Friday, August 26, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Forced Draw After All??



Years ago, Geoff Chandler playfully suggested that the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) was a forced draw.

I wonder what he would think of the following game.


mwafakalhaswa - M-Kurbaj12

5 3 blitz, 3rd Queens Of Chess Challenge Team Battle, lichess.org, 2020


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 

7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qg3 Qf6 9.c3 Qe5 

10.Qf3+ Qf6 11.Qg3 Qe5 12.Qh4 Qf6 13.Qg3 Qe5 draw


(Skeptics might re-evaluate Black's 11th and 12th moves, as well as White's 11th move.)


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