Eyeblink Chess: Crash

It can be an exciting challenge to be successful with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), even when it is played well.

To play the opening poorly is an invitation to disaster. It also seems to be a betrayal of the opening itself. Witness:

Arcetri - dworm
blitz FICS, 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Qxg5 6.d3 White resigned


ocho - Aquanaut
blitz FICS, 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Qxg5 6.d3 Qxg2 White resigned


xxkrsevenxx - mscp
blitz FICS, 2001
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Qxg5 6.d4 Qxg2 White resigned


akhnaten - fafner
blitz FICS, 1999
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.Qh5+ Nxh5 White resigned


BillieBob - SuperCanuck
blitz FICS, 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d3 Qf8 6.Ng5+ Kg6 7.h4 Qxf2 checkmate


Superpippo - kostik
blitz FICS, 2001
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Qxg5 6.d4 Qxg2 7.Qh5+ g6 White resigned


Relax, readers. This blog, and the support of the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde will help you avoid such crashes.