Saturday, August 13, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Advancing Under Fire



Bullet chess, played under the time control of 1 minute per game, often features threat upon threat, allowing players to make use of their tactical skills as opposed to deep positional analysis.

It is educational to see how angelcamina - who has over 230 games in The Database - assembles an attack amidst distracting threat after threat.


angelcamina - CyrilF

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

When Black plays this move, he puts the Rook at h8 at risk. See "Jerome Gambit: What About the Rook?"

7.Qxe5 Nf6


In protecting his Rook, Black lets his Bishop go.

White will recover his sacrificed material and be two pawns up.

8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Ng4 


The clock is ticking. Make a threat.

10.Qf3+ Nf6 11.d4 Bg4 

And again.

12.Qg3 Kg7 13.Nc3 Bd7 14.O-O Nh5 


And again.

15.Qd3 Qh4 16.g3 Qh3 17.f4 Bg4 18.Bd2 c5 


White is making progress.

19.dxc5 dxc5 20.e5 Rad8 21.Qe3 Kh6 22.f5+ 


The "Jerome pawns" advance and create chaos.

22...Kg7 23.f6+ Kf7 24.e6+  Ke8 25.f7+ Ke7 26.Qxc5+ Kxe6


Black captures one of the central pawns, but this reveals another aspect of andvancing pawns - they open lines for pieces.

27.Rae1+ Kd7 28.Bg5 Rdf8 29.Re7+ Kd8 30.Qc7 checkmate




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