Thursday, June 8, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Checkmate in 8 Moves? (Part 1)




The New York Clipper of April 12, 1879 contained the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game between J. Lanning and J.K. Zim.

After 14 moves the players reached the following position

According to the chess columnist

Black announced mate in eight moves. To stimulate critical research, our contributor offers a six months' subscription of Detroit Weekly Free Press for a second solution in eight moves or less, fully analyzed; and has named Miron [Hazleton] as umpire.

I admit to being puzzled.

I can not find the mate-in-eight (or less).

Can any Reader?

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