Monday, October 2, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Over Quickly



Some Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) games are fun to play over - quickly.

The following line of play has been examined in "Don't drive like my brother", "Jerome Gambit: Chess Is An Easy Game, After All", and "Jerome Gambit: Update -> Unplayed" but still deserves another look.

Another example of why people love the Jerome Gambit.


Anti-Duhring - rondoll

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 

Black does not want to go along with White's plan and play 5...Nxe5.

6.Qh5+ Kf8 

Again, Black avoids the stronger - and expected - 6...g6.

The lichess.org database has 375 games with this position, with White scoring 93%.

Think about that. White's next move is?

 7.Qf7 checkmate




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