Thursday, August 3, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Quick Disaster



Of course, part of the fun of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) is that Black, too, has to be careful to avoid quick disaster - as in the following game. 

username12374 - roman1968

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Kf6 8.Qxc5 Qe7 9.Qf5 checkmate


(Also seen in perrypawnpusher - zsilber, 2 12 blitz, FICS, 2010.)


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