Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Again the Nightmare


In light of the earlier "The Pawns! The Pawns!", alternate titles for this post easily came to mind, such as "Nothing Succeeds Like Excess" or "Too Much is Not Enough" - but whatever you call it, today we see more bad dreams for Black, thanks to the "Jerome pawns."

Wall, Bill - Atacan

PlayChess.com, 2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 




4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 



7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 




9...Be6


Also seen is 9...N8e7, from perrypawnpusher - rsiemon, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0,23).


10.f4


Or 10.O-O, as in Wall,B - Parsom, Chess.com, 2010, (1-0, 25).


10...Bd7


The Bishop can  also go the other way, 10...Bf7, as in perrypawnpusher - Kingsmeal, blitz, FICS, 2010 (0-1, 25) and perrypawnpusher - GabrielChime, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 33).


A more spirited reply is 10...Qh4+, as in perrypawnpusher - udofink, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 29). 


11.O-O N8e7 12.d4


Or 12.f5 as in perrypawnpusher - nmuffjgp, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 23).


12...h5


Black looks like he wants to join in the pawn fun, but he soon is out-played.


13.c4 h4 14.b4 h3 15.g3 Bg4 16.f5 Nf8 17.d5



The "Jerome pawns" in all their (initial) glory.


A humorous alternative, pointed out by Bill, is 17.Rf4 Bh5 18.Rh4 winning Black's advanced pawn.


17...c6 18.a4 cxd5 19.exd5 Qc7 20.Rf4 Bd1



Humorous, but Black cannot really afford this levity.


21.Nc3 Bc2 22.f6 gxf6 23.Nb5 Qb6 24.c5 dxc5 25.bxc5 Qa5




Now comes the finish, and the "Jerome pawns" do their part.


26.Rxf6 Qd8 27.Nd6+ Kd7 28.Nxb7 Qe8 29.c6+ Kc7 30.d6+ Kxc6 31.Qc5+ Kxb7 32.Qc7+ Ka6 33.d7+ Black resigned




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