Another RHP Jerome Gambit Tournament - Game 1

Familiarity with the Jerome Gambit can give Black an edge in play, as may be the case in the following game.

(Yet, when I sent jankrb a message of congratulations for winning the tournament, he replied that he had never played in any other Jerome Gambit tournament, so he had no more games to share. Interesting.) 

eagleswing (1096) - jankrb (2055)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit Tournament, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4.Kxf7 5.c3

One of the "modern" (i.e. non-5.Nxe5+) lines in the Jerome Gambit which I have seen only in online play.

5...d5

Black is ahead in development and decides to open the position. His King's relative lack of safety is not a big issue.

6.d3 Bb6 7.Be3

If White wants to stir up mischief, he probably needs to try something like 7.Ng5+. Houdini 3 offers an interesting line which is ultimately good for Black, as White's Queen is at risk, but it is complicated and tricky and the second player might slip along the way: 7...Kf8 8.Qh5 Qf6 9.O-O dxe4 10.Nxh7+ Rxh7 11.Qxh7 Bf5 12.Qh8 exd3 13.Be3 g6 14.Qh7 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Re8 16.e4 Re7 17.Rxf5 gxf5 18.Qh5.

7...Bxe3 8.fxe3 dxe4 9.dxe4 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Nf6

Black is up a piece for a (doubled) pawn.

11.Nbd2 Rd8 12.h3

With this move White's game begins to unravel.

12...Nxe4 13.Ke2 Ng3+ 14.Kf2 Nxh1+ 15.Rxh1 Bf5

16.g4 Bg6 17.e4 Rd3 18.Ke2 Rad8 19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Ngf3 b5 21.b4 a5 22.bxa5 Nxa5 23.Rc1 Nc4

24.Nxc4 bxc4 25.Rc2 Bxe4 26.Nxe5 Rxh3 27.Rc1 Ra8 28.Nxc4 Rxa2+ 29.Nd2 Bg6 30.Kf2 Rxd2+ 31.Ke1 Rg2 32.Kf1 Be4 33.Re1 Rh1 checkmate

Another RHP Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 1)

As I mentioned earlier, while wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Since it has been a while since this blog covered a thematic tourney, I thought it would be nice to present all the games. (I have selected a few for individual attention.)

Here is the first round of the second tournament (won by ), starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

ZorroTheFox (1447) - BigD00 (973)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nd4 3.Nxd4 exd4 4.d3 a6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qxc5 b6 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.e5 Nh5 9.Bh6 d6 10.exd6 c5 11.Qd5+ Be6 12.Qf3+ Nf6 13.Qb7+ Bd7 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Qxa6 Ng4 16.Be3 Qh4 17.h3 Ne5 18.f4 Nc6 19.Ne4 Nb4 20.Qc4+ Be6 21.Qc3 Rhc8 22.Ng5+ Ke8 23.Nxe6 Nd5 24.Qd2 Rc6 25.Nc7+ Nxc7 26.dxc7 Rxc7 27.Rae1 Rd8 28.Bxc5+ Kf7 29.Bxb6 Rcd7 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rf3 Qf6 32.c3 Kg7 33.Qe3 Qf7 34.Qe5+ Kh6 35.Qg5+ Kg7 36.Re7 Rf8 37.Rxf7+ Rxf7 38.f5 Kf8 39.fxg6 hxg6 40.Qxg6 Black resigned


BigD00 (973) - ZorroTheFox (1447)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.c3 Nh6 3.Ng5+ Kg6 4.h4 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Nxd4 7.Rh3 Bxh3 8.gxh3 Qe7 9.Qd3 Nhf5 10.Nd2 Nxh4 11.b4 Bb6 12.f4 Rae8 13.Bb2 h6 14.Ngf3 Nhxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qxe4+ 17.Qxe4+ Rxe4+ 18.Kd2 Rg8 19.Rf1 Kf5 20.a4 g6 21.a5 Be3+ 22.Kd3 Bxf4 23.Ba1 Rge8 24.Bc3 Re3+ 25.Kd2 Rf3+ 26.Kc2 Rxf1 27.Kb3 Re3 28.h4 Be5 29.Kc4 Rxc3+ 30.Kb5 a6+ 31.Ka4 Ra1 checkmate


jankrb (2055) - eagleswing (1096)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.Nxe5+ Nxe5 3.Qh5+ Ng6 4.Qd5+ Ke8 5.Qxc5 N8e7 6.d4 d6 7.Qc4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Qxd5 Nxd5 10.c4 Nb4 11.Kd2 b6 12.Na3 a6 13.Kc3 a5 14.Nb5 Kf7 15.Nxc7 Ra7 16.Nb5 Re8 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Rae1 Kf8 22.d5 Nce5 23.Bxb6 Ra6 24.Bd4 Ng4 25.f3 Nf6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re3 f5 28.Rhe1 Kg7 29.g3 f4 30.Re7+ Nxe7 31.Rxe7+ Kh6 32.Rxb7 fxg3 33.hxg3 Rg6 34.c5 Rxg3 35.Rf7 Rg1 36.c6 Kg6 37.Rf4 Kg5 38.Rf8 Rf1 39.Kd4 Rd1+ 40.Kc5 a4 41.c7 Rc1+ 42.Kd6 Rc2 43.c8Q Rxc8 44.Rxc8 h5 45.Ke5 Black resigned


eagleswing (1096) - jankrb (2055)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(0-1) This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


musirapha (1874) - deriver69 (1410)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(1-0)This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


deriver69 (1410) - musirapha (1874)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(0-1) This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


Red House (1588) - Marko Krale (1562)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.Nc3 Bd6 3.d3 h6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nxd6+ cxd6 7.c3 Rf8 8.Re1 Kg8 9.d4 Re8 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.g3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bxh6 Qd8 16.Bg5 Rf8 17.Kg2 Qe8 18.a4 Bb7 19.Qc2 Nh7 20.Be3 Qf7 21.Qe2 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Qf6 23.Rb4 Bc8 24.Ra1 Nh8 25.Rc4 Nf7 26.h4 Nd8 27.Nh2 Qe7 28.Ng4 Nb7 29.Rc7 Nc5 30.f3 Nf6 31.Bg5 Qd8 32.Rxc5 dxc5 33.Nxe5 d6 34.Nc6 Qc7 35.Qd2 Bd7 36.Na5 Qb6 37.Nc4 Qc7 38.Bf4 Ne8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Bxe5 Qd8 41.Qe3 Qe7 42.Re1 Bb5 43.Nd2 Nd6 44.c4 Nxc4 45.Nxc4 Bxc4 46.d6 Qa7 47.Qg5 Rf7 48.Qg4 Bb5 49.Rd1 Rd8 50.Qe6 Qd7 51.Qd5 c4 52.Bf4 Qc6 53.Qe6 Qd7 54.Qg6 Qf5 55.Qxf5 Rxf5 56.Bg5 Rd7 57.Be7 Kf7 58.g4 Rc5 59.Kg3 c3 60.bxc3 Rxc3 61.g5 Bc6 62.Rf1 a5 63.Kg4 a4 64.f4 a3 65.h5 a2 66.g6+ Ke6 67.h6 gxh6 68.f5+ Kd5 69.g7 h5+ 70.Kh4 Kc5 71.g8Q Rc2 72.Qg1+ Kb5 73.Rb1+ Black resigned


Marko Krale (1562) - Red House (1588)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.d3 Re8 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Kg8 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 Rf8 8.Bxf6 Rxf6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.h3 Qg6 11.Kh2 Be6 12.c3 d5 13.Re1 Bxf2 14.Re2 Qg3+ 15.Kh1 Bxh3 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.gxh3 Rf8 18.Nh2 d4 19.Rb1 Ne7 20.cxd4 Qxd4 21.Qe2 Ng6 22.Rd1 Nf4 23.Qc2 c5 24.Nf3 Qe3 White resigned

RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 4)

While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Here is the fourth round of one of them, starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

buddhaboy (1472) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kf8 2.Bxg8 Kxg8 3.0-0 h6 4.c3 d6 5.b4 Bb6 6.a4 a6 7.a5 Ba7 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.d5 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Kh7 13.Nh4 Rf8 14.Qe2 Nxd5 15.Qg4 Rf6 16.Bb2 Nf4 17.Kh2 Nd3 18.Nf5 Rg6 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qf4+ 21.Qxf4 Nxf4 22.Rxg6 Kxg6 23.Rg1+ Kf6 24.Rxg7 Nd3 25.Ba1 d5 26.Rxc7 dxe4 27.Nxh6 e3 28.Ng4+ Black resigned

buddhaboy (1472) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.h4 Ke7 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Bg5+ Nf6 5.Nxe5 d6 6.Ng4 Nxc2+ 7.Qxc2 Bd4 8.Nd2 Bxg4 9.f3 Be6 10.0-0-0 Qd7 11.Nf1 c5 12.Kb1 Kf7 13.Ng3 h6 14.Bxf6 Kxf6 15.Nh5+ Kf7 16.Nf4 Rhf8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.f4 Kg8 19.f5 Qe5 20.Rhe1 b5 21.g4 a5 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 a4 24.Rh1 b4 25.Qc4+ d5 26.exd5 Bxb2 27.d6+ Rf7 28.g6 a3 29.Qxf7 checkmate

gbjames (1416) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Kf8 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 dxc3 7.Qb3 d5 8.Qxc3 Be7 9.Re1 dxe4 10.Qc4 Qd5 11.Ngxe4 Qxc4 12.Nxc4 Bf5 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.b3 Bd4 15.Be3 Bxa1 16.Rxa1 b6 17.Na3 a6 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.h3 b5 20.g4 Rc8 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Bc5+ Kf7 23.Nc2 Rhd8 24.Re1 Rd2 25.g5 Rxc2 26.b4 Nd5 27.h4 Re8 28.a3 Bf5 29.Rd1 White resigned

gbjames (1416) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d4 Bb6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.0-0 Nxd4 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 h6 8.Qh5 Be6 9.f5 Ne2+ 10.Nxe2 Bxe3+ 11.Kh1 Bxg5 12.fxe6 Kxe6 13.Qf7 checkmate

Andy Spry (1303) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d3 Nf6 3.h3 d5 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.0-0 Qe8 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ncxe4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.a3 Bf5 10.Re1 Bxe4 11.Rxe4 Bf6 12.Qg4 Rd8 13.Be3 Qg6 14.Qe6+ Qf7 15.Qg4 Qg6 16.b4 Qxg4 17.Rxg4 Kf7 18.Rb1 Nd4 19.Rb2 h5 20.Rg5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Rd7 22.c3 Ne6 23.Be3 Rxd3 24.Bd2 Rhd8 25.Be3 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 g5 27.c4 R8d3 28.Bxa7 b6 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 Rxa3 31.c6 Rxa7 32.Rb5 h4 33.Rxe5 Raa1 34.Rf5+ Kg6 35.g4 Nf4 36.Re5 Rh1 checkmate

Andy Spry (1303) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kf8 2.Bxg8 Kxg8 3.c3 d6 4.h3 Be6 5.0-0 Kf7 6.Ng5+ Ke7 7.d3 h6 8.Qf3 Rf8 9.Nxe6 Kxe6 10.Qg4+ Kf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Qg4 Qf6 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 Ne7 16.b4 Bb6 17.Bb2 Ng6 18.Nd5 Qf7 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.a3 Rae8 21.Rad1 Re6 22.d4 exd4 23.Rxd4 Rf6 24.f3 Ne5 25.Qg3 Rg6 26.Qe1 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Rd2 Qxh3 29.e5 Rf5 30.Qe4 Rxe5 31.Qa8+ Kh7 32.Rd1 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Qe2+ 34.Kg1 Qxd1+ 35.Kf2 Rf6+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+ 37.Kh3 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Rg5 checkmate

RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 3)

While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Here is the third round of one of them, starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

buddhaboy (1472) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 h6 3.d4 d6 4.d5 Nd4 5.Ne1 Nf6 6.c3 Bg4 7.f3 Nxf3+ 8.Kh1 Nxh2 9.Kxh2 Bxd1 10.Nd3 Be2 11.Nxc5 Bxf1 12.Ne6 Qe7 13.Kg1 Ba6 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.Nf3 Be2 16.Bd2 Qf6 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Rf1 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 h5 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Nb5 Ke7 23.Bg5+ Kf7 24.Nxd6+ Kg6 25.Nxc8 Kxg5 26.Nxa7 h4 27.d6 Nf6 28.Ke2 h3 29.c4 h2 White resigned

buddhaboy (1472) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.0-0 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.b3 Be6 7.Bb2 Qf8 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Nb3 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Kd7 13.Rc1 Kc8 14.Re1 g5 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Ne7 18.Qa7 Nc6 19.Qa8+ Nb8 20.f3 g4 21.fxg4 Qf6 22.Rf1 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 Qxe4 24.h3 Kd7 25.Rce1 Qh7 26.Qxb7 Rde8 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Rc1 Qe4 29.Qxc7+ Ke8 30.Qxb8+ Kd7 31.Rc7 checkmate

gbjames (1416) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.0-0 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Re1 Ne5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 g5 9.Bg3 Kg6 10.Nd2 Rf8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ne4 Bd6 13.Qd3 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Rae1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Kg7 17.h4 Qf6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rxe5 Kg6 21.Qd3+ Kh5 22.Qxd4 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qf5 24.Bg3 Rad8 25.Qc4 c5 26.Kh2 Kg6 27.f3 Rd4 28.Qe2 Rh8+ 29.Kg1 Rd7 30.Be5 Re8 White resigned

gbjames (1416) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.c3 Nf6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.d3 h6 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Be6 7.Nh4 Kd7 8.Nf3 g5 9.Re1 Qf8 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 g4 12.Ne5+ dxe5 13.dxe5+ Bd4 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be3 Rad8 16.Nc3 Kc8 17.Bd2 g3 18.Kh1 Bxf2 19.Nd5 Qh4 20.h3 Bxh3 21.Nf4 Bg4+ 22.Nh3 Bxd1 23.Raxd1 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxd2 White resigned

Andy Spry (1303) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.h3 d6 4.d3 Be6 5.a3 Ne7 6.b4 Bb6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 c6 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.Nxe6 Qd7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Rf8 13.b5 c5 14.Be3 g5 15.Nxg5 Ng6 16.Nf3 Kf7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ke8 19.c3 Qg7 20.c4 axb5 21.cxb5 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.a5 Ba7 24.a6 b6 25.Nd2 Rg8 26.g3 Rh4 27.Kh2 Rb4 28.Nc4 Ke7 29.Na3 Qf7 30.Qe1 Rb2 31.Qe3 h5 32.Nc4 Rb4 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qxe5+ Kf8 35.Rae1 h4 36.Qd6+ Kg7 37.Re7 Bb8 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Qe6+ Kf8 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.Re7+ Kc8 43.Qc6+ Black resigned

Andy Spry (1303) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 h6 3.0-0 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.a3 Nh5 6.b4 Bb6 7.c3 Nf4 8.Bxf4 exf4 9.d4 Rf8 10.Qb3+ Kg6 11.Nbd2 Kh7 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Nc4 Ne7 14.a4 c6 15.Nh4 Be6 16.e5 Bxc4 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.Re4 g5 19.Nf3 Bd5 20.exd6 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxd6 22.c4 Qxb4 23.Ne5 f3 24.Nd7 Qd6 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.c5 Qd5 27.Qxe7 Rf7 28.Qe1 Bc7 29.g3 Qxd4 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Re1 Bxg3 32.Rf1 Bc7 33.Rc1 Qf4 34.Kf1 Ba5 35.Kg1 Qxc1+ 36.Kh2 Bc7+ White resigned