Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (5)

Chess detective RevvedUp and his new partner, Hiarcs 8 continue the investigation into the Blackburne variation of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+).


RevvedUp - Hiarcs 8
2 12, 2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6



7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8

As in "Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (4)". This becomes the main avenue of exploration.
8...Qh4 9.0-0 Nf6

This is the right move, hemming in the Queen.

10.d3


As the Munoz brothers noted in the August 15, 1885 issue of the Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, White needed to try 10.Qd8.

10...Bh3

The same idea that RevvedUp had in the previous game (see "Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (4)) – except that it works here. White's only "hope" here now is 11.Qxf6+ Kxf6 12.gxh3, when he will have a Rook, a Knight and a Pawn for his Queen – but Black will have all the play.

11.Qxa8 Qg4 12.g3 Qf3 White resigns