Friday, May 8, 2020

Jerome Gambit: So Normal

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I like to play over Bill Wall's Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) games. They are exciting, and they often make the opening seem so normal.

Wall, Bill - Anonymous
lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bb4+ 



One way to deal with the pawn fork.

7.c3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 

The alternative is 8.Nxc3, and Bill has played that, too.

8...Nc6 

The game has a bit of a hypermodern feel to it, Black's piece vs White's pawns.

9.O-O 

White is happy with his pawn center, and leaves it in place, for now. A wild alternative was 9.d5 Ne5 10.f4 Nc4 11.0-0 Qe7 12.Qd4 Nd6 13.e5 Nf5 14.Qf7, which Komodo 10 sees as still in Black's favor, and which FM Stefan Bücker would probably enjoy.

9...d6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Qb3+ Kf8 



Black hasn't quite castled-by-hand, as his King blocks in his Rook.

12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 



Instead, the Knight on f6 needed to retreat.

14.Bc5+ Ke8 15.Re1 Nfd7 

The "best" Black has is to surrender both Knights with 15...Qd5 16.Qxd5 Nxd5 17.Rxe5+ Kf7 18.Rxd5.

16.Qe6+ Black resigned




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