Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Always Beware



In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game Black castles-by-hand on the Queenside, but his King does not find safety. Worse, his Queen also comes under fire.


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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 


7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Qe7 10.d4 Nf6 11.Nc3 Be6 


Black quickly develops a piece, but the Bishop on e6 and the Knight on g6 encourage White's f2-f4, with a forking threat.

12.O-O Kd7 

Not as risky as it looks.

13.f4 Bc4 14.Re1 Rae8 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Ba6 


Black avoids the fork that would come with Qd4+, winning a piece, but 16...Kc8 would have been safer.

17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.Qxa7 


18...c6 

Returning the sacrificed piece, but this does not stop White. There was nothing wrong with 18...Nd7.

19.exf6 gxf6 20.Bd2 

White is a solid 2 pawns up.

20...Qb4 


This is a very risky move, as it is vulnerable to 21.Nd5!?

21.Qa8+ 

White will make the suggested move soon enough.

21...Kc7 22.Qxe8 Rxe8 23.Nd5+ cxd5 24.Bxb4 


White is up the exchange.

24...Nxf4 25.c4 dxc4

A final slip.

26.Bd6+ Black resigned




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