Turnabout is Fair (Counter)Play

I play the various Jerome Gambits so I can attack.

It is not as much fun when my opponent comes gunning for my King.

As this game shows, my defensive skills could use a bit of a boost.

perrypawnpusher - vlas
blitz, FICS, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
 

4.Bxf7+

This is my 3rd Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit against vlas.

4...Kxf7

4...Ke7 led to an 84-move win for me in perrypawnpusher - vlas, blitz, FICS, 2010.

5.Nxe5+ Ke8

Again, 5...Ke7 my opponent's choice in an earlier game perrypawnpusher - vlas, blitz, FICS, 2009.

6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxg6+ Ke7 9.Qg5+ Nf6

10.Qc5+ d6 11.Qxd4

White has four pawns for his sacrificed piece. The position is dynamically equal.

11...c5 12.Qe3 Bh6 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.f3 Be6

This is an improvement over perrypawnpusher - foreverblackman, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 21).

15.Nc3

After the game Rybka had a hard time figuring out what to do here, giving this line: 15.g3 Kd7 16.Nc3 Bg7 17.b3 Nh5 18.Rf1 Bh3 19.Rh1 Be6 20.Rf1 Bh3 repeating the position.

15...Qg8 16.d3 Bxc1 17.Rxc1 Qg5

18.Rd1 Rag8 19.Kf1

Rybka shows the right way to defend & counterattack, and eventually has Black repeating the position for a draw: 19.g3 Rh3 20.Qf2 Rf8 21.f4 Ng4 22.Qg2 Qh6 23.e5 dxe5 24.Qxb7+ Ke8 25.Rd2 exf4 26.Rf1 Rf5 27.Ne4 Kd8 28.Qb8+ Bc8 29.Rxf4 Rxg3 30.hxg3 Qh1+ 31.Ke2 Qg2+ 32.Kd1 Qg1+ 33.Ke2.

I am definitely not a computer, but I should have been able to find 19.g3 instead of the text, which is an error.

Now Black blasts my game apart.

19...Nh5 20.Rd2 Ng3+ 21.hxg3 Rxh1+ 22.Kf2 Qxg3+ 23.Ke3 Re1 White resigned