Saturday, October 15, 2022

Jerome Gambit: A Moment of Nostalgia


A recent Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game gave me a moment of nostalgia, as the unusual line was something that I had experienced a dozen (and more) years ago. It fits in with the recent game Arman-Avdalyan - Tal_y_Fischer, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022 (1-0, 21).


mr-beast-200 - Raz500

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 Bxf2+ 


This is another example of a Jerome Counter Gambit.

The Database has 35 games with this position. White scores 71%.

8.Kxf2 Qf6+ 

A bit stronger was 8...Qh4+ as in perrypawnpusher - superlopez, 2 12 blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 71).

9.Qxf6+ Nxf6 10.Nc3 Ke7 

Or 10...d6 as in perrypawnpusher - Lindal, 10 0 blitz, FICS, 2007 (1-0, 45).

11.Rf1 d6 12.Kg1 b6 13.d4 Bb7 14.Bg5 

This Bishop needs to be challenged immediately. Otherwise, the pin will doom the Knight

14...Rhf8 15.e5 Black resigned




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