JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 15)

 JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 15)

(by Yury V. Bukayev)

In this part of my research on the standard system of the Jerome gambit (JG) we’ll consider my new invented way for White how it is possible to play after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qh3+! Kf7 8.Qh5+! g6 9.Qxe5 Qe7 10.Qd5+!? Kg7!?.

Let’s forget temporally about the sequence 6…Ke6 7.Qh3+! Kf7 8.Qh5+! g6, and we’ll consider the general sequence of moves: 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Qe7 (the Whistler defence) 8.Qd5+!? (of course, White avoids the famous trap 8.Qxh8? Qxe4+) 8…Kg7!?. The modern theory considers 8…Kg7 as the strongest response. Thus, my invention is the following way: 9.b4! N. Of course, it will be a strong psychological blow for your opponent (Black). Probably, your opponent will see that 9…Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2!? Qf6+ (with the idea 11…Qxa1) and 9…Qf6 (with the ideas 10…Qxf2+ or 10…Qxa1) require to be analysed at first, because 9…Bxb4 10.Bb2+! Nf6 leads to a very complicated fight where Black’s material advantage isn’t very large and where White gets an attack. Let’s consider these two opportunities at first.

I)9…Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Qf6+ 11.Ke2

A)11…Qxa1 12.Qb3! (12.Nc3?! Nf6!), and White stands better

B)11…Ne7 12.Qb3!, and White stands better.

II)9…Qf6 10.bxc5! (10.Qxc5!? Qxa1! 11.0-0, and White attacks) 10…Qxa1 (10…Ne7? 11.e5 or 11.Qb3!; 10…c6? 11.e5 or 11.Qb3) 11.Qb3 Nf6 12.c3! (White prevents the retreat of Black’s Queen to e5 or d4.)

A)12…Nxe4 13.0-0! Nxc5 14.Qc2 d6 (14…Na4 15.Qxa4 Qxb1 16.Qd4+, and White has a strong attack; 14…Nd3 15.Qxd3 Qxa2 16.Qd4+ Kg8 17.c4, and White has a strong attack) 15.Bb2! (15.c4! Kf7 16.Bb2 Qxa2 17.Qc3! – 15.Bb2! Qxa2 16.c4+ Kf7 17.Qc3!) 15…Qxa2 (15…Bf5 16.c4+ Kh6 17.Qc3!; 16…Kf7 17.Qc3!, and White has a strong attack in both cases) 16.c4+ Kf7 17.Qc3! Rf8 18.Qf6+!, and White has a strong attack

B)12…d6 13.0-0 Be6 (13…Re8 14.Bb2 Be6 15.c4! Bxc4 16.Qc3! Qxa2 17.Qxf6+, and White wins) 14.Qxe6! Qxb1 15.Qe7+ Kg8 16.Qxf6, and White has a strong attack.

I think, your opponent will not solve all the problems during a game.

Of course, ‘the Great Complex Jerome Gambit’, ‘the Fantastic Star Jerome Gambit Deferred’ and ‘the Triumphant Jerome Gambit Deferred’ (these are my most strong deferred lines of JG, real parts of JG, they were invented and published in 2022-2023 in my analytical research ‘Lose Never with a Strong Deferred Jerome Gambit’ (Part 2, Part 3)) will be much more attractive for a lot of experts of the modern chess opening theory than the standard line of JG