Jerome Gambit: Again Down the Rabbit Hole (Part 2)

 

[continued from the previous post]

pablosko - ItMyrrh

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2023

Was Alonzo Wheeler Jerome (of his Gambit) correct about this position, that "White still has the attack"? (See previous post)

Apparently not. 

Stockfish 15.1 (40 ply) assesses Black as about 4 1/3 pawns better.

There are 204 games with this position in The Database. White scores 39%.

The larger lichess.org database has 2,343 games with this position. White scores 41 1/2 %.

Not a lot to build an attack upon - although it is important to point out that the player with the White pieces, pablosko, is familiar with the Jerome Gambit, with almost 200 games in The Database.

As I mentioned a dozen years ago in "Something To Watch Out For"

Even here, the danger begins to appear: ...8...Qh4+ 9.g3 Nf3+ White resigned, Cradle - Foom, FICS, 2008 and Bevs - LordLucika, FICS, 2009.

So, we can anticipate how the current game will go.

8...Qh4+ 9.g3 

Previously pablosko had now faced the strong 9...Nf3+ 10.Kf1 (10.Ke2 Nxd4+ 11.Kd3 Qf6 White resigned, pablosko - carlosx3, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022) 10...Nxd4 11.gxh4 Nxc2 12.Kg2 Nxa1 13.Na3 b5 14.Bd2 Bb7 15.Kf3 Nf6 16.Rxa1 Bxe4+ 17.Kg3 Bc6 18.Rc1 Ne4+ 19.Kf3 Nxd2+ 20.Ke3 Nc4+ 21.Nxc4 bxc4 22.Rxc4 Rhe8+ 23.Kd2 Bb5 24.Rxc7+ Re7 25.Rb7 White resigned, pablosko - carlosx3, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022. 

9...Qxg3+ 

Just as troublesome.

10.hxg3 Nf3+ 11.Kf2 Nxd4 

White has no compensation for being a piece down - unless his opponent's clock is becoming a problem.

He has been in this position before.

12.b3 

Or 12.b4 Nxc2 13.Na3 Nxa1 14.Bb2 Bg4 15.Bxa1 h5 16.f5 Nf6 17.Ke3 Rae8 18.Kf4 Rxe4+ 19.Kg5 Nh7+ White resigned, pablosko - VOLLLAST, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022; or

12.Na3 Bg4 13.f5 h5 14.c3 Nc6 15.Nb5 Ne5 16.Nxc7 Rc8 17.Nb5 Nd3+ 18.Ke3 Nxc1 19.Raxc1 Ke7 20.Nxa7 Ra8 21.Nb5 Rxa2 22.b4 Nf6 23.Rhe1 h4 24.gxh4 Rxh4 25.Nc7 Rh3+ 26.Kd4 Rd2+ 27.Kc4 Be2+ 28.Kb3 Ba6 29.e5 Nd7 30.b5 Nc5+ 31.Kb4 Rb2+ 32.Ka5 Ra2+ 33.Kb6 Na4+ 34.Ka7 Bxb5 35.Nxb5 Nxc3+ 36.Kxb7 Nxb5 37.f6+ gxf6 38.exf6+ Kxf6 39.Kc6 Nd4+ 40.Kxd6 Ra6+ 41.Kc5 Nb3+ 42.Kb5 Nxc1 43.Kxa6 Nd3 44.Rd1 Ke5 45.Rd2 Kd4 46.Kb7 Rh5 47.Kc6 Kc3 48.Rg2 Rc5+ 49.Kb6 Rh5 50.Kc6 Nf4 51.Rg3+ Kd4 52.Rg4 Ke5 53.Kb5 Rh6 54.Rg5+ Kf6 55.Rg1 Rh3 56.Rf1 Ke5 57.Re1+ Kf5 58.Rf1 Kg4 59.Rg1+ Kf3 60.Rf1+ Ke4 61.Re1+ Kd3 62.Rd1+ Kc2 63.Rg1 Nd3 64.Rg2+ Kc3 65.Rg8 Rh5+ 66.Kc6 Rc5+ 67.Kd6 Rc4 68.Kd5 Rd4+ 69.Kc6 Rf4 70.Rg3 Rc4+ 71.Kd5 Rd4+ 72.Kc6 Kc4 73.Rh3 Nb4+ 74.Kb6 Nd3 75.Rh8 Kc3 76.Rh2 Kc4 77.Rc2+ Kb3 78.Rc8 Rd6+ 79.Kc7 Rd7+ 80.Kxd7 Ne5+ 81.Ke6 Nf7 82.Kxf7 Black resigned,  pablosko - VOLLLAST, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022

12...Nxc2 13.Bb2 Nxa1 14.Bxa1 

White now activates his King, but it is not enough.

14...Nf6 15.Ke3 Bg4 16.Nc3 Rae8 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Rxe5+ 19.Kf4 Rhe8 20.Rh4 g5 checkmate