The Perfesser continues his experiment with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+)...
The Perfesser - Talking LCD Chess (2 ply)
casual game 2003
The really interesting games, however, occurred when I set the computer on higher levels. At "two ply" it played the better 6...Ke6 and ... well, I thought I was lost, but look what happened!
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Rf1 Nf6 10.Qe2
10...Ke7 11.d3 Bg4 12.Qd2 Kf7 13.Qg5 Qd7 14.Nc3 Bd4
15.Nd5 Rhd8 16.Nxf6 gxf6 17.Rxf6+ Ke8 18.Qg8+ Ke7 19.Qf7# 
I like this miniature because Black's moves are fairly natural and his doom falls more or less unexpectedly. The culprits are 14...Bd4? throwing away the advantage (almost any other reasonable move, like 14...c6 or even 14...h6, is still winning) and 15...Rhd8? handing White the game (where 15...Raf8 would still leave the issue in doubt). Note that 15...Qd8, defending the Knight a third time, drops the B/g4.
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graphic by Jeff Bucchino, "The Wizard of Draws"
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