Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (23)

A game wherin the human discovers that, all jokes aside (see "Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (22)") that the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) isn't a "forced draw" after all...



RevvedUp - Fritz 8
blitz 2 12, 2006

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6


7.f4 d6
Dutifully returning one of the sacrificed pieces. As Eric Schiller wrote about the Jerome Gambit in his Unorthodox Chess Openings (1998, 2002), "Being two pieces up has its advantages!"

8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Qh3+


9...Ke7

Too bad! Earlier, RevvedUp had played 9...Kd6, and Crafty 19.19, troubled by it's self-assessment of being in a lost position, forced a draw by repetition -- which Black readily agreed to.

10.Qh4+ Nf6 11.d3 Kf7 12.Nc3 Ng4 13.Rf1+

Fritz8 is looking to start some trouble, but so is RevvedUp. An alternative to consider was 13.Bg5 Qd4 14.0-0-0.

13...Kg6 14.Qg3 Be7 15.Ke2

White's King is very uncomfortable. His Queen is, too.

15...Bh4 16.Qf3 Be6 17.h3 Nh2 18.Qe3 Nxf1 19.Kxf1 Rf8+ 20.Ke2 Qf6 21.Nd5 Qf1+ 22.Kd2 Bxd5 23.exd5 Bg5 White resigns