Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Four Walls

Bill Wall likes to collect miniature games of chess. When it comes to the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) and related openings, he likes to play miniature games, as well.

Wall - Alexshiva
chess.com, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Bxf7+ Ke7 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d4 Ke8 7.dxe5 Black resigned



Wall - Apple69
Chess.com, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 Nxc2+ 8.Kd1 Nxa1 9.Nxh8+ Ke7 10.Qe5 checkmate



Wall - Cheesepie
Chess.com, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Qf6 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qxc7+ Black resigned



Wall - Gebba
Chess.com, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ Qd6 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.e5 Ng4 11.Qf4+ Black resigned
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2010 at 4:12 PM

    This and the previous post are fascinating. I never really thought 4. Bxf7+ was playable. Now I'll give it a second look.

    I actually studied under Bill Wall in the mid-1990s. Great guy and chess teacher.

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  2. Rick KennedyFebruary 11, 2010 at 5:10 PM

    Thanks for the comment!

    Readers are encouraged to roam through this site, and especially stop at the posts "But - Is this stuff playable? (Part I)" and "(Part II)" which serve as the "fine print" of the blog.

    The Jerome Gambit can be great fun and a ton of excitement, as long as you follow your opponent's lead and not take it too seriously.

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