Jerome Gambit: Wandering (Part 2)

 

[continued from the previous post]

Yasin_SUST - BabyAma

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023

 

6.d4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 d6

Or 7...Nc6 8.Qc4+ Kf8 9.O-O d6 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Qe7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Qe2 Kf7 14.Qf3 h6 15.Bh4 Rhf8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Ne5 18.Qb3 b6 19.Rfe1 Kg8 20.f4 g5 21.fxe5 gxh4 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Re6 Rae8 24.Rxf6 Rxf6 25.Qh3 Re5 26.Qxh4 Rxd5 27.Qxf6 Rxd1+ 28.Kf2 Rd2+ 29.Kg3 Black resigned, Yasin_SUST - Abdolla2007kz, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023. 

8.Bf4 

White develops - and simply threatens Bxe5, because the Black d-pawn is pinned. Bullet games can be filled with "simple" threats. 

Also: 8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 Neg4 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Nc3 exf4 13.Bxf4 Bf5 14.Bxc7 Rd2 15.Rxf5 Rxc2 16.Nd5 Rxb2 17.Nxf6 gxf6 18.Rf4 Ne3 19.Rf2 Rxf2 20.Kxf2 Rc8 21.Bf4 Nf5 22.Rf1 Rc2+ 23.Kf3 Nd4+ 24.Ke4 Black resigned, Yasin_SUST - broccolikid32, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023. 

8...Qf6 

A simple response to a simple threat. Now either the White Queen or the White Bishop will have to move again.

9.Bxe5 

9.O-O, 9.Nc3, 9.g3, 9.Bg3 and other less reasonable moves can fall victim to 9...Nf3+.  

9...Qxe5 10.Qc4+ 

White needs to keep making threats, or his material disadvantage could turn against him.

10...Be6 11.Qxc7+ Ke8 

Instead, 11...Ne7 would have allowed him to connect Rooks.

12.Qxb7 Rc8 13.O-O Rxc2 14.Nc3 Nf6 

Now, if only Black could castle...

15.Rfe1 Bd7 

Both players overlook 15.Qb8+ Kf7 16.Qxh8 winning a Rook.

16.Qb8+ 

Better late than never?

16...Kf7 17.Qxh8 

I am always amazed at how much bullet players see in their games. With time flying so quickly, I am not surprised when they overlook something. Here, White could have picked up the other Rook with 17.Qb3+ and 18.Qxc2. 

What was the problem with this Rook?

Stockfish 15.1 assesses Black's drawing chances as strong now: 17...Qf4 18.Ne2 Qxe4 19.Qb8 Rxe2 20.Rxe2 Qxe2 21.Qxd6 Qxb2 22.Re1 h6 23.Re7+ Kg8 24.h3 Qxa2 25.Qg3 Qb1+ 26.Kh2 Nh5 27.Qc7 Nf6 28.Qxa7 Qb4 29.Qe3 Kh7 30.Qd3+ Kh8 31.Rxd7 Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qf4+ 33.Kg1.

Of course, it helps to be a computer.

17...Be8 

Locking in the enemy Queen.

18.Rac1 Rxb2 19.Nd5 Qd4 20.Nxf6 

A slip with about 20 seconds left. Fortunately, Black had little more than half of that time available.

20...Qxf6 

Missing 20...Qxf2+ 21.Kh1 Qxg2 checkmate 

21.Rf1 h6 

Instead, 21...Bb5 was a try, but White could safely ignore it with 22.Qxh7 Bxf1 23.Rxf1.

 22.Qh7 Qd4  23.Qf5+

White won on time in a better position