A Bit Unusual, Again

Black's 6th move in the following Jerome Gambit is a bit unusual, but it has been covered on this blog: see "Wait 'Till Next Year!", "A couple of pawns among friends..." and "Jerome Gambit and The Perfesser (Part I)".

UNPREDICTABLE - Kjosavik
blitz, FICS, 2011

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf6

Not well thought out.

Before this game, The Database had 25 examples of this move, with White scoring 76%. (In 4 of the 6 White losses, understandably, the first player had overlooked White's next move.)

7.Qf5+ Ke7

The game has reached the same position as yesterday's. See "Alarming".

8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5

Simply capturing the Bishop, instead of playing around with 9.Qd5+ as in perrypawnpusher - Navarrra, blitz, FICS, 2011, (1-0, 26).

9...d6 10.Qe3 Nf6

White is a solid two pawns up.

11.d3 Re8 12.0-0 d5 13.f3 dxe4 14.fxe4 c6

15.e5

Somewhat impatient, although it is clear what is going on: White wants to use the pin on Black's Knight to win it with the pawn, although he temporarily overlooks the fact that the pawn, itself, is pinned by the Black Rook.

Ever-so-patiently Rybka suggests that White complete his development first: 15.Qc5 Qb6 16.Qxb6 axb6 17.b3 b5 18.Bb2 Kg6 19.a3 Bd7 20.Nd2 h6 21.Rf3 Be6 22.Raf1.

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This is not an "exciting" position, but White can safely look forward to making his extra material count.

15...Qb6

Overlooking the pin on the Knight. Rybka suggests that Black break the pin with 15...Kg8, but then recommends an exchange sacrifice for White: 16.d4 Nd5 17.Qe4 g6 18.Nc3 Bf5 19.Rxf5 gxf5 leading to and endgame where White's Bishop plus three pawns outrank Black's Rook, 20.Qxf5 Qb6 21.Nxd5 cxd5 22.c3 Rf8 23.Qg5+ Qg6 24.Qxg6+ hxg6.

analysis diagram







If only chess were as easy as Rybka makes it seem!

(No doubt Rybka would mutter, if it could: Humans don't win with the Jerome Gambit, they lose against it! There is a difference!)

16.Qxb6 axb6 17.exf6 gxf6

18.Nc3 Be6 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nd6+ Black resigned