You snooze, you lose...

There are many ways to lose a Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game – with either the white pieces or the black pieces.

Inattention, or dozing during the game, often leads to trajedy. It happens to all of us.

Here are a few recent examples:

jairaramb - ahdtjs
blitz FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.Qh5 Nf6 7.Kd1 Nxh5 White resigned


brazucanl - faunen
blitz FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.0-0 d6 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Qf7 checkmate


Ronels - sarosha
blitz FICS, 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.Qf7+ Kd6 11.Qd5+ Ke7 12.Qg5+ Nf6 13.Qe5 checkmate


kcis  - Chicagin
standard game, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg8 7.0-0 h6 8.Nd5 hxg5 White resigned


kingpro - Frikoo
standard game FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.Nc4 Qh4 7.c3 Qxe4+ 8.Kf1 Qd3+ White resigned


crazyyugo  - Sirpooba
standard game FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.c3 Na5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Ke8 7.Qh5+ Ke7 8.Ng6+ Kd6 9.Qd5 checkmate