Thursday, July 26, 2012

Which One Wins?


A standard defensive theme in Jerome Gambit games is that of Black exchanging Queens and heading for the endgame, where the second player plans to show that his extra piece is worth more than White's extra pawns. While this might be an optimal strategy in classically-timed games between masters, at lower skill levels, especially in quick games, it can lead to a win for the player who is more comfortable (or more bold) in the resulting positions.


Play over the following game quickly. Which would you rather have, the extra piece or the extra pawns?

Philidor1792" - NN 
2012


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 Qe7 8.Qxe7+ Kxe7 9.c3 Kf7 10.d4 Be7 11.Bf4 Nf6 12.Nd2 d6 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Bg3 Bg5 16.Nf3 Bf4 17.Rd1 Bxg3 18.hxg3 Nb6 19.Rh5 Bg4 20.Rh4 Bxf3 21.gxf3 h6 22.Rhd4 Ke7 23.f4 Rad8 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rxd8 Kxd8 26.Kd2 Kd7 27.b3 Ke6 28.c4 g6 29.Kd3 Nd7 30.Ke4 Nc5+ 31.Kd4 b6 32.b4 Nd7 33.Ke4 Nb8 34.g4 Nc6 35.f5+ gxf5+ 36.gxf5+ Ke7 37.a3 h5 38.f6+ Ke6 39.f4 h4 40.Kf3 Nd4+ 41.Kg4 Nf5 42.b5 Ne3+ 43.Kxh4 Nxc4 44.Kh5 Kf7 45.Kg5 Nxa3 46.e6+ Kxe6 47.Kg6 Nxb5 48.f5+ Kd5 49.f7 Black resigned

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