Here is another Cliff Hardy Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) chess battle - a bullet game against a grandmaster.
As always, the time control adds an additional factor to the game - Black must not only defeat the Jeorme Gambit, he must do so before his flag falls. As Cliff comments
It's just that today was very unusual in that I got to play a GM with the Jerome Gambit and won. Although I must admit, it's not that good - I got outplayed but was a bit quicker.
The notes are by Cliff. I have added diagrams.
Cliff Hardy (2458) - GM Andrey Sumets (2442),
1 0 bullet, Lichess, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
The Ukrainian GM wants to put his king on g7 and castle artificially but that could have been slightly better achieved by playing 12...Kf7 -++.
13.0-0 Kg7 14.f4 Re8 15.Qg3 b5
16.Rae1 b4 17.Nd1 Bb7? -+
The bishop was best left where it was to help cover the f5-square and defend against the white kingside attack. Best was to counterattack in the centre with the risky looking 17...d5! -++.
18.f5?! -++
The attack could slightly have been improved by playing first 18.Ne3 (threatening to win the queen with 19.Nf5+!) e.g. 18...Kh8 19.f5 -+.
18....Qe5 19.Qh3? -++
19.Qh4 -++ would have better covered both the weakened dark squares of g5 and h6.
19....d5 20.Nf2 dxe4 21.dxe4 Rad8 22.g4 g5 23.Qe3 h6
I missed the capture of the a-pawn with the queen again! 24.Qxa7 -++ would have been best here.
24...c5 25.h4 Qd4 26.Rh1?
Much better would have been 26. hxg5 Nxe4! (26...hxg5? Qxg5+ =) 27. gxh6+ Kh7 28. Nxe4 Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe4 -++.
26...Nxe4 27.Qxd4+ Rxd4 28.Kg1 Kf7
30...Bxh1! -++ would have been best.
31.Kf1 and Black lost on time but still had a winning position
At least my kingside attack slowed the GM up a bit...
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