Sunday, March 12, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Arena (Part 2)

 

The 2021 Jerome Gambit Arena event at lichess.org (see the previous post) included some very one-sided victories. Some players appear not to have been ready for the conflict.

UzunMehmetErdem - GLORIARODRIGUEZ_UNE
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 White resigned

Dolar3lira - Cetin_Demirkol
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 White resigned

GLORIARODRIGUEZ_UNE - sey1t
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Black resigned

Cetin_Demirkol - zfruzn
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Nh6 9.Qxd8 Black resigned

KAPANN - sey1t
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Nf6 9.Qxd8 Black resigned

Cetin_Demirkol - root129
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Bd6 8.Qxh8 Nf6 9.Qxd8 Black resigned

And then there was this wild affair

GLORIARODRIGUEZ_UNE - GlobalChess_Twitch
3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Ng6 8.f5+ (attractive, but 8.Qxc5 is stronger) Kf7 (cooperative, 8...Ke7 was stronger) 9.fxg6+ hxg6 10.Qxh8 Qf6 11.c3 (11.Rf1 would win the Queen) 11...d5 (instead, 11...Qf2+ 12.Kd1 Qxg2 is overwhelming) 12.d4 (or 12.Rf1) Bb6 13.exd5 (or 13.e5 or 13.Rf1) 13...Qe7+ 14.Kd1 Bg4+ 15.Kc2 Qe2+ 16.Nd2 Bf5+ 17.Kb3 Qb5+ 18.Ka3 Bc2 (18...Qa6+ 19.Kb3 Qb5+ 20.Ka3 a5) 19.Rf1+ Nf6 20.Qxa8 (White needs to get his Queen back into play while protecting his King, e.g. 20.Rxf6+ Kxf6 21.Qh4+ g5 22.Qf2+ Kg6 23.b3 Re8 24.Nc4 Bd3 25.Qg3 Bxc4 26.bxc4 Qxc4 27.Qxg5+ Kf7 28.Bd2 Qa6+ 29.Kb3 Bxd4 30.d6 Bf6 31.Qd5+ Kg6 32.dxc7 Qb6+ 33.Kc2 Qxc7 34.Re1 Rxe1 35.Bxe1 Qe7) 20...Qa5 checkmate


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