I have completed a game in the current "Giuoco Piano" tournament at Chess.com. As luck would have it, I was playing a Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+). Even more luck brought me the full point, as my opponent made a slip in a complicated position. That was unfortunate, as he was doing very well - until he wasn't.
perrypawnpusher - ycarissan
3 d/move "Giuoco Piano" Chess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nf3+
Here we have the wild "Nibs" variation, first seen in
an imaginary game presented in the June 1899 issue of the American Chess Magazine. In an article titled "A CHESS SCRAP" by "R.F." it is supposedly an early example of chess-by-telephone – filled with all of the difficulties that came from using a then new and unproven technology.
The computers like the variation, assessing Black's developed pieces as more important than his exposed King.
10.Kf1
Before this game I was 11 - 3 with this move, as opposed to 6 - 0 with the alternative 10.Kd1.
It is relevant to mention a third King-move alternative, as 10.Ke2 Nd4+ leads to the loss of White's Queen. The Database has 19 games with this misfortune - or with White resigning first - but my favorite has to be a game that does not follow the script: 11.Kd3 Qe7 12.Qd5 checkmate.
10...Nd4
Ouch.
Instead, Black could have followed perrypawnpusher - Temmo, Jerome Gambit thematic tournament, ChessWorld.net, 2008 (0-1, 43) with 10...Qh6.
Please notice that the retreat 10...Qe7 would be met by 11.Qd5+ checkmate, as in the recent game Matechess1 - akhend15, 3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2021. The Database has 13 similar mates with White's King on d1, but only one with the King on f1.
As Dan Middlemiss pointed out, Black could also have played 10...Ne7, as in perrypawnpusher - DaniyarManat, Piano Piano tournament, Chess.com, 2020 (1-0, 29).
11.Qd5+ Black resigned
White's Queen has escaped danger, with check, giving time to capture Black's Queen.
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