Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Not A Jerome Gambit - But, No Matter

I would guess that this game was played after the one previously posted on this blog. Having tasted the Jerome Gambit in a painful bullet (one minute, no increment) game, Black may have decided to avoid that evil line. Not that he was able to escape a similar punishment.

angelcamina - MegaBane
1 0 bullet, lichess.org

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bb4 



No Giuoco Piano, so no Jerome Gambit, right?

4.c3 Ba5 5.Bxf7+ 

Not again.

5... Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.Qh5+ g6 



Reminiscent of the Blacburne Defense in the Jerome Gambit.

8.Qxe5 Bb6 9.Qxh8 d6 



Black has a piece for a couple of pawns, but he is about to be crushed.

10.Qxh7+ Kf6 11.O-O Bg4 12.d4 Ne7 



13.f4 

Here 13.Qh4+, followed by 14.Qxg4, was even stronger, but it doesn't really matter.

13...Qd7 14.h3 Be6 15.e5+ dxe5 16.fxe5 checkmate




Ouch. Again.

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