Saturday, September 5, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Black's Nightmare


The following Jerome Gambit (
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game starts out slowly, but quickly becomes dangerous for Black, and then disastrous. For the defender, it is the thing of nightmares. 

Boris - NN

2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 d6 

The notorious "annoying" or "silicon" defense.

8.fxe5 g6 

An interesting, but unusual, interpolation.

9.Qe2

Here we see the "innocuous Qe2".

9...dxe5 

10.b4 

This is an energetic alternative to 10.Qc4+.

10...Qh4+ 11.g3 Qe7 12.Qc4+ Kf6 13.Rf1+ Bf5 


You just know that this is not going to turn out well for Black.

14.Nc3 Qe6 15.Nd5+ Kg5 


16.d3+ Kh5 17.Qxc5 g5 18.exf5 Qd6 

19.Qe3 Qd8 20.f6 Kg6 21.f7 Nh6 22.Qe4+ Kg7 23.Qxe5+ Kg6 24.Rf6+ Qxf6 25.Qxf6+ Kh5 26.Qxg5 checkmate



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