Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Jerome Gambit: It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game is a 1-minute, no increment, bullet match that shows that It ain't over 'til its over. It reminds me, again, of an old chess buddy's lament "I was beating you right up to the moment you checkmated me." Ah, yes...


Anyway1 - GioDeLeo

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 


7.Qxc5 d6 8.Qd5+ Be6 9.Qd3 

White can also grab the b-pawn. 

9...N8e7 10.O-O Rf8 11.Qf3+ Kg8 12.Qh5 


12...Ne5 13.f4 Nc4 14.f5 Bf7 15.Qh3 Ne5 16.d4 N5c6 


17.Bf4 Nxd4 18.c3 Nc2 19.Nd2 Nxa1 20.Qg3 Nc2 21.Bh6 Kh8 22.Qxg7 checkmate


One slip in a bullet game is all that it takes.


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