Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Just Like That


Sometimes a Jerome Gambit game unfolds rather simply, as jfhumphrey shows in the game below.

jfhumphrey - chalomaria
blitz, FICS, 2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bd6 



I was surprised to see this "reasonable" move appear 64 times in The Database. White scores 67% against it.

7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.Qd5+ Kf6 9.f4 Qe7 10.fxe5+ Qxe5 11.O-O+ Black resigned

Black will lose his Queen and/or be checkmated.

graphic by Jeff Bucchino, The Wizard of Draws

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