Jerome Gambit: Arena (Part 3)

The winner of the 2021 Jerome Gambit Arena at lichess.org also played a trio of 3 0 blitz games that lasted a bit longer.

onderch01 - Cetin_Demirkol

3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.c3 Nd3+ 9.Kd1 Nxf2+ 10.Kc2 Nxh1 11.Qd5+ Ke7 12.Qxc5+ d6 13.Qg5+ Nf6 14.Qxg7+ Ke6 15.d4 d5 16.Bg5 dxe4 17.Nd2 (17.d5+) Nf2 (17...Rg8 was the move for advantage) 18.Rf1 (18.Bxf6 Qf8 19.Qxh8 Qxf6 20.Qe8+ Qe7 21.Qh5 equal game) 18...Rf8 (again 18...Rg8, i.e. 19.Bxf6 Rxg7 20.Bxd8 Rxg2 Black is better) 19.Rxf2 Qe7 20.d5+ Ke5 21.Bxf6+ (21.Qxe7+ Kxd5 22.c4+ Kc6 23.Rxf6+ Rxf6 24.Qxf6+ Be6 25.Qxe6+ Kc5 26.Be7+ Kd4 27.Qxe4#) 21...Qxf6 22.Nc4+ Kxd5 23.Rxf6 Rxf6 24.Qxf6 b5 25.Ne3+ Kc5 26.Qe5+ (26.b4# is quicker, but White has his own plan for winning) 27...Kb6 28.c4 Bd7 29.cxb5 Bxb5 30.Qd4+ c5 31.Qf6+ Ka5 32.b3 Bd3+ 33.Kd2 Kb4 34.Qc3+ Ka3 35.Qc1+ Kb4 36.a3+ Kxb3 37.Qc3+ Ka4 38.Qxc5 Rg8 39.Qb4 checkmate

Cetin_Demirkol - GLORIARODRIGUEZ_UNE

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+ Ke7 (this error largely decides the game as White recovers his material and transitions to a pawn-up Queenless middlegame) 7.Qxe5+ Kf7 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Qf3+ Qf6 11.Qxf6+ Nxf6 12.d3 d5 13.e5 Ng4 14.d4 b6 15.h3 Nh6 16.Bxh6 c5 17.c3 cxd4 18.cxd4 Bf5 19.Nc3 a6 20. O-O b5 21.Nxd5 Ke6 22.Ne3 Bd3 23.f4 Bxf1 24.d5+ Kd7 25.Kxf1 Rac8 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Bg7 Rhg8 28.Bf6+ Kd7 29.e6+ Kd6 30.Be5+ Kc5 31.Rc1+ Kb6 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.d6 Rc2+ 34.Nxc2 b4 35.e7 Kc6 36.e8=Q+ Kb7 37.Qd7+ Kb6 38.Qc7+ Black resigned

GlobalChess_Twitch - Cetin_Demirkol

3 0 blitz, Jerome Gambit Arena, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.c3 (White does not recover from this move) Nd3+ 8.Kd1 Nxf2+ 9.Kc2 Nxh1 10.d4 (10.Qxc5) 10...Bf8 11.Qf5+ Ke7 12.Na3 d6 13.Bg5+ Nf6 14.Qf3 Kf7 15.Rxh1 Be7 16.e5 Rf8 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qh5+ Kg8 19.Bd2 g6 20.Qd5+ Kg7 21.h4 c6 22.Qe4 Bf5 White resigned