A few years ago I posted about a "Jerome Gambit Toolbox", ideas or tactics that are part of effective play in the opening.
After I played over another recent game by Lavanya_Balu, I realized that I had stumbled over another addition to the box.
The tool gives White the advantage, and, along with it, the win.
Lavanya_Balu - olja1978
30 0 classical, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.O-O
White decides that one sacrificed piece is enough.
5...Nf6 6.d3 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.Nbd2 Re8
Compensation for the piece: a pawn. Plus a move comfortable King.
9.Qb3+ Be6
Played too quickly.
10.Ng5+
We have seen this tactic before, as recently as in Lavanya_Balu - kseniyazhyr, 30 0 classical, lichess.org, 2021 (1-0, 9).
In fact, searching The Database for the following - White Queen on b3, Black Bishop on e6, Black King on f7, White Knight on g5 - uncovers over 500 Jerome Gambit games with this pattern.
FICS player ecimsa, as White, has 63 games, while as Black he has 4 more.
Bill Wall posted on this in a Chess.com forum, a decade ago, referring to his game Wall, Bill - DDRM, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 11).
10...Kg8 11.Nxe6 d5
Black is rattled. What he wants to play is 11...Na5 12.Nxd8 Nxb3 13.axb3 Rxd8, when he is only down a pawn.
12.Nxd8 Black resigned
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