Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Pow! Bam!

The following bullet game (1 minute, no increment) reminds me of the campy 1960s "Batman" tv show, when battles between the heroes and the villains would have large words such as "Pow!" and "Bam!" superimposed over them, comic book style. See for yourself.

angelcamina - fred314
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 




4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 



7.Qxe5 Nf6 

A simple solution that protects the Rook, but Black's best defenses - the Whistler (7...Qe7) and the Blackburne (7...d6) - both rely on offering the Rook.

8.Qxc5 c6 

Or 8...d6 as in angelcamina - janpecsok18, lichess.org, 2018 (1-0, 17) 

9.Qe3 Re8 

Steady and principled, although 9...Nxe4!? directly was playable.

10.d3 d5 11.f3 dxe4 12.fxe4 Bg4 



Mysterious. White's pressure on the King now builds and builds.

13.O-O b6 14.Qg3 Bh5 15.Bg5 Qd4+ 16.Kh1 Kg7 17.Bxf6+ Qxf6 18.Rxf6 Kxf6 

19.Nc3 Kg7 20.Rf1 Rf8 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.Qe5+ Kh6 23.Kg1 Be2 

Threatening checkmate, but overlooking the reply.

24.Nxe2 

Black resigned

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