I have a tendency to wander the internet, sometimes finding interesting - but incomplete - tidbits of Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) information that tend to drive me to distraction looking for something that often doesn't exist.
For example, at a Reddit chess site the other day I ran into a very innocent question
Just curious but has the Vienna been played in world championship matches in recent years?
In a world championship - only in the FIDE knockout era. There was also a Vienna transposing to some kind of reverse Jerome Gambit in the Bishop's in a blitz tie-break in 2004.Other than that, highest up in the WC cycle was 1994 Candidates bracket match between Adams and Anand (one game), and Short played in relentlessly against Speelman in 1991 Candidates bracket match.
In a World Championship proper, only 3 games: Alekhine-Euwe 1935, game 27, Chigorin-Steinitz 1892, game 21 and Steinitz-Zukertort, game 20.
Did you catch that? "[S]ome kind of reverse Jerome Gambit in the Bishop's in a blitz tie-break in 2004"?
Looking at ChessBase's Big Database 2016 I could not find a Bishop's Opening (C23 - C24) from 2004 that featured ...Bxf2+.
I did find a couple dozen Vienna / Three Knights games that started 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nxe5 Bxf2+ - shades of Kennedy - Chesbrough, Columbus, 1985 (1-0, 44) - but nothing from a FIDE knockout tournament in 2004.
Of course, I posted a request to see the game, but I have no idea if that will be successful.
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