More Jerome-Inspired Games (Part 1)

Philidor 1792 - guest45
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 02.12.2013

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Bxf7+ 

A good introduction to this line (games and analysis) can be found at "Jerome Gambit-Inspired Play (Part 8)".

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Kg8 6.0-0 

Varying from 6.Qf3 of Philidor 1792 - guest564, 3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013, (1-0, 56)

6...d6 7.Nf3 

An improvement over 7.Qe2 and 7.Qf3 of earlier games (see above).

7...Bg4 8.d3 Nf6 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bf7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7

13.c4 Nc6 14.Nc3 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Qb3 Nce7 17.Bd2 Kg6 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxa7 Rxb2 20.Ne4 Nc6

White has snagged a pawn, and keeps pace with his opponent, making small gains when he can and hoping that Black's undeveloped dark-square Bishop and Rook will prove costly.

21.Qa4 Ne5 22.f4 Nf7 23.Rab1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Bd6 25.Qc6 Nf6 26.Bc3 Bxf4 27.Nxf6 gxf6 

This natural recapture was a slip (possibly due to time). Necessary was 27...Qd3, when, after 28.Qe4+ Qxe4+ 29.Nxe4 the game would be roughly equal.

28.Qe4+ Black Resigned

White's outside passed pawn gives him the advantage.