Jerome Gambit: The Pawns Hold Their own

The following game is a pleasant contest between the extra "Jerome pawns" and the extra piece. Balance is maintained until the "33rd piece" intervenes - as it often does in a Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) bullet game.

angelcamina - olimacoinotna

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.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qc3 Nf6 10.d3  

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10.O-O c6 11.Re1 Kf7 12.d3 Re8 13.Nd2 b514.Qxc6 Be6  15.Qxb5 Bg4 16.f3 Be6 17.a4 Qc7 18.Nc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4+ Qxc4 20.dxc4 Ne5 21.b3 a5 22.Be3 Nfd7 23.Kf2 h6  24.Bd4 Ke6  25.Rad1 g5 26.Ke3 Ra6 27.h4 Nc6 28.Bc3 Nb4  29.Bxb4 axb4 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Rd5 Ne5 32.Rh1 Kd7 33.Rh7+ Kc6 34.c5 Re6 35.cxd6 Ra8 36.Rc7+ Kb6 37.Rb5+ Ka6 38.Rcc5 Rae8 39.Rxe5 Rxe5 40.Rxe5 Rd8 41.Re6 Kb7 42.Re7+ Kc6 43.e5 Kd5 44.d7 Kc6 45.e6 Kd6 46.Re8 Kc7 47.Rxd8 Kxd8 48.a5 Black resigned, Wall,B -Varitt, FICS, 2020. 

10...Rf8 

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10...Kf7 11.O-O Re8 12.Bg5 Kg8 13.Nd2 Rf8 14.f4 Qd7 15.f5 Ne5 16.Nf3 Nfg4 17.h3 Ne3 18.Bxe3 Nxf3+ 19.Rxf3 c5 20.Raf1 b5 21.a3 Rf6 22.Rg3 Qf7 23.Bg5 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Qxb4 a5 26.Qc3 Qa7+ 27.Kh1 Rf8 28.Bh6 Rf7 29.f6 g6 30.e5 d5 31.d4 Be6 32.Bg7 Rb8 33.b3 Qa6 34.Rff3 Rc8 35.Qd2 Bf5 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Qg5 Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qa6 39.Qxf5 Qa7 40.Qxc8+ Rf8 41.Qxf8 checkmate, MrPantera - IsaGOR, 10 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020; and

10...Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.O-O h6 13.f4 Bg4 14.h3 Be6 15.f5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Ne5 17.Re1 Qe7 18.Bf4 Nfd7 19.Nd2 c5 20.Nc4 Nf3+ 21.gxf3 Black resigned, Eser - NN, 10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020. 

11.O-O Kf7 12.Qb3+ 

Black wants to castle-by-hand. White disrupts this with a check, asking Is it worth a pawn for your King to find safety? The answer: Yes.

12...Be6 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Kg8 

Black has paid 2 pawns, but his King is safe.

White has 4 pawns for the sacrificed piece. Can he put them to good use?

15.f4 Ra8 16.Qe3 Bd7 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.h3 Bc6 19.b3 

Preparing to put pressure along the a3-f8 diagonal.

19...Ba8 20.Ba3 Qd7 21.e5 Rfe8 22.d4 dxe5 23.fxe5 Nd5 24.Nxd5 Qxd5 

Black has his own dangerous diagonal, and threatens checkmate.

25.Rf2 Ne7 26.c4 Qb7 27.Qf4 Rf8 28.Qg5 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Rf8+ 30.Kg1 

The pawns have held their own against the extra piece. Now the clock claims its victim in two different ways.

30...Ng6 

A time slip.

31.Bxf8 White won on time