I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for... the Jerome Gambit

There's nothing quite like steaming through a 3 0 blitz game with Black on the way to my next Jerome Gambit with White – when I get Jeromed by my opponent.

Sigh.

Be true to the Gemeinde and lose, or play my best and swipe the point?

Hardly a question at all. I'll make it up to the Jerome Gambiteers next post.

vbartenev - perrypawnpusher
blitz 3 0, FICS, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nh3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

Arrgghh! I've been struck a mortal blow!

I note other recent games by my opponent with the Jerome theme:

vbartenev  - papaguy
blitz. FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.h4 Bc5 7.c3 Ng4 8.b4 Bxf2+ 9.Kf1 Be3 10.Na3 Bxc1 11.Qxc1 d6 12.d4 Rf8 13.Nc4 Kg8 14.Qc2 exd4 15.cxd4 Nxd4 16.Qd3 Nxf3 17.gxf3 Qf6 18.Ke2 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Qc4+ Be6 21.Qxc7 Qb2+ 22.Kd3 Qa3+ 23.Qc3 Rxf3+ 24.Kd4 Qxc3# 0-1


vbartenev - jneid
blitz, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.d3 Bc5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.a3 a5 8.h3 b5 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 d5 11.Nc3 d4 12.exd4 Nxd4 13.Nxe5+ Ke6 14.Ng6 Re8 15.e5 Ng8 16.Qg4+ Nf5 17.Qxf5# 1-0


vbartenev - fearlesss
blitz, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 a6 4.d3 b5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxe5 Bg7 9.Qd5+ Ke8 10.Qxa8 Ne7 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.a4 Qd8 14.axb5 axb5 15.c3 Rg8 16.Re1 h5 17.Nb3 Be5 18.d4 Bf6 19.e5 Be7 20.d5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 d6 22.Re2 g5 23.Nd4 Bd7 24.Nc6 Qxa8 25.Rxa8+ Kf7 26.Rxg8 Kxg8 27.Nxe7+ Kg7 28.Bxg5 Bg4 29.Re3 Bd1 30.Nc6 1-0


vbartenev  - Roso
blitz, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 Nxe5 6.Nxe5 dxe5 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Bxg8 Rxg8 10.0-0 Bd6 11.Rd1 g5 12.c4 c5 13.Rxd6+ 1-0


vbartenev  - ChronicKnight
blitz, FICS, 2010
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 Bf6 8.Qd5+ Kg6 9.e5 Be7 10.h4 c6 11.h5+ Kf5 12.g4+ Kxg4 13.Qe4# 1-0

vbartenev may be new to the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde, but I must say: Welcome!

As for our game, it is presented for the record, as long as readers understand that as the time evaporated, we both made some silly moves...

4...Kxf7 5.d3

I'm not much of a fan of 5.Ng5+ in the Jerome, but it might be useful here, to force the Black King to the back rank and hold up the development of his Rook.

Also possible is 5.Qe2, threatening the forking check at c4. Even if Black defends his Bishop with 5...d6, White can try 6.Qc4+, as Black's King is driven back (6...Kg6 is met with 7.f4) since 6...Be6 loses to 7.Ng5+.

5...Rf8 6.Bg5 Kg8 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Qe2 Nd4 9.Qd2 d6 10.c3 Ne6 11.b4 Nxg5 12.Nxg5 Bb6 13.a3 c6 14.Qa2+ d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.c4 h6 17.Nf3 e4 18.dxe4 Nxe4 19.O-O Be6 20.cxd5 Qxd5 21.Qd2 Qxd2

Best forget that last bit...

22.Nbxd2 Nxd2 23.Rab1 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxf3 25.Rfe1 Bxf2+ 26.Kh1 Bxe1 27.Rxe1 Bd5 28.Kg1 Raf8 29.Rd1 Bc6 30.Rc1 Rxa3 31.Re1 Ra2 32.h4 Rd8 33.Rc1 Rg2+ 34.Kf1 Rdd2 35.Rxc6 Rdf2+ 36.Ke1 bxc6 37.h5 Ra2 38.Kf1 Rgb2 White resigned