In an earlier post (see "Jerome Gambit: Not Alone") I noted that my use of the Jerome Gambit to defeat an opponent in the "Italian Game Classic" tournament at Chess.com seemed to have led the opponent (Al-der) to try the Jerome for himself, shortly thereafter.
I now see that he was successful in his game, winning in 9 moves - on time.
Although I also defeated the same opponent on time in our first game, he has come back to the board - and faces the Jerome Gambit, again.
We shall see how this new game goes.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Jerome Gambit: When White Equalizes, He Has the Advantage
It is a curious thing - as is the Jerome Gambit - but when White equalizes in the Jerome, he appears to have the advangage.
The following game illustrates.
angelcamina - dumberovsky
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 Bb4 8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.exf6 Re8+ 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 gxf6
Roughly an equal game. Dangerous for Black.
13.O-O-O d6 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bh6 Re7 16.Rhe1 Rf7
Black needed to bring his Bishop to e6.
17.Re3 Qd7 18.Rde1 Black lost on time
The following game illustrates.
angelcamina - dumberovsky
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 Bb4 8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.exf6 Re8+ 11.Be3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 gxf6
Roughly an equal game. Dangerous for Black.
13.O-O-O d6 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bh6 Re7 16.Rhe1 Rf7
Black needed to bring his Bishop to e6.
17.Re3 Qd7 18.Rde1 Black lost on time
If he had enough time, Black would have to give up his Queen - and then be checkmated, anyhow.
Monday, March 25, 2019
Jerome Gambit: Keep Up!
Sure, you might be able to match moves with angelcamina in his specialty, online bullet chess (1 minute, no increment), when he throws the Jerome Gambit at you - but, can you keep up as the game goes on?
angelcamina - anthony_113_29
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
Same question as in the last post.
7.Qxe5 Nf6
Black protects his Rook in a different way, but this allows White to collect a second piece, and go a couple of pawns ahead.
8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qc4+ Be6 10.Qe2 Kg7 11.O-O Rf8 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qf2 Nxe4 14.Qd4+ Nf6
White's Queen gets a lot of exercise, but the first player remains with the better game.
15.h3 Bf5 16.g4 Bxc2 17.g5 c5 18.gxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qc3 Be4 20.b3 Qd7 21.Kh2 Bf5 22.Bb2 Bxh3 23.Qxh3 Qf7
Exchanging Queens would not have mattere.
24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Nc3 d5 26.Nxd5 Qb2 27.Qc3+ Qxc3 28.dxc3 Re8 29.Rae1 Rd8 30.c4 Rb8 31.Re7+ Kh6 32.Kg3 g5 33.f5 Rg8 34.Rh1 checkmate
Nice!
angelcamina - anthony_113_29
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
Same question as in the last post.
7.Qxe5 Nf6
Black protects his Rook in a different way, but this allows White to collect a second piece, and go a couple of pawns ahead.
8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qc4+ Be6 10.Qe2 Kg7 11.O-O Rf8 12.f4 Bg4 13.Qf2 Nxe4 14.Qd4+ Nf6
White's Queen gets a lot of exercise, but the first player remains with the better game.
15.h3 Bf5 16.g4 Bxc2 17.g5 c5 18.gxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qc3 Be4 20.b3 Qd7 21.Kh2 Bf5 22.Bb2 Bxh3 23.Qxh3 Qf7
Exchanging Queens would not have mattere.
24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Nc3 d5 26.Nxd5 Qb2 27.Qc3+ Qxc3 28.dxc3 Re8 29.Rae1 Rd8 30.c4 Rb8 31.Re7+ Kh6 32.Kg3 g5 33.f5 Rg8 34.Rh1 checkmate
