My latest Jerome Gambit, played in the second round of the ongoing "Giuoco Piano Game" tournament at Chess.com, wandered away from recommended play and stumbled into a wilderness of weirdness.
perrypawnpusher - Ryszak
3 d/move, Giuoco Piano Game tournament, Chess.com, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7
5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qh3+
Varying from my usual 7.Qf5+ and occasional 7.f4.
7...Ke7
A major alternative is 7...Kd6
8.Qc3
This is Bukayev's idea - the Queen attacks both of Black's minor pieces.
For history: 8.d4 d6 9.dxc5 Bxh3 10.cxd6+ Qxd6 11.gxh3 Nf3+ 12.Ke2 Nd4+ 13.Kf1 Nf6 14.Na3 Nxe4 15.Be3 Rad8 16.Rd1 Qa6+ 17.c4 Nf5 18.Bc5+ Nxc5 19.Re1+ Ne6 20.Rg1 Rhf8 White resigned, Idealist - Bhima, FICS, 2000.
8...Bxf2+
This move disturbed me. Black finds a way to deal with the double attack, starting with this sacrifice.
As far as I know, this blog is the only place where this return of material has been discussed. Has my opponent been reading up on the line? Always a concern. 😓
9.Kxf2
If you have followed the links above, you know that Yury has recommended the side-step 9.Ke2!?
The question in front of me was, Theory or Practice? There was an earlier game with the capture. I followed it, instead.
9...Ng4+
Moving the second piece out from the White Queen's attack.
An alternative was seen in Yury_V_Bukayev - WaleraG, Chess.com, 2021: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qh3+ Kf7 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qh3+ Ke7 10.Qc3 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 Qf8+ 12.Ke1 Qf4 13.Qc5+ Kd8 14.Nc3 d6 15.Qb5 Qg4 16.Rf1 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qe7 18.Nd5 c6 19.Qa5+ b6 20.Nxb6 Qc7 21.Rf8+ Ke7 22.Nd5+ cxd5 23.Qxc7+ Kxf8 24.Qxd6+ Black resigned
10.Ke2
The King might be safer at g1 or e1.
At the time I was entranced by the idea that Black's King was blocking his Queen from travelling on the dark square diagonal to check on h4. So my King would be safer on e2, right? And the square was recommended right? This way, my King could capture a piece and then move on to where it should have gone?
If this thinking seems a bit misty, please realize that it was just the beginning of the fog setting in.
10...N8f6
Blocking White's Queen's access to g7.
11.h3 Nh6 12.g4
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