RHP JG Tourney Round 1 Games (1)

In the ongoing RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit thematic tournament previously mentioned, a couple of kinds of players need to be mentioned: those who join because the opening looks new and interesting or challenging or fun; and those who join because they have some knowledge of the opening, and want to test their understanding against others.

The first kind can quickly come undone, as sacrificing a piece or two is very risky, if it only leads to an "unclear" position. The second kind can stretch the knowledge of the opening - especially if they are paired against each other.

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

We have seen earlier games by Red House in a RHP Jerome Gambit tournament (1,  2).

Red House - jecidi

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.d3 h6 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Na4 Ba7 9.c3 Rf8 10.Re1 d6 11.b4 Kg8 12.Be3 Bd7 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Re8 17.Nc3 c6 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nh7 20.f4 Bf5 21.Qf3 Qd4 22.Kh1 Qxb4 23.a3 Qe7 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf8 26.a4 Rad8 27.h3 Ne6 28.f5 Ng5 29.Qe2 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qxe5 31.Qc4 Qd5 32.Qf4 Qe5 33.Qg4 Qxa1 White resigned

bikingviking - Swiss Toni

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1
4...Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Kg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nh4 d6 9.f4 Bg4 10.Qe1 Nd4 11.Qf2 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxh4 13.g3 Bf6 14.Be3 Nf3 15.Kh1 exf4 White resigned

Marko Krale - katella

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.O-O Nxf2 8.Rxf2 Re8 9.Bg5 Ne7 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nxe5 Kg8 12.Nf7 Rf8 13.Nxd8 Rxf2 14.Kxf2 Ng6 15.Qf3 c5 16.Qf7 Kh8 17.Qe8 Nf8 18.Qxf8 checkmate


katella - Marko Krale

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 h6 7.a3 Rf8 8.O-O Kg8 9.b4 Bb6 10.c4 Bd4 11.Ra2 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bb2 Ne6 14.Bxe5 d6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nc3 Qxc3 19.a4 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Rd2 Nb4 22.e5 Be6 23.g4 Nd5 24.Rd4 Rf3 25.Kg2 Ra3 26.f4 Nb6 27.f5 Bd5 28.Kh2 Rxa4 29.Rxa4 Nxa4 30.e6 Kf8 31.Re1 Ke7 32.h4 c6 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Ra8f8 35.Re5 b5 36.Kg3 b4 37.Kg4 b3 38.Kh5 b2 39.Re1 Be4 40.Kg6 b1=Q 41.Rxb1 Bxb1 42.Kxg7 Bxf5 43.g6 Bxe6 44.Kh6 Rf2 White resigned

Marko Krale (whose games we have seen before) advances to the next round.