Amazing.
Cliff is pretty hard on himself and his opponent, given the time control, but it only shows how challenging the Jerome Gambit can be.
Hardy, Cliff - NN
1 0 bullet, Italian Game, lichess.org
(notes by Cliff)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4
Forced starting position.
3...Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6?!
6...Kf8 would have been better.
7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6
10.O-O Ke7? =/+
10...Kf7 would have been a better way to artificially castle.
11.f4 Rf8? +/=
11...Re8 =/+ would have been a more consistent move to enable artificial castling after a later ...Kf8.
12.d4?! =/+
Seizing space by pushing the kingside Jerome pawns immediately with 12.f5 Ne5 13.d4 +/= would have been better.
12...Kf7 13.Nc3? -+
Again, seizing space by 13.f5 = would have been better.
13...Kg8 14.f5 Ne7 15.Qg3? -+
White thereby curtailed his own ability to push the Jerome pawns since if White were to continue after this move to push the e-pawn to e5, Black may respond with the tricky intermezzo ...Nxf5!, attacking the queen on g3; 15.Qf3 -+ would have been better.
15...Kh8? =/+
Best would have been 15...d5! 16.e5 Nxf5 17.Rxf5 Bxf5 since then 18.exf6 Qxf6 -+ would have left Black a comfortable exchange ahead.
16.Bg5 c6 17.e5?
Over zealous. 17.Rae1 =/+ would have been better.
17...dxe5 18.dxe5 Nfd5??
18...Nxf5 19.Rxf5 Bxf5 20.exf6 Qd4+! -+ or 20...gxf6 -+ would have been much better.
19.f6?? =
As Black's knight on d5 defends the square f6, the best continuation here would have been to eliminate it with 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.f6 +-
when Black couldn't have adequately saved his knight on e7 with ...Ng6 due to 21.fxg7+ Kxg7 22.Bxd8.
19...gxf6 20.Bxf6+? -+
After 20.exf6 = or 20.Nxd5 fxg5 21.Rxf8+ Qxf8 22.Nc7 $5 Rb8 23.e6 = White would have had compensation for the material deficit, due to his cramping advanced Jerome pawn.
20...Nxf6 21.exf6 Ng6 22.Rad1 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Be6 24.Rd6?
24.b3 or 24.h4 would have been better tries.
24...Bf7?! -+
24...Bc4 -+ would have been more attacking.
25.Ne4 Rad8? =/+
The greedy 25...Qxb2 26.Ng5 Qe5! -+ would have been much better.
26.Ng5?? -+
26.Qh3! Rxd6 27.Nxd6 would have put Black under a bit of pressure, with the threat of Qh3-h6-g7 mate, though ...Qc7! would then still have left Black with a slight advantage.
26...Rxd6 27.Qxd6 Qxb2?? =
27...Kg8! or 27...Qe3! in either case with a winning position for Black, were better.
28.h4?? -+
Stockfish found the interesting 28.Qxf8+! Nxf8 29.Nxf7+ Kg8 30.Nh6+ with a draw by perpetual check, but I decided to play for the win (mind you, I didn't find this line myself during the game anyway so couldn't have played even it if I'd wanted to?)
28...Kg8! 29.h5 Nh4?? +-
Black had 2 good moves here, the smart fork 29...Qb5! or the safe 29...Qe5! - in either case he'd have then had a winning position.
30.Nxf7 Rxf7 31.Qd8+ Rf8 32.f7+ Kg7 33.Qg5+?? =/+
Surprisingly a blunder, as Black could now have restored material parity and gotten his king safe; 33.h6+ Kg6 34.Qxf8 or 33.Qxh4 both would have left white with an easily won position.
33...Kh8??
The final blunder; instead, after 33...Ng6 34.hxg6 hxg6 =/+ White would have been fortunate enough if he went on to hang in for a draw.
34.Qxh4 Qg7 35.h6 Qg6?
Though 35...Qe5 36.Re1 Qd6 37.Qg5 Qd4 38.Qe7 +- still would have won for White, or 35...Qc3 36.Qe7 +-
36.Qd4+ Qg7 37.Qxg7 checkmate
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