Jerome Gambit, Over the Board, Around the World

From a recent email:


Dear Rick,

I send you a Jerome Gambit played yesterday in the championship in my city (Chivilcoy, Buenos Aires province, Argentina). The game... shows that there are brave players who dare to play the Jerome. The game was played 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment. The characters are low level players, but Carlos Barsoba has read the few articles of yours that I have translated into Spanish in my website.

Regards!

-- 
Julio Alberto González
NotiChess Ediciones
Web: www.notichess.com.ar


Many thanks, Julio! My thanks, as well, to Sr. Barsoba, for his play of the Jerome Gambit!

Barsoba,C - Gomez,F
Chivilcoy CACh Mayor Chivilcoy ARG, 2012


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bc4 h6 

5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.Qh5+ Kf8 

Alternatives: 7...Ng6; 7...Ke6; and 7...g6.


8.Qxe5


Not 8.f4? Nf6-+


8...d6


From The Database: 8...Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Qf6+ 10.Qxf6+ gxf6 11.Nd5 c6 12.Nc3 d5 13.d3 d4 14.Ne2 Bg4 15.Nxd4 Ne7 16.Bf4 Rd8 17.Nb3 b6 18.h3 Be6 19.Nd2 f5 20.Rhe1 Rg8 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Nf3 h5 23.Ng5 Nd5 24.Ne6+ Ke7 25.Nxd8+ Kxd8 26.Be3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Kxe8 29.Re1+ Kd7 30.Re5 Be6 31.Rxh5 Black resigned, kardiuno - Brillig, FICS, 2006.


9.Qf4+ Qf6 10.Qxf6+ 


Instead, 10.Nd5!? Qxf4 11.Nxf4 Kf7 12.c3 Nf6 13.d4 Bb6 14.f3 Re8.


10...Nxf6 

11.0-0 Kf7 12.d3 Rf8 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Kg8 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.exd5 Bd7 

18.Rf1+ Kg8 19.h3 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Kxf8 21.Kf2 Kf7 22.g4 h5 23.Kg3 hxg4 24.hxg4 g5 

25.c4 Kf6 26.d4 Be8 27.e4 c5 28.dxc6 Bxc6 29.Kf3 a6 30.Ke3 b5 

31.d5? 


Better 31.cxb5 Bxb5 32.b3 Ke7-+.


31...Bd7 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Kd4 Bxg4 34.e5+ dxe5+ 35.Kc5 Bd7 36.Kd6 Be8 37.Kc7 Bg6 38.d6 Bf5 

 39.b4 g4 40.a4 g3 41.axb5 g2 42.b6 g1Q 43.d7 Bxd7 


Or 43...Qc1+ 44.Kb7 Be4+ 45.Ka6 Qc4+ 46.Ka5 Qd5+ 47.b5 Qd2+ 48.Ka4 Bc2+ 49.Ka3 Qc3+ 50.Ka2 Qb3+ 51.Ka1 Qb1#


44.Kxd7 Qxb6 White resigned