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The winner of the recent ChessWorld Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament, AsceticKingK9, won 27 of his 28 games, primarily using the strategy: play ordinary chess until your opponent makes a mistake, apply the pressure, and when he falters, crush him.

The following game is a good example: Black's King keeps finding the wrong square to go to, and that proves lethal.

AsceticKingK9 - Luke Warm
Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament,
ChessWorld, 2011

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4+ 7.c3

For a look at earlier coverage of this move, see "Gloom and Doom" and "On the Sidelines."

7...Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 Ng6 9.0-0 d6 10.f4 Ke8 11.f5 N6e7 12.Bg5 h6

With his extra King move, Black leveled the game (before that, he was winning) and with this impatient move (curiously, 12...Kf8 might have kept things even) he lets White's Queen in.

13.Qh5+ Kf8

Uncomfortable as it looks, the logical 13...Kd7 14.e5 Qe8 was the way to hang on.

14.f6 gxf6 15.Bxf6 Rh7 16.Bxe7+ Black resigned

The double, discovered check is enough for Black to strike his colors.