Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Smash Finish


I recently received a 3-minute blitz game from a Chess.com player who has become excited about the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+). Given his success in the following game - including the finish - it is easy to understand why.

TOMMYFOOKINSHELBY - samuelwillwin
3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020

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



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 



7.Qd5+ 


The "nudge", another way of getting the defender to waste time on "Why did he do that?"

7...Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Qe7 



10.Nc3 c6 11.d4 Nf6 12.O-O Kf7  13.f4 Ng4 



"When in doubt, attack White's Queen", said many regretful defenders.

14.Qf3 d5

The advantage is flowing toward White, and this quickens things. The bold 14...h5 or the bolder 14...Qh4 might have slowed things down a bit.

15.f5 dxe4

Same slip as with move 13 - but, remember, this is a 3-minute game. Given enough time, this move might never see the light of day. 

16.Qxg4 Nf8 17.Nxe4 h5 18.Qf4 Nd7 



Will the defense hold? One clue: Black's Knight blocks his Bishop which locks in his Rook. Another: next move, Black's King will block his other Rook.

19.Ng5+ Kg8 20.Bd2 Nb6 21.Rae1 Qf6



22.Re8+ Qf8 23.Rxf8+ Kxf8 24.Qd6+ Kg8 25.Qd8 checkmate


Nice.

19 comments:

  1. Just so you know, this user is actually Grandmaster Amam from the chessbrahs. He posted a video of it on his channel https://youtu.be/N3AsRny3bpk

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  2. Hello I dont know if you know this but it was a GM that played this game, he is a chess streamer/YouTube under the name chessbrah he recently made a video about this game

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  3. Nice explanation of the game. Thanks.

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  4. excellent writeup!

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  5. Super rad game, I've seen Tommy on chess.com before... next time we might I'll have to try the Jerome on him!

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  6. Super rad game, I've seen Tommy on chess.com before... next time we might I'll have to try the Jerome on him!

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  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3AsRny3bpk

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  8. Smashing indeed!, and dropped like hot magma by TommyFOOKS. Personally, I only attempt the Jerome after a strong laxative. But again, that's a personal preference. $100 to anyone who can take out a GM with a well-executed Jerome.
    With respect...and dignity,
    JN25

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  9. Amazing game, I like how white takes advantage of the healthy position given out by the Jerome gambit after move 10 to take the time to confidently gain space and bring all his pieces into the attack.

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  10. truly fascinating, I have never played the move 7.Qd5+ and have always greedily accepted the bishop. Looks like it's time to brush up on my Jerome Gambit theory!

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  11. This brought me great pleasure to read! Thank you for this blog!

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  12. What a fantastic game, white is exploiting the weak back rank in the few final moves. Great checkmate ending, too!

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  13. Also see Nakhmanson which is Black's 3rd _ NC6 move instead of BC5. I try Jerome and Nakhmanson frequently.

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  14. The world needs more people like you.

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