Thursday, April 18, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Faster and Faster

The following bullet (one minute, no increment, time control) online game starts off in regular Jerome Gambit fashion, but things then turn bad for Black, who keeps rolling down the hill, faster and faster. The King hunt at the end is brutal.

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

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



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6

The players have reached a regular Jerome Gambit position - at breakneck speed.

10.O-O Ng4 11.Qf3+ 

A new move, according to The Database.

11...Nf6 12.d4 Ke7 13.Bg5 Kd7 14. Nc3 c6 15.Rad1 h6 16.Bc1 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Kc7

White is ready to go.

18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nxe5

The pawn is poisoned.

20.Bf4

This works, but so does 20.Rxe5 Qxe5 21.Bf4.

21...Nfd7 21.Qg3 

Again, a solid move. With more time, angelcamina would have found 21.Rxd7.

21...Kd8 

Black's position now collapses like a house of cards.

22.Bxe5 Ke8 23.Qg6+ Qf7 24.Bxg7+ Kd8 25.Qxf7 Kc7 26.Bxh8 Kb6

There is no place safe for Black's King.

27. Bd4+ c5 28.Nd5+ Ka6 29.Bc3 b5 30.Qe6+ Kb7 31.Nb4 Kb8 32.Rxd7 Bb7 33.Qe8+ Bc8 34.Rd8 Kb7 35.Re7+ Kb6 36.Qc6+ Ka5 37.Nd5+ b4 38.Bxb4+ Black resigned



All of White's pieces participate in the checkmate attack, while Black's remain, unfortunately, at home.

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