Saturday, June 20, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Reinvesting in Attack


In the following game, White is the happy recipient of the return of his two sacrificed pieces. Some of that material comes in handy when he wants to further invest in his attack.

Anonymous - Anonymous
5 3 blitz, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 




4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke7 



This move is not seen often, but White must have been pleased when it happened, as the two sacrificed pieces are quickly recovered.

7.Qxe5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 

Instead, the wild brofessor45 - thrivingturtle, 10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020 continued 8...Qe7 9.Qxc7 Nf6 10.d3 Qb4+ 11.c3 Qd6 12.Bf4 Qxf4 13.Qxf4 d5 14.Qd6+ Kg8 15.O-O dxe4 16.Re1 e3 17.Rxe3 Kf7 18.Re7+ Kf8 19.Nd2 Bg4 20.Rae1 Bh5 21.Re8+ Kf7 22.R1e7+ Kg6 23.Qg3+ Kh6 24.Qe3+ g5 25.Re6 Raxe8 26.Rxf6+ Kg7 27.Qxg5+ Bg6 28.Qxg6+ hxg6 29.Ne4 Rxe4 30.dxe4 g5 31.Rb6 Rh5 32.Rxb7+ Kf6 33.Rxa7 g4 34.f3 gxf3 35.gxf3 Ke5 36.Ra5+ Kf4 37.Rxh5 Kxf3 38.Rf5+ Ke2 39.h4 Kd2 40.Rb5 Kc2 41.h5 Kc1 42.h6 Kb1 43.h7 Ka1 44.Rd5 Kb1 45.h8=Q Kxb2 46.e5 Kxc3 47.e6+ Kc4 48.Rd7 Kc5 49.e7 Kc6 50.Ra7 Kb6 51.Ra4 Kb5 52.Ra7 Kb6 53.Ra8 Kb7 54.Ra4 Kc7 55.e8=Q Kd6 56.Ra7 Kd5 57.Qhh5+ Kd4 58.Ra4+ Kd3 59.Qf3+ Kd2 60.Rb4 Kc2 61.Qb8 Kd2 62.Rb2+ Kc1 63.Qf1#

9.Qe3 Nf6 10.O-O Ng4 

This kind of attack sometimes rebounds. Here, not much comes of it.

11.Qf4+ Nf6 12.d4 Kg8 


13.a4 b6 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.Nc3 a6 16.e5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.Qg3 h6 

White is safely a couple of pawns ahead, and has no reason to hurry... Wait! It's a 5-minute game. Here he goes!

19.Rd3 Qe8 20.Bf4 Rd8 21.exd6 Qe2 22.dxc7 Rc8 23.Qh4 g5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qxg5+ 



25...Kf8 26.Qf6+ Bf7 27.Qd8+ Qe8 28.Qd6+ Kg8 29.Rg3+ Bg6 30.Rxg6+ Qxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kf8 32.Qf6+ Ke8 33.Qxh8+ Kd7 34.Qg7+ Kc6 35.h4 Rxc7 36.Qf6+ Kb7 37.h5 Rh7 38.c4 Rxh5 39.Qf3+ Kc7 40.Qxh5 Black left the game



Very nice.

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