It's a good thing I read this blog

It's a good thing that I caught Monday's post on the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (see "Please, don't do that..."), or I might have been unprepared for the following blitz encounter...

perrypawnpusher - adamzzzz
blitz 10 0, FICS 2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4


Tsk, tsk, tsk. Time to Jerome-ize.

4.Bxf7+

This caught my opponent by surprise. I could tell by his long think.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+


Discussed and recommended on the jeromegambit.blogspot.com blog.

8...Ke7 9.Qg5+ Ke8 10.Qe5+ Qe7 11.Qxd4

White has 4 pawns for his piece, and Black has yet to get over his sense of surprise.

11...Bg7 12.Qc4 Kd8 13.Nc3 Nf6 14.O-O c6 15.d4 d5


Of course, this move would be stronger with the Queen on d8.

16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5 18.Qxd5+ Qd7 19.Bg5+ Kc7 20.Qc5+ Qc6 21.Qxc6+ bxc6 22.c3 Rb8

A blitz slip, although it takes me a lucky moment to notice it.

23.b3 Rh5 24.Bf4+ Kb7 25.Bxb8 Kxb8 26.Rae1 Ba6 27.Re8+ Kc7 28.Rfe1 Bh6 29.R8e5 Rxe5 30.Rxe5


30...dxe5 was probably more consistent.

The rest of the game features two unencumbered Bishops against a Rook and a lot of targets, er, pawns. Fortune favored the Jerome...

30...Bd2 31.c4 Bc3 32.Re4 Bb7 33.d5 cxd5 34.cxd5 Bxd5 35.Re7+ Kb6 36.h4 Bf6 37.Rd7 Be6 38.Rd6+ Kc7 39.Rxe6 Black resigns