Saturday, March 27, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Ad Hoc Defense



When Black faces the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) he has to come up with some kind of plan. If he is familiar with the attack, he might remember something handy. Often, though, the Jerome comes as a surprise, and his defense is whatever comes to mind at the time. 


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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7  5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Nf7

The Knight retreat is an interesting idea. It has not often been seen - there are only 17 examples in The Database - but several Jerome Gambit regulars have faced it: angelcamina, blackburne, MrJoker, Petasluk, shugart, Superpippo and Wall.

8.Qxc5 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qe7 

As I wrote on this blog a decade ago,

The Queen check did not prove very helpful, but the retreat will prove disastrous.

 10.Qd5+ Black resigned


It is checkmate next move. Nicely done.


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