Jerome Gambit: How's That For A Kick In The Head?

It is quite possible that playing the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7) at slower time controls allows you to absorb enough knowledge about the opening that you can play it at a very fast speed, as well. Here is a third game from our featured anonymous player. It finishes with a bang that is overwhelming - maybe the defender could find a way out, if only he had enough time...

Anonymous - Anonymous
1 0 bullet, Chess.com, 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.Qe3 Nf6 

This position goes back at least as far as the game Charlick - Mann, correspondence, Australia, 1881 (1-0, 72).

10.Nc3 Bd7 

This move is new, according to The Database. It develops a piece, modestly, and avoids percipitating f2-f4, which would have happened after 10...Be6, and avoids forcing White to strengthen his center, with 10...Bg4 11.f3.

11.d4 Kf7 12.f3 Re8 13.b3 Kg8 14.Bb2 

Black has castled-by-hand. White has a solid, but not particularly mobile, center.

14...a5 15.a4 c6 16.h4 

With aggressive intent.

16...Nh5 17.Ne2 Nxh4 

I don't think that the pawn is worth the risk.

18.O-O-O 

The reason he took Kingside liberties with his 16th move: His Majesty is going Queenside, a very reasonable decision that can be made in an eyeblink, even with the risks that sometimes occur when Kings find their homes on opposite sides of the board.

There was also the possibility of 18.Qf2 directly, but it leads to the kind of messy play you might want to avoid in bullet chess: 18...g5 19.g3 Rf8 20.gxh4 g4 21.Rg1 Qf6 22.Ba3 Qxf3 23.Qxf3 Rxf3 24.Bxd6 and it is not clear whose passed pawn is better, and if the whole thing is going to boil down to a Bishops-of-opposite-colors ending that would be quite drawish.

18...b5 19.Nf4 

Tricky, relying on the Rook on the open h-file, but 19...Ng3 is a proper response. Again, he could have considered 19.Qf2.

19...Nxf4

That's the thing about bullet play: aggression is often rewarded because defense takes time to figure out. 

20.Qxf4 Ng6 21. Qxd6 bxa4 22. d5 axb3 

There's aggression on both sides of the board.

23.Rxh7 

"How's that for a kick in the head?", as they used to say.

Stockfish 10 says that Black can take the Rook and still draw, but computers do not live in the real world. I'm pretty sure Black crossed his fingers for luck and played...

23...bxc2 

Grandmasters might play: 23...Kxh7 24.Rh1+ Nh4 25.Qg3 g5 26.Rxh4+ Kg6 27.dxc6 Rc8 28.f4 Rxe4 29.cxd7 Rxc2+ 30.Kb1 Rxb2+ 31.Kxb2 Qf6+ 32.Kb1 Rd4 33.Qg4 Qf5+ 34.Qxf5+ Kxf5 35.fxg5 Rxd7 36.Kb2 Rd2+ 37.Kxb3 Rxg2 38.Ka4 Rxg5 39.Kxa5 and each would then complain about "losing a point".

If it's any consolation, 23...Ne5 24.Rh5 bxc2 would probably lead to a draw, as well.

24.Rxg7+ Kh8 25.Rh1+ Nh4 26.Qh6 checkmate

Very, very nice.

Jerome Gambit: Looks Simple, But It Is Not

In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, the same player from the previous post again tries his best against the "annoying" or "silicon" defense. The line the players explore looks simple, but it is not. 

Anonymous - Anonymous
1 move / 3 days, Chess.com, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 

White has one pawn for his sacrificed piece.

Black's King is annoyingly safe in the center, but White will try batting him around a bit.

This defense was seen as early as the 1993 match between Micah Fisher-Kirshner and the computer program KnightStalker (an early version of ChessBase's Fritz, marketed in the US).

9.Qh3+ Kd6 10.Qd3+ Ke7 11.Qg3 Kf6 

Up until Black's last move, we have been following games where Black was played by computer programs Comet B50, Demon 1.0, Fritz 8, Junior 7, Knightstalker, La Dame Blanche 2.0c, Rybka (v.1 and 2.3.2a), and Zarkov 4.7. None of them chose the move in the game.

What's the problem with the move? Because Black does not want to give up a pawn (11...Kf7 12.Qxe5) he allows the Rook to come to f1, with a check that requires another King move.

12.Rf1+ Ke6 

What is going on?

Well, it's probably not a good idea for White to go pawn-grabbing with 13.Qxg7, as Black not only has the development 13...Nf6, with an even game, he has the sharp riposte 13...Qh4+, when 14.Kd1 Qh5+ 15.Ke1 Qg6 forces the exchange of Queens, and Black's development, activity and Bishop pair give him a clear advantage.

Because computers almost always see White as worse in the Jerome Gambit opening, they constantly look for drawing lines as "best", and, here, Komodo 10 offers one: 13.Qb3+ Kd7 14.Qb5+ Kd6 15.d4 Qh4+ (necessary to move the Queen, otherwise 15...Bxd4 16.Qd5+ Ke7 17.Rf7+ wins it) 16.Rf2 Bxd4 17.Qd5+ Ke7 18.Qf7+ Kd6 19.Qd5+, etc.

So, it's not surprising that White, instead, gives the enemy King another kick, even if it's not objectively the best move.

13.Qg4+ Kd6 14.Qxg7

This capture has its risks. The Queen would probably be safer on g3, but White is not seeking out safety.

14...Ne7 

Protecting the safe Rook. However, after 14...Qh4+ 15.Kd1 Bg4+ White's position would be a mess. 

15.d4 Bxd4 16.c3 

White is still playing with only a couple of pieces, but Komodo 10 rates him as having a slight edge, especially after the recommended return of a piece with 16...Ng6. The reasonable alternative, which Black plays, leads to a difficult position for the defender.

16...Bb6 17.Bg5 

You can almost hear White saying "Gotcha!"

17...Re8 18.Na3 

This Knight means trouble.

18...Be6 

Black needed to try 18...Bg4, but 19.Nc4+ Kc6 (other moves are worse) 20.Qf7 would force him to return a couple of pieces, i.e. 20...Bf2+ 21.Rxf2 b6 22.Nxe5+ Kb7 23.Nxg4.

White's next move settles everything.

19.O-O-O+ Kc6 20.Rxd8 Raxd8 21.Qxe5 Bxa2 22.Qb5+ Kd6 23.Rf6+ Be6 24.e5 checkmate

JeromeGambit: All Is Not Lost

While I think that the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) is ideal for blitz play - where the defender often does not have enough time to effectively construct a defense - I know a number of players have been successful with the opening at much slower time controls. 

In the following game (time control: one day per move), White faced an opponent who was familiar with the Jerome Gambit, and who did not panic or foolishly over-rate his chances. As the game ground on, the Gambiteer kept alert for his chances, even as the scales begin to tilt against him. Still, he showed faith in the "theory of infinite resistance".

Just at the point where Black reached what the computer, post mortem, mischievously assessed as a "mate in 26" Black slipped - and, with a couple more sacrifices, White reached a drawn endgame.

If you do not laugh out loud (or, at least, chuckle) at White's 47th move, you are taking this whole Jerome Gambit thing too seriously.    

Anonymous - Anonymous
1 d / move, Chess.com, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6

7.f4 d6

Ah, yes, "the annoying defense" or the "silicon defense". The line is the choice of a number of computer programs, with the idea of giving back one of the sacrificed pieces while leaving Black's King relatively safe - White's attacking chances relatively diminished. Annoying.

8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nc3 

This move is solid, if somewhat rare, according to The Database. Interestingly enough, 4 of the 7 previous games with the move were played by the computer program Comet B48 in a computer vs computer tournament in 2009. White scored 2 - 2, reasonably enough.

9...Nf6 10.Qe2 c6

A novelty, according to The Database.

11.d3 Rf8 12.Rf1 Kd7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb6 15.Qxb6 axb6 

White's plan for the middle game is a basic one: to develop solidly, create weaknesses in the opponent's position while avoiding over-reaching. Wasn't it Steinitz who said that if you have the advantage, you must attack - or risk losing the advantage. So, White reasons: let Black attack - let him make the mistakes.

16.O-O-O Kc7 17.h3 Be6 18.a3 b5 19.g4 h6 20.Ne2 Nd7 21.Ng3 Rxf1 

One recommendation I learned long ago was "When you are ahead in material, exchange pieces; when you are behind in material, exchange pawns." For a while, Black seems to be aware of this.

22.Rxf1 Rf8 23.Rxf8 Nxf8 24.Nh5 g6 25.Ng3 h5 

Eliminating the Kingside pawns has to be helpful for White.

26.gxh5 gxh5 27.Nxh5 Bxh3

28.Kd2 Ne6 29.c3 Nf4 30.Ng3 Kd6 31.Ke3 c5 32.d4 cxd4+ 33.cxd4 Ng2+ 34.Kd3 Nf4+ 35.Ke3 Ne6 36.dxe5+ Kxe5 

White is hanging on. Black is better, but there are not that many pawns to get rid of now.

37.Ne2 Nc5 38.Nd4 Bg2 39.Nxb5 Bxe4 40.b4 Bc6 41.Nd4 Ne6

42.Ne2 

Swapping the Knight for the Bishop would make things worse, as after 42.Nxc6 bxc6 Black would be able to retreat his Knight to c7 and control White's pawns.

42...Kd5 43.Kd2 Kc4 44.Kc2 

I mean no disrespect for the player of the white pieces, as I quote from the very interesting The Complete Chess Swindler, by David Smerdon

I completely agree that a player should try to play the best moves - but I disagree that "best" always equals the engine's first choice. The computer evaluates a position assuming that our opponent will play perfectly at every turn; it doesn't (and cannot) consider the myriad of important human factors in a contest, such as fatigue, time pressure, risk-aversion complacency, frustration, impulsiveness... the list goes on.

44...Nd4+ 45.Nxd4 Kxd4 46.Kb3 b5 

Nailing down White's a-pawn. But - wait!

47.a4 

The move of the game, surpassing even 4...Bxf7+.

47...bxa4+ 48.Kb2 Kc4 49.b5 Bxb5 50.Ka1 Kb3 51.Kb1 drawn

Yes, indeed. The game has reached the notorious "Rook pawn + wrong Bishop" ending, which is drawn because White's King can control or occupy the pawn's Queening square, and the enemy Bishop is of the wrong color to chase him out.

Very well played!

Jerome Gambit: Help Is Always Appreciated

When winning with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), it is always tempting to attribute our success to the brilliance of the attack. Sometimes, however, the defender contributes as well. In the following game, Black does quite well - until he doesn't.

uwuweweosaas - HellBear
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.c3 

Now 8...Nd3+ would cause the most problems.

8...g6 

It is always attractive to attack the enemy Queen.

Also seen recently: 

8...Bb6 9.d4 Nd3+ 10.Kd2 Nxc1 11.Rxc1 Qf6 12.Qd5+ Ke7 13.Rf1 c6 14.Qe5+ Qxe5 15.dxe5 d6 16.f4 Nh6 17.h3 Rf8 18.Na3 dxe5 19.f5 g6 20.g4 gxf5 21.exf5 Bc5 22.Nc4 Nf7 23.f6+ Ke6 24.h4 Nd6 25.Nxd6 Kxd6 26.g5 Bh3 27.Rf3 Bg4 28.Rff1 Rae8 29.b4 Bb6 30.Rae1 c5 31.a3 cxb4 32.axb4 Kc7 33.f7 Re7 34.c4 Bd4 35.Re4 Rexf7 36.Rxf7+ Rxf7 37.Rxg4 Rf2+ 38.Kd3 Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rc3 40.c5 Rc4 41.Kd3 Rxb4 42.h5 Bxc5 43.g6 Rxg4 44.gxh7 e4+ 45.Kc4 Bd4 46.Kxd4 Kc6 47.h8=Q Rg5 48.Qf6+ Black resigned, romansroad - Swan93, 10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; and

8...Ne7 9.Qh3 c6 10.d4 Bb6 11.dxe5+ Kxe5 12.Qg3+ Ke6 13.Qg4+ Kd6 14.Bf4+ Kc5 15.b4+ Kc4 16.Qe2 checkmate, ibloodyuser - daughtdaught, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020.

9.Qf4 g5

It is always attractive to attack the enemy Queen. Oddly enough, Komodo 10 recommends, instead, that Black return his King to e6.

10.Qg3 Bxf2+ 

Rather than allow the pawn fork d2-d4.

11.Kxf2 Qf6+ 12.Ke2 Qf4 

To exchange Queens, a sound strategy. 

13.d4 Nc4

One of those kinds of oversights that happen in 3-minute games.

14.Bxf4+ gxf4 15.Qxf4+ Ke7 16.Rf1 Nd6  Black resigned

Jerome Gambit: Iconic 9-move Checkmate

There has been a flurry, recently, of Jerome Gambit treatments of the Two Knights Defense. By now, the iconic 9-move checkmate from the following game has become well known.

Rawnessman - chepea2019
1 0 bullet, Chess.com 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 

The Two Knights Defense. One way to avoid the Jerome Gambit.

4.Bxf7+


Or, not.

I have been calling this the "impatient Jerome Gambit" because White does not wait for ...Bc5 before sacrificing his Bishop.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4

There are 2 games in The Database with 6.Qh5+? which look like White was in too much of a hurry to play Jerome Gambit moves. Impatient, indeed.

A couple of recent games:

6.O-O Bc5 7.d4 Bd6 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Bg5 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Bxf6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 gxf6 13.Nc3 Rg8 14.Rd3 Bh3 15.Rxh3 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Rg5 17.Rxc7+ Kg6 18.Rxb7 Kh6 19.h4 Rag8 20.g3 Rg4 21.Rd1 Rxh4 22.Rdd7 Rc4 23.Rxh7+ Kg5 24.Rxa7 Rxc2 25.b4 Rc1+ 26.Kg2 f5 27.a4 f4 28.a5 fxg3 29.Kxg3 Rc2 30.Kf3 Rf8+ 31.Rhf7 Rc3+ 32.Kg2 Rxf7 33.Rxf7 Rb3 34.Rf3 Rxb4 35.Rg3+ Kf4 36.Rf3+ Ke4 37.Rg3 Ra4 38.Rg4+ Kf5 39.Rxa4 Ke5 40.a6 Kd6 41.Ra1 Kc7 42.a7 Kb7 43.a8=Q+ Kb6 44.Qa2 Kc5 45.Qb2 Kd6 46.Ra3 Ke6 47.Qa2+ Ke5 48.Rb3 Kd5 49.Qa4 Ke5 50.Rb5+ Kd6 51.Qa6+ Kc7 52.Rb7+ Black resigned, Uarekomodo9 - khalilmansour123, 1 0 bullet, Chess.com, 2020; and

6.f4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.e6+ dxe6 9.f5 exf5 10.O-O Qf6 11.d3 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd4 13.Nc3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qxc3 15.Rxf5+ Ke6 16.Bd2 Qc5 17.Qe2+ Kxf5 18.Rf1+ Kg6 19.Qe4+ Kh5 20.g4+ Kh4 21.h3 Qe7 22.Qe1+ Qxe1 23.Rxe1 Bd7 24.Rf1 Rhf8 25.Re1 Rae8 26.Rb1 Nd4 27.c4 Ne2 28.Rxb7 Ndf4 29.Rxc7 Be6 30.Rc5 Rc8 31.Re5 Bd7 32.Bxf4 Nxf4 33.d4 Nd3 34.Ra5 Rxc4 35.Kh2 Rxd4 36.Rh5 checkmate, MrBizkit - reza6666666666, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020.

6...Ng6 

Or:

6...Bd6 7.dxe5 Bxe5 8.f4 Re8 9.fxe5 Rxe5 10.O-O Rxe4 11.Nc3 Re6 12.Bg5 Qe8 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxf6+ Rxf6 17.Qg5+ Kf7 18.Rxf6+ Qxf6 19.Rf1 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 d6 Black resigned, KNVB - boringhard, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; 

6...Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 (7...Ng4 8.Qxg4 Bb4+ 9.c3 Be7 10.Qf3+ Ke8 11.O-O Rf8 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qxh7 Bh4 14.Qxg6+ Ke7 15.Bh6 Bxf2+ 16.Rxf2 Rf3 17.Rxf3 Black resigned, Littleones21 - PonyoTWm, 5 3 blitz, lichess.org,  2020; 7...Qe7 8.O-O Nd5 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qf3+ Ke8 11.Qxd5 d6 12.Qb5 dxe5 13.d5 a6 14.Qa4 b5 15.Qb3 Nd4 16.Qc3 Qb4 17.Qc6+ Nxc6 18.dxc6 Qd6 19.Be3 Qxc6 20.Na3 Bxa3 21.bxa3 Qxc2 22.Rac1 Qxa2 23.Rxc7 Qxa3 24.Bc5 Qa4 25.Re7+ Kf8 26.Ra7+ Kg8 27.Rxa8 Qg4 28.f3 Qf5 29.Rd1 Kg7 30.Ra7+ Kh6 31.Be3+ g5 32.g4 Qf6 33.h4 Qxf3 34.Bxg5+ Kg6 35.Rd6+ Qf6 36.Rxf6 checkmate, lautrec404 - pollen24, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020) 8.Qf3+ Kg8 9.Qxd5 checkmate, ChessBrah - kevvvvvvv, 5 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; and

6...Nc4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Qf3+ Ke8 9.Qxd5 Nb6 10.Qf3 d6 11.Qe4 dxe5 12.O-O Nc4 13.b3 Nd6 14.Qxe5+ Kf7 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Re1 Nf5 17.Nc3 Qxd4 18.Qxf5+ Kg8 19.Qd5+ Qxd5 20.Nxd5 Bb4 21.Re8+ Kf7 22.Rxh8 Bc3 23.Rd1 Bg4 24.Rd3 Be5 Black resigned, mdc995 - Lukeskyrocket, 10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020

7.e5 Nd5 

Black has also recently tried:

7...Qe8 8.O-O Bb4 (8...Nd5 9.Qf3+ Kg8 10.Qxd5+ Qf7 11.Nc3 Qxd5 12.Nxd5 c6 13.Nc7 Rb8 14.f4 d6 15.f5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Rc8 17.Ne6 dxe5 18.Be3 Ne7 19.Rf2 exd4 20.Bxd4 b6 21.Raf1 Ng6 22.Rf7 a5 23.Nxf8 Rxf8 24.Rxg7 checkmate, Anonymous - Anonymous, Chess.com, 2020) 9.f4  d6 10.c3 Ba5 11.f5 dxe5 12.fxg6+ Kxg6 13.d5 Bb6+ 14.Kh1 Bg4 15.Qd3+ Kf7 16.Bg5 Rd8 17.Qc4 Qd7 18.Nd2 h5 19.Nf3 Qxd5 20.Nxe5+ Ke8 21.Qa4+ c6 22.Rae1 Bh3 23.Nf3+ Kf7 24.gxh3 Rhe8 25.Rd1 Qe4 26.Bxf6 Qxa4 27.Bxd8 Rxd8 28.Ng5+ Kg8 29.Rxd8+ Bxd8 30.Re1 Bxg5 31.Re8+ White resigned, TheCuriousGreg - nik11131719, 15 10 blitz, Chess.com 2020; and

7...Ne8 8.Qf3+ Kg8 9.Qd5 checkmate,  aniketbhave - LaReinaLoca, 10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; but not everybody caught the checkmate right away: 9.O-O h6 10.Nc3 Kh7 11.Qh5 d6 12.f4 Rg8 13.f5 Bxf5 14.Rxf5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Qd4+ 16.Kh1 Bc5 17.Rf1 Qh4 18.Qf3 Nxe5 19.Qf5+ Ng6 20.Qxc5 b6 21.Qf5 Nf6 22.Bf4 Rgf8 23.Bg3 Qg4 24.Qd3 Nh5 25.Rxf8 Rxf8 26.Ne2 Kg8 27.h3 Qg5 28.Bxc7 Ne7 29.Bd6 Nf5 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Bxf8 Nfg3+ 32.Nxg3 Nxg3+ 33.Kh2 Qxd5 34.Kxg3 Black resigned, Hipernight - salissi, 5 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; and 9.Qb3+ d5 10.exd6+ Be6 11.Qxe6 checkmate, gerodes - crappycovers4charity, 3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2020. 

8.Qf3+ 

8.c4 Nb6 9.Qf3+ Kg8 10.c5 Bxc5 11.dxc5 Qf8 12.Qb3+ Qf7 13.Qxf7+ Kxf7 14.cxb6 axb6 15.O-O Nxe5 16.f4 Ng4 17.Nc3 d6 18.Bd2 Be6 19.Rae1 Rhg8 20.h3 Nf6 21.g4 Bd7 22.f5 Bc6 23.g5 Nh5 24.g6+ hxg6 25.fxg6+ Kxg6 26.Re6+ Kh7 27.Ne2 White won on time, justaddblu - Czechgrinder, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020 

8...Kg8 

Ending things quickly. Instead:

8...Ke8 9.Qxd5 Nf4 10.Qe4 Qg5 11.Bxf4 Bb4+ 12.c3 Qe7 13.cxb4 Qxb4+ 14.Bd2 Qe7 15.O-O d6 16.Nc3 c6 17.d5 Bd7 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.exd6 Qxe4 20.Nxe4 Bf5 21.Nc5 Rd8 22.Rfe1+ Kf7 23.d7 h6 24.Rad1 Bxd7 25.Ba5 Rde8 26.Rxd7+ Re7 27.Rexe7+ Kf6 28.Rxg7 Re8 29.Bc3+ Kf5 30.h3 Re2 31.g4+ Kf4 32.Ne6+ Kf3 33.Rd3+ Ke4 34.Rd4+ Kf3 35.Rf7 checkmate, campani - rahulkonapur, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020; or

8...Ngf4 9.Bxf4 Nxf4 10.Qxf4+ Kg8 11.d5 d6 12.e6 c6 13.Qf7 checkmate, Anonymous - Anonymous, Chess.com,  2020; and

8... Ke6 9.c4 Nb4 10.d5+ Kxe5 11.O-O Bc5 12.Re1+ Kd6 13.Bf4+ Nxf4 14.Qxf4 checkmate, ashwin2305 - GlobalWarmingOP, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020

9.Qxd5 checkmate

This was also how the game 19Kuq-Zi85 - Tibob73, 5 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020 went.