In the following game my opponent does not blow up the Jerome Gambit (which would have been bad enough) but takes it apart piece-by-piece.
perrypawnpusher - Nadante
blitz FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
Black's most popular response, according to the New Year's Database.
7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6
Before this game I was 7-1-2 from this position, certainly not a cause for alarm.
10.0-0 Kf7 11.f4
In the past I liked this move a bit better than 11.Nc3.
11...Re8
12.d3 Kg8
This move is a clear improvement over Comunista's 12...Nd5 (1-0, 29) and thehunterjames' 12...c5 (0-1, 25).
13.f5
This move is new to me. To recover from this game I will be studying the alternatives played by Louis Morin (mrjoker): 13.Nc3 (3 times), 13.h3 (2 times), 13.Nd2 and 13.Qf3.
13...Ne5 14.Nc3 c6
Black's Knights are sitting there like great big targets for the "Jerome pawns." It doesn't seem right for the White d-pawn to have to take two steps to get to d4; but h2-h3, preparing for g2-g4 (and dreaming of g4-g5) also seems slow.
15.d4
After the game Rybka recommended 15.h3, instead, although Black was still on top after: 15...Qb6 16.a4 Qxe3+ 17.Bxe3 d5.
15...Nc4
A bit stronger was 15...Nf7.
16.Qf3
Likewise, 16.Qd3 was a stronger move for White.
16...Qb6 17.Qd3 d5
Thematic, but 17...Nxb2 18.Bxb2 Qxb2 won a pawn.
18.e5
Both my opponent and I temporarily overlooked the fact that the White d-pawn is pinned by Black's Queen, and therefore it does not protect the pawn at e5.
White's best was 18.b3 Ne5 19.Qd1 Nxe4 20.Na4 Qc7 21.dxe5 but Black would still have been better.
18...Nd7
Simply 18...Nxe5.
19.b3
It was time for White to escape the pin with 19.Kh1, after which he would have an even game after Black returned his extra piece: 19...Ndxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe5.
19...Ncxe5 20.Qd1
I was not going to find the "computer-like" move 20.Qe3 in a blitz game, but it would have helped: 20...Nf6 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Qxb6 axb6 23.Bf4 Rxf5 and Black's advantage has not grown further.
20...Nf7
A person could get severe eyestrain looking for White's compensation for his sacrificed piece.
21.Na4 Qd8 22.Qh5
The Kingside is where the action is going to have to be if White wants to win, but it looks like the rest of his pieces didn't get the memo.
22...Nf6 23.Qh4 Ne4 24.Qg4
24...b5 25.Nc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Qf6 27.Bd2 Re4 28.Qf3 Ne5 29.Qh3 Ba6
30.Bc3 Re8 31.Rae1 b4 32.Rxe4 dxe4 33.Bxe5 Qxe5 34.Re1 Qf6
At this point, only a flat-out blunder by Black or severe time trouble for the second player will jeopardize my loss.
35.g4
Hope springs eternal...
35...Bc8 36.Qe3 Qh4 37.h3 Qf6
38.Kg2 Qe5 39.h4
If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs – if we had eggs.
39...Qd5 40.Kg3 a5 41.Re2 Qf7
My opponent was in no hurry.
42.Qd4 g6 43.Rxe4 Rxe4 44.Qxe4 gxf5 45.gxf5 Bxf5 46.Qxc6 Qg7+
47.Kh2 Qe5+ 48.Kg1 Qg3+ 49.Qg2 Qxg2+ 50.Kxg2 Bxc2
The rest of the game is "just a matter of technique."
51.Kf3 Kf7 52.Kf4 Ke6 53.c6 Kd6 54.c7 Kxc7 55.Ke5 Bb1 56.Kd5 Bxa2 57.Kc4 Kc6 58.h5 Bb1 59.h6 Bc2 White resigned
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