Saturday, June 26, 2010

Speaking of Bill Wall...

Speaking of Jerome Gambit Gemeinde member Bill Wall (see my reference in "Off Road Rambling"), he recently sent another handful of Jerome Gambit games – which I, of course, dutifully added to the updated New Year's Database: now containing over 18,300 Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+), and Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.0-0/4.Nc3/4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+) games (and free for the asking).

Here's a quick game where Bill stares a Jerome Gambit refutation in the eye: and his opponent blinks first.

Wall,B - Sepoli
Chess.com, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6


7.Qxe5 Qe7

Whistler's Defense, a powerful anti-Jerome Gambit gambit. 

8.Qxh8


Wow! He takes the Rook...

8...Qf6

As far as I know, 8...Qxe4+ instead here is crushing.

Has Bill discovered something new?? Or is this another "Jerome Gamble"?

We can't tell from this game, as Black is playing only "half" a Whistler Defense.

9.Qxh7+ Kf8 10.0-0 Black resigned




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