I just got clobbered in a 3-minute online game at FICS (I know, I know, I should know better than to play such fast games), playing the Black pieces against a Modern Jerome Gambit, by transposition (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d3).
My opponent, rated at the time about 300 points above me, shows up in about 75 games in the New Year's Database, scoring a reasonable 47% with the Jerome Gambit and its relatives. He has a legitimate claim to membership to the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde.
I will share the game, but a summary of it would be: I defended well for a half-dozen moves or so, then began to slip up, and then my opponent poured it on, crushing me.
Hats off to RattyMouse for some serious attacking play with the Jerome Gambit! His co-ordinated pieces over-whelmed me.
My enthusiasm for the game paled, however, when my opponent immediately posted upon my resignation: I wish I knew the words to express the contempt that I have for you.
I expected better, from myself.
Bruce: Do you know what it means to have "contempt" for your opponent?
Josh: No.
Bruce: It means to hate them. You have to hate them Josh, they hate you.
Josh: But I don't hate them.
Bruce: Well you'd better start.
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
I expected better, from myself.
I expected better, from my opponent, as well.
Maybe next time.
RattyMouse - perrypawnpusher
blitz 3 0, FICS, 2009
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Nf6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg8 7.c3 h6 8.Qb3+ d5 9.Nf3 Kh7 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Qc2 Rd8 12.d4+ g6 13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Qf7+ Kh8 17.Qxf6+ Kg8 18.Bxh6 Rd7 19.Ng5 a5 20.Nd2 a4 21.Nde4 a3 22.b3 Ra5 23.Ng3 Ra8 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Qg6+ Kh8 26.Nf7+ Rxf7 27.Qxf7 Rg8 28.Qxf5 Qc5 29.c4 Qe7 30.Bg5 Qg7 31.Bf6 Black resigned
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