Theoretical Vision

Apparently guided by a vision of one of the more striking refutations of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) my opponent hammered out his strong 8th and 9th moves. He seemed a bit unsure about his 10th move, however, and with his 11th – the position was quite complicated – he sealed the game. 

perrypawnpusher - mikelars
blitz, FICS, 2011

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6

perrypawnpusher - mikelars, blitz, 2010 (1-0, 26) and perrypawnpusher - mikelars, blitz, 2011 (1-0, 50) continued 6...Ng6.

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nf3+

It is hard to imagine that my opponent got to this position from the Nibs Defense without some knowledge beforehand – it is a lot to figure out in a blitz game. Perhaps he saw my post on the line from a month earlier?

10.Kf1 Nxh2+ 11.Kg2 Nf6

Forgetting something...

12.gxh4 Black resigned

Care to bet that next time he will get it right and grab the full point? I'm thinking: YES.