Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

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If Alonzo Wheeler Jerome played bullet chess - one minute a game, no increment - his gambits would probably look something like the following game from Angel Camiña...

angelcamina - zorosyria00 
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ 


The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 


9.Qc4+ d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 


A slip - perhaps Black was counting on his next move to regain the piece. If so, at the speed he was playing, he didn't see that White could slip out of trouble.

11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Qf4+ Ke8 


13.Nxc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa8 Qxa8 


White is up the exchange and a couple of pawns, but he wants more.

15.Be3 Rf8 16.O-O-O+ Ke7 17.Bc5+ Ke8 18.Qxf8 checkmate


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