Yesterday's Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game (see "Jerome Gambit: Back to the Drawing Board") was a bit of a let down for me. I am more used to being the attacker than the attacked, more used to "1-0" than "0-1" - and this from playing an allegedly "refuted" opening.
I even wandered back to MrJoker's somber letter in "Jerome Gambit: Time For A Sobering Cup of Coffee".
But the mood didn't last long.
For starters, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
instead of playing 7.f4 and encountering the silicon or annoying defense, I could return to my favorite 7.Qf5+.
Of course, there is also 7.Qh3, examined in depth by Yury Bukayev in his "JG: The New (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)".
I could even throw in 6.d4, if need be.
In the meantime, I have put the Lc0 engine to work, coming up with some new ideas, too. They will come in handy in the next round of the Chess.com "Piano Piano" tournament.
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