Friday, February 1, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Seriously?

I just received my latest batch of Jerome Gambit games from Bill Wall, which includes the following miniature, a reminder that chess is often played for fun, and not always taken seriously.

Wall, Bill - Guest963500
PlayChess.com, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ 



Wow. Bill forsakes his favorite 6.d4.

6...Ng6 7.Qxc5

And, now he bypasses the "nudge", 7.Qd5+.

7...b6

Perhaps expecting 8.Qe3 Bb7.

8.Qd5+ Kf8 9.Qxa8 Black resigned



Readers, please do not snicker.

Recall the quickie Sicilian Wing Gambit game: Shirazi - Peters, Berkeley, 1984: 1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.axb4 Qe5+ White resigned.

Also: from the final position, above, another game in The Database continued to move 20, when White resigned


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