We continue with some more of Philidor1792's high speed, high octane games with the Evans-Jerome Gambit.
It is again appropriate to quote from Bullet Chess One Minute to Mate by Hikaru Nakamura and Bruce Harper on the issue and impact of time
When these famous games are analyzed, the psychological tension and effects of time trouble are often downplayed. In fact, a blunder in time trouble is sometimes looked on as a lucky win by the opponent, rather than the logical result of the previous play. But even in normal tournament chess neither player has unlimited time, and in bullet chess [3 0 blitz, too - Rick] time is a key element of almost every position.
Philidor 1792 - guest1321
blitz 3 0, game 3, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
Once again, the Evans Gambit.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxf7+
And the Evans-Jerome Gambit.
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qf5+ Kd6
10.Ba3+ c5 11.d4
A new approach. Last post we looked at the sacrifice 11.Bxc5+.
11...Qf6
This is probably Black's strongest response.
Later games: 11...Nc6 12.Qxc5+ Kc7 13.Qd6+ Kb6 14.Nd2 Qe7 (14...a6 15.Bc5+ Kb5 16.a4# Philidor 1792 - guest1321, blitz 3 0, game 7, www.bereg.ru, 2013) 15.Rb1+ Ka6 16.Qd5 Qxa3 17.Qb5#, Philidor 1792 - guest1321, blitz 3 0, game 5, www.bereg.ru 2013.
12.dxe5+ Qxe5 13.Bxc5+ Kxc5 14.Qxe5+ Black resigned
The Evans Gambit can be deadly in fast blitz games, and when White adds a dash of Jerome Gambit as well, things can get very wild.
It is fun to quote from Bullet Chess One Minute to Mate by Hikaru Nakamura and Bruce Harper on the issue and impact of time
What chess pedants often don't emphasize sufficiently are the psychological and competitive aspects of chess. Great attacking players like Tal often so confused their opponents that they grew short of time and lost their way (and the game). This was risky, of course, because there could be no guarantee that the opponent would get into time trouble, much less make a mistake as a result.
Philidor 1792 - guest1321
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru (1), 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
The Evans Gambit.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxf7+
The Evans-Jerome Gambit, played as early as 1877 by Charlick in his win against Holloway; only, in that game, Black played 5...Bc5.
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qf5+ Kd6
10.Ba3+ c5 11.Bxc5+ Kxc5 12.Qxe5+ Kb6 13.Qd6+ Kb5 14.Na3+ Ka4 15.Qd4+ Kxa3 16.Qc5+ Ka4 17.Qc4+ Ka3 18.Qb3 checkmate
When a defender plays the Blackburne Shilling gambit he or she is alreading taking on a certain level of risk. When White responds with the "Jerome treatment", this riskiness increases. When Black's King goes wandering in search of winning material, he must know when to turn back, or the level of risk becomes fatal.
rrjuly - aLmaLja
blitz, FICS, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
The Blackburne Shilling Gambit.
4.Bxf7+
The Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.c3 Kxe5 7.cxd4+ Kxd4
More prudent Kings have tip-toed away with 7...Ke6.
8.d3 Bb4+
Instead, 8...Ke5 is the safest way to go, although White still keeps the pressure on with 9.Qh5+, perrypawnpusher - PunisherABD, blitz, FICS, 2009 (1-0,27).
9.Nc3 c6
Again, heading toward home with 9...Bxc3+ 10.bxc3+ Ke5 is the most prudent course (beware of 10...Kxc3 11.Qb3+ Kd4 12.Qd5+ Kc3 13.Qc4#) although again, White is better with 11.Qh5+, perrypawnpusher - AdamRou, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 28).
10.Bf4
Even stronger was 10.Qh5 Nf6 11.Be3+ Kxd3 12.Qe2# Wall,B - apollyon2010, Chess.com, 2010.
10...Bxc3+ 11.bxc3+
11...Kxc3
At this point 11...Kc5 12.Qa4 Qa5 13.Qxa5+ b5 14.Bc7 d6 15.Qb4 checkmate, is not much of an alternative.
12.Qb3+ Kd4 13.Qc4 checkmate
