Jerome Gambit: Arena (Part 4)

The second place finisher in the 2021 Jerome Gambit Arena at lichess.org played some interesting 3 0 blitz games.

GlobalChess_Twitch - sametneni

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 (not a viable defense; better was 7...Qe7 or 7...d6) 8.Qxh8 Qe7 9.Qxh7+ Kf8 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 (White is up 3 pawns and the exchange.) 11.Nc3 c5 12.d3 d6 13.h4 Bg4 14.f3 Bh5 15. g4 Bxg4 16.fxg4 g5 17.Bxg5 Bxg5 18.hxg5 Re8 19.Nd5 Re5 20.Kd2 Rxg5 21.Raf1+ Ke8 22. Rhg1 Kd7 23.Rf7+ Kc6 24.c4 Nh6 25.Rc7 checkmate

sey1t - 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.Qh3+ Ke7 8.Qh4+ (8.Qc3) Nf6 9.c3 d6 10.d4 Nd3+ 11.Kd2 Nxc1 12.dxc5 dxc5+ 13.Kxc1 Bg4 (better to step out of the pin with 13...Kf7) 14.f3 Bh5 15.Nd2 (15.e5) 15...Qd6 (unpin 15...Kf7) 16.Qg3 (last chance 16.e5) 16...Qxg3 17.hxg3 Bf7 18.Kc2 b6 19.Rae1 Rad8 20.f4 Ng4 21.Rd1 Ne3+ 22.Kc1 Nxd1 23.Rxd1 Rd7 24.b3 Rhd8 25.e5 Bg6 26.g4 Rd3 27.Kc2 Rg3+ (FYI 27...Rxd2+ 28.Kc1 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 Rxd1#) 28.Kb2 Rxg2 29.Kc1 Rd3 30.f5 Be8 31.Nb1 Rxd1+ 32.Kxd1 Bc6 33.b4 cxb4 34.cxb4 Rxg4 35.Nc3 Rxb4 White resigned

GlobalChess_Twitch - onderch01

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+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qg3 Nf6 9.d3 Bd4 10.O-O h5 11.c3 Be5 (more consistent as 11...h4 12.Qf4 Bb6 or 11...b6) 12.f4 h4 13.Qf2 Ng4 14.Qe2 Bf6 15.h3 Nh6 16.e5 Be7 17.d4 Nf5 18.Qd3 Ng3 19.Rf2 c5 20.Nd2 Bf5 21.Qe3 cxd4 22.cxd4 dxe5 23.fxe5 g6 24.Nf3 Kg7 25.Bd2 Rc8 26.Bc3 Rf8 27.Rd1 Kh7 28.d5 Bc5 29.Bd4 Ne4 (29...Qxd5) 30.Re2 (30.Bxc5 Rxc5 31.Rd4 Nxf2 32.Rxh4+ Kg7 33.Qxc5 Ne4) 30...Be7 (last chance 30...Qxd5) 31.d6 Bxd6 32.exd6 Ng3 33.Ng5+ Kh6 34.Nf7+ Kh7 35.Qh6+ Kg8 36.Qg7 checkmate