20.Bg3 Nb6 21.e6+ Bxe6 22.Qf4+ Qf6 23.Qc7+ Qe7 24.Kh2 Qxc7 25.Bxc7 Rd2 26.Kg1 Rxb2 27.Bd6 Rxa2 28.Kg2 Bd5+ 29.Kg3 c4 30.Re7+ Kg6 31.h4 Ra3+ 32.f3 Ra2 33.h5+ Kf6 34.Rxb7 Re8 35.Bf4 Re7 36.Be3 Rxb7 37.g5+ hxg5 White resigned, brain50 - Gary_Seven,JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

7.Re1 Nf6 8.Ng5+ Kf8 9.e5 dxe5 10.c3 d3 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.Qb3 Qd7 13.Na3 h6 14.h3 hxg5 15.hxg4 Nxg4 16.Rf1 Qf5 17.Rae1 Nxf2 18.g3 Rh1+ 19.Kg2 Qh3+ 20.Kf3 g4 White resigned, brain50 - hogmaster, JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

Rybka suggests 7.c3 dxc3 8.Nxc3 with an advantage to Black.

7...Nf6 TN

Black is a piece up, his King will soon be castled-by-hand, and a nice, calm game would suit me fine.
7...Bg4 8.Re1 Ne5 9.h3 Nxf3+ 10.Nxf3 Be6 11.Ng5+ Ke7 12.e5 d5 13.Kh1 h6 14.Qh5 Qe8 15.Qh4 Kd7 16.Nf3 Ne7 17.Bf4 g5 18.Bxg5 hxg5 White lost on time. brain50 - drewbear, JG3 thematic www.chessworld.net 2008

8.Nc4 Re8 9.Qe2 Rxe4

This capture is a blunder and should drop a Rook: the proper move is 9...Nxe4
10.Qd3

Simply 10.Ng5+ followed by 11.Nxe4 puts White back into the game.
10...Kg8 11.Bg5 Re8 12.Rae1 Bd7

White is better developed, but with nothing going on, Black has a chance to catch up -- and he does have that extra piece.

13.Rxe8+ Bxe8 14.Re1 Bf7 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.h3 Re8 17.Rxe8+ Bxe8



18.Kh2 Ne5

Again, throwing away a piece. Developing with the simple 18...Bg6 was better.

19.Nfxe5
Unfortunately capturing with the wrong Knight. 19.Ncxe5 Kf8 (19...dxe5 20.Qc4+ Bf7 21.Qxc5) 20.Nc4 left Black with only a small advantage.
19...dxe5 20.a3 e4 21.Qxe4 Bc6 22.Qg4 Qxf2 23.Ne5 Bd6

24.Qc8+ Qf8 25.Qxf8+
Trading Queens is the equivalent of resigning, although after the better 25.Qe6+, protecting the pinned Knight, Black still is losing.
25...Kxf8 White resigns.