Friday, June 2, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Highest Rated



Quite possibly the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game with the highest rated players is the following bullet game played on the lichess.org online site. Black's Knight wreaks destruction.


Chess_Lions (2952) - OCChess (2985)

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 Qf6 8.d4 

Offering a pawn to open lines. This is bold, but dangerous.

8...Bxd4 9.c3 Nd3+ 10.Kd2 Nxf4 

11.Qe8+ Ne7 12.Qxh8 Bb6 

Stronger was 12...Qg6

13.Kc2 Qg6 


To block in the enemy Queen.

14.Re1 

In a bullet game it is possible to miss things like 14.Bxf4

14...Nxg2 15.Re2 d6 16.Na3 Qg4 17.Rd2 Ne3+ 18.Kb3 Qxe4 19.Qxg7 a5 


Black won on time. It was also checkmate in 14


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