Jerome Gambit: Automatic

Playing the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) injects enough chaos into a chess game that certain things become especially dangerous. An "automatic" move can suddenly have a lot of risk - and in a bullet game where there is not a lot of time to analyze deeply, things can end quickly.

ChadGPT5 - bsbgabriel

1 0 bullet, Chess.com, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Qf6 

Generally the Knight goes to f6, but Black plans to station it on e7. The Database has 32 games with the Queen at f6. White scores 70%.

10.O-O 

White's plan is to safeguard his King, line up his Rook on the same file as Black's Queen and King, and prepare for f2-f4.

10...N8e7 11.f4 c5 

With a lot of time on the clock, White might now build his position slowly: d2-d3, Nc3, Bd2, Rf2 and Raf1.

With only a minute on the clock, there is a psychological push to move quickly.

12.e5 dxe5 

What would be more natural than the automatic exchange of pawns? Why would anyone even consider the alternative 12...Qf7 ? 

13.fxe5 

Oh. I see it now. The Queen. The King. The Rook.

Bullet chess.

13...Qxf1+ 14.Kxf1 Ke8 15.Nc3 Rf8+ 16.Kg1 White won on time

Jerome Gambit: 5 Brilliant Moves for White

 

I found the following interesting exploration of the Jerome Gambit online...

Go to chess

r/chess•2 yr. ago

by 

Tomodovodoo

I scammed the chess.com algorithm and created a game with 5 brilliant moves for white.

So around 3 hours ago, I decided to learn Jerome Gambit Theory to play it against my friends and or my dad. I found some theory, but it wasn't all that extensive for the extremely dubious lines.

That's where my genius idea came in to find traps in the Jerome I'll never be able to use anyway. How? Using low depth Lc0 (pure positional, depth 4) and Stockfish (degraded because max depth 13).

For reference, the line which was played had a evaluation at 1 point of ~-7. But stockfish found a ridiculous perpetual. Ofc, I'm thinking at this point i should see if chess.com thinks it's brilliant as well.

Turns out, chess.com didn't think a rook sac was brilliant enough. But I've noticed in the past that it'll give random brilliant moves if the material is very imbalanced and you just keep checking.

So I made with the help of the engines a few more checks. That somehow gave the game 4 brilliant moves.

I was not satisfied.

So I made the decision to play the game on, checking if black could block with the queen and still draw the game. After a bit of analysis, it turned out that black did still have a draw.

At this point it was just about creating a situation where 1 player needs to make a single sacrifice to keep the game drawn. And Lc0 is perfect at creating these situations, since if Lc0 thinks it's winning, and stockfish thinks it's a draw, it'll most likely require a move that's hard to find at low depth (brilliant moves)

And low and behold, around 20 moves later, I saw an opportunity arise. Make a move for white that looks to be losing, black makes the best move, and the only drawn move for white is to sac a bishop.

Around 15 moves later, I can end the game in a theoretical draw and put it in chess.com's analysis. Low and behold, 5 brilliant moves by 1 player in 1 match.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/758702903673356328/823712773811863552/5_Brilliant_moves_in_Jerome_Gambit.jpg

If you want to see the pgn and chess.com's analysis, check here: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/3WjoJuqjA6 

Engines begin playing after 7.f4.

 

Stockfish 12 NNUE (1 sec) - Lc0 (1 sec)

Testing Jerome Gambit, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+? Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.f4? Nf6 8.Qxe5 d6 9.Qg5 h6 10.Qh4 Qe8 11.e5 dxe5 12.f5 Bxf5 13.Rf1 Bxc2?! 14.Qc4 Qg6?! 15.Qxc5+ Kg8?! 16.Qc4+ Kh7? 17.Rxf6!! gxf6 18.Qxc7+ Kg8 19.Qc4+! Kg7 20.Qc7+! Kf8 21.Qc5+! Ke8 22.Qb5+! Kd8 23.Qd5+! Kc8 24.Qe6+! Kb8 25.Qd6+! Kc8 26.Qe6+! Kd8 27.Qd5+! Ke8 28.Qb5+! Kf8 29.Qc5+!  Kf7 30.Qc4+! Ke7 31.Qc5+! Ke6 32.Qc4+! Kd6 33.Qb4+! Kd5 34.Qb5+ Ke6 35.Qc4+ Ke7 36.Qc5+ Ke8 37.Qb5+ Kf7 38.Qc4+ Kg7 39.Qc7+ Qf7 40.Qxc2 Qh5 41.Qc7+ Kg6 42.Qxb7 Qxh2 43.Nc3 Qg1+ 44.Ke2 Rhg8 45.d3 Rab8 46.Qe4+ Kf7 47.g3 Qh2+ 48.Kd1 Rxg3 49.Ne2 Rg2 50.b3 Qh1+ 51.Kd2 Qf1 52.Qh7+ Ke8 53.Qe7+ Kxe7 54.Ba3+ Ke6 55.Rxf1 h5 56.Rh1 Rh8 57.Ke3 h4 58.Rh3 f5 59.d4 f4+ 60.Kf3 Rxe2 61.Kxe2 e4 62.Bc5 Rh7 63.b4 Kf5 64.d5 Kg4 65.Rh1 h3 66.d6 h2 67.b5 Kg3 68.Be3 f3+ 69.Kf1 Rh5 70.d7 Rd5 71.Bf2+ Kh3 72.Bg1 Rxd7 73.Rxh2+ Kg3 74.Ke1 e3 75.Rc2 Rd3 76.Bh2+ Kg4 77.Bg1 Kf4 78.Rc7 f2+ 79.Bxf2 exf2+ 80.Kxf2 Rd2+ 81.Ke1 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

 

Jerome Gambit: Chess Titans Again

The other day I had a few minutes available, so, as I have done before in similar circumstances, I played a quick game against the chess program Chess Titans - an opponent that can be, in turn, surprisingly strong and surprisingly weak, both without warning.

perrypawnpusher - Chess Titans

level 3, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 

A few years ago the program tried the odd 8...g6. The game continued 9.Qxe5+ Kc6 10.Qxh8 Qf8 11.d4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Qd5+ Kb6 14.Be3+ c5 15.b4 Qxf4 16.Qxc5+ Ka6 17.Qa5 checkmate,  perrypawnpusher - Chess Titans, casual game, 2018 

9.g3 Nf3+ 

I have noted

Here we have the "Nibs" defense or variation. It dates back to at least 1899 and is not the kind of thing that a player usually just stumbles into...

There is a significant amount of information on "His Nibs" in the blog posts "Entering the Maze (Parts 1, 2 & 3)". It is well worth checking out.

A couple of years ago I was surprised by 9...c6 10.Qxe5 checkmate, Rick - Chess Titans, beginner level, 2021.  

10.Kf1 

About the same as the text is 10.Kd1. I am 7-0 with the move, versus 14 - 3 with the text, but I have always been more comfortable with 10.Kf1. The game continued 10...Ne7 11. e5+ Kc6 12. Qe4+ d5 13. exd6+ Kxd6 14. gxh4 Bg4 15. Qd3+ Nd5 16. Qxd5+ Kxd5 17.Nc3+ Kd6 18. h3 Bf5 19. d3 Rae8 20. Bd2 Nxh4 21. Na4 Bf2 22. b3 Nf3 23. Rf1 Bd4 24. c3 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Bxh3 27. Rf3 Bf5 28. Nb2 Kc6 29. Nc4 Bc5 30.Na5+ Kb6 31. Nc4+ Kb5 32. a4+ Kc6 33. Na5+ Kb6 34. Nc4+ Ka6 35. b4 Re2+? 36.Kd1 Bxb4 37. cxb4 b5 38. axb5+ Kxb5 39. Kxe2 Bg4 40. Rxa7 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Rc8 42. Ra1 Kxb4 43. Rg1 Rd8 44. Ke3 Kc3 45. Ne5 Rc8 46. Rxg7 h6 47. Rh7 Rb8 48.Rxc7+ Kb3 49. Rh7 Rb6 50. f5 Rf6 51. Rf7 Ra6 52. Rh7 Ra5 53. d4 Ra6 54. Ng6 Ra5 55. Ke4 Ka3 56. Rxh6 Ra6 57. Ke5 Kb4 58. f6 Ra7 59. Ne7 Kc4 60. d5 Ra5 61. f7 Ra8 62. Rc6+ Kb3 63. Rc8 Rxc8 64. Nxc8 Ka2 65. f8=Q Kb1 66. Qf2 Ka1 67. Nb6 Kb1 68. Nc4 Kc1 69. Qd2+ Kb1 70. Qb2 checkmate, perrypawpusher - Chess Titans, level 5, 2022.

10...Nxh2+ 11.Kg2 Qe7 

Or

11...Qf6 12.e5+ Qxe5 13.Qxe5+ Kc6 14.Qxg7 Bd6 15.Qxh8 b5 16.Rxh2 Bb7 17.Qd4 Rc8 18.Nc3 Rf8 19.Qd5+? Kb6 20.Rxh7 Bxd5+ 21.Nxd5+ Kc5 22.Rh5 Kd4 23.d3 Kc5 24.Nxc7+ Kb6 25.Nd5+ Ka6 26.a4 Re8 27.axb5+ Kb7 28.Kf3 Rc8 29.c3 Bc5 30.d4 Bd6 31.Ra6 Bc7 32.Nxc7 Rxc7 33.Rc5 d6 34.Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.Rxa7+ Kb6 36.Rg7 Nh6 37.c4 Nf5 38.Rg6 Nxd4+ 39.Ke4 Kc5 40.Be3 Kxc4 41.Bxd4 Kxb5 42.Rxd6 Kb4 43.f5 Kb5 44.f6 Ka4 45.Rb6 Ka5 46.f7 Ka4 47.f8=Q Ka5 48.Qa3 checkmate, Kennedy - Chess Titans, casual game, 2022; and  

11...Qd8 12.Qd5+ Ke7 13.Qxc5+ d6 14.Qg5+ Ke8 15.Qxd8+ Kxd8 16.Rxh2 Be6 17.Nc3 g6 18.d4 h5 19.d5 Bf7 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 c6 22.d6 Bd5+ 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Be3 Kc8 25.Rd1 a5 26.Rxd5 Nh6 27.Bxh6 Rxh6 28.Kf3 a4 29.Re2 h4 30.gxh4 Rxh4 31.e6 Rh3+ 32.Kg4 Rh4+ 33.Kxh4 a3 34.d7+ Kc7 35.e7 Rh8+ 36.Kg4 Rh4+ 37.Kxh4 g5+ 38.Kxg5 b6 39.d8=Q+ Kb7 40.e8=Q axb2 41.Re7+ Ka6 42.Qa4 checkmate, perrypawnpusher - Chess Titans, level 5, casual game, 2019.

12.Qd5 checkmate

Jerome Gambit: I Needed A Different Plan

In the following game Black introduces a new defensive scheme against the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+).

My game, in response, feels a bit like water running down the drain.

As T.S. Elliot wrote in his poem, "The Hollow Men" 

This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.

 

perrypawnpusher - GuestGCSC

5 5 blitz, FICS, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 

7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qg3 Be6 9.d3 Ke8 

This is a clever - and new - idea.

10.Qxg7 Qf6 11.Qxf6 Nxf6 

Black has given up a pawn to exchange Queens. Stockfish 15 still rates Black about a pawn and a half better, and in light of his lead in development the computer suggests White play the solid and unexciting 12.f3.

12.O-O h6 13.Nc3 a6 

Black is in no hurry.

14.Be3 Bxe3 15.fxe3 Ke7 16.Rf2 Ng4 17.Rf3 Ne5 18.Rf4 c6 19.Raf1 Rhf8 

White has 3 pawns for Black's Bishop. Is it enough?

There is nothing in my play the rest of the game that suggests that it is.

I needed a different plan.

20.b3 Ng6 21.Rxf8 Rxf8 22.h3 Rxf1+ 23.Kxf1 b5 24.d4 Bf7 

White's pawn structure is probably okay if it stays where it is and gets defended.

25.Kf2 Nf8 26.Ne2 Nh7 27.c3 

After the game Stockfish 15.1 chuckled and now evaluated Black a more than a piece better.

27...Ng5 28.Ng3 Bg6 29.c4 Nxe4+ 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31.cxb5 cxb5 

32.a3 h5 33.b4 Ke6 34.g4 h4 

Black dominates. His King can invade the Queenside while his Bishop controls White's pawns. The rest of the moves in the game were unnecessary.

35.Ke2 Kd5 36.g5 Kc4 37.g6 Bxg6 38.Kf3 Kb3 39.Kg4 Kxa3 40.Kxh4 Kxb4 41.Kg5 Bc2 42.h4 Kc4 43.h5 Kd3 44.h6 Kxe3 45.d5 Kd4 46.Kf6 Kxd5 47.Kg7 b4 48.h7 Bxh7 49.Kxh7 b3 

White resigned

Jerome Gambit: Any Old Defense Will Do

One of the fun things about playing the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), especially in blitz, is that the attack appears so sketchy that just about any old defense will do. Sometimes, that is about as much thought as defenders put into their game: There, that shoud do it.

This can lead to dire consequences.

The earlier post "Jerome Gambit: A Few Tactical Ideas in Your Pocket" looked at the Knight fork available to White in situations where Black's King is on f7 and his Bishop is on e6.

The following Knight fork is even deadlier.

Al_Cologne - Siberia70

3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

7.Qxe5 Qf6 

Protecting the Rook - at the cost of allowing White to regain his second sacrificed piece and remain 2 pawns better. This move can be found in 229 games in The Database, with White scoring 74%.

8.Qxc5 c6 

Now the discussion will center around the d6 square.

9.e5 Qf5 10.O-O Ne7 11.d4 

And now White's wandering Bishop will grab attention.

11...Rf8 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Nd2 g5 14.Nf3 g4 15.Qc4+ Qe6 

This unfortunate placement of Black's King and Queen (found surprisingly often in The Database) now ends the game.

16.Ng5+ Black resigned

Jerome Gambit: A Lot to Say

I was playing through top Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura's Jerome Gambit in the YouTube video Hikaru Tricks some 1900s with the Hillbilly Gambit when I decided to look at The Database and see just how many times he has either attacked with, or defended against the Jerome.

It turns out, a lot. Playing under handles such as TricksR4kids, SanitationEngineer and GMHikaruOnTwitch, he has a lot to say about the Jerome Gambit.

TricksR4kids - Chess_vs_Life

3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ 

Also seen

6.Ke2 Qh4 7.Qf1 Qxe4+ 8.Kd1 d5 9.Nc3 Qg6 10.h3 Nf6 11.d3 Bf5 12.Bd2 Nxd3 13.cxd3 Bxd3 14.Qg1 Rhe8 15.h4 Ng4 16.Nb1 Bxf2 White resigned, 30second-guy - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021;

6.d4 Qh4 (6...Bxd4 7.f4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qg4 9.fxe5 Qxe4+ 10.Qe2 Qxh1+ 11.Kd2 Qd5 12.c4 Qxe5 13.Qf3+ Nf6 14.a3 d5 15.b3 Bg4 16.Nc3 Bxf3 17.Bb2 White resigned, sandyrosechessfan - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 7.O-O Qxe4 8.dxc5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Qf5 10.Nb5 b6 11.Nxc7 Bb7 12.f4 Neg4 13.b4 Rac8 14.Nb5 Qh5 15.Nd6+ Kf8 16.h3 bxc5 17.Nxb7 cxb4 18.hxg4 Nxg4 19.Qd6+ Kg8 20.f5 Rc6 21.Qd5+ Kf8 22.Bf4 Rh6 23.Bd6+ Ke8 24.Rae1+ Re6 25.Rxe6+ Kf7 26.Rh6+ Ke8 27.Re1+ Ne5 28.Rxe5 checkmate, GMHikaruOnTwitch - 30second-guy, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; and

6.O-O Be7 7.d4Ng6 8.Qf3+ Ke8 9.Nc3 d6 10.Re1 Nf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.Rd1 N4xe5 14.Rxd8+ Bxd8 15.Qd5 c6 16.Qb3 Bb6 17.Ne4 Rf8 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.Qxe3 Kd8 20.Rd1+ Bd7 21.Qh3 Kc7 22.Qxh7 Rf7 23.f4 Rh8 24.Qxh8 Nxh8 25.fxe5 Ng6 26.Nd6 Re7 27.Kf2 Nxe5 28.h4 Ng4+ 29.Kg3 Ne3 30.Rd4 c5 31.Rd3 c4 32.Rd4 b5 33.c3 Re6 34.Kf2 Rxd6 35.Kxe3 Rxd4 36.Kxd4 Kd6 White resigned, GM_xAhmedx - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021

6...Ke6 

Or

6...Ng6 7.Qxc5 c6 (7...Nf6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Qe3 d5 10.d4 Nxe4 11.O-O Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Kg8 13.Bf4 Nxf4 14.Qf3 Ne2+ 15.Kh1 Nxd4 16.Qd3 Nc6 17.Rfe1 Be6 18.Qg3 Bf7 19.f4 Qf6 White resigned, ChessBrainiac13 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; 7...d6 8.Qe3 Nf6 (8...Be6 9.O-O Nf6 10.f4 Ng4 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.f5 N6e5 13.d4 Nf6 14.dxe5 Nxe4 15.e6+ Bxe6 16.fxe6+ Kxe6 17.Qg4+ Ke7 18.Qxg7+ Ke6 19.Qf7+ Ke5 20.Rf5+ Kd4 21.Qd5 checkmate, GMHikaruOnTwitch - szachy1000, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 9.d3 Re8 10.O-O d5 11.f3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Kg8 13.b3 c6 14.Bb2 Nd5 15.Qf2 Nb6 16.a4 Be6 17.Nc3 Rc8 18.f4 Bf7 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.h4 Ne7 21.a5 Na8 22.Qg3 g6 23.Qg5 Rcd8 24.Qf6 Rd6 25.Rxd6 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Math694, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; 7...Qe7 8.Qe3 (8.Qxe7+ N8xe7 9.Nc3 d6 10.f4 Ke8 11.O-O Rf8 12.d4 Nc6 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Nd5 Kd8 15.f5 Nge7 16.Bg5 h6 17.Bh4 Rf7 18.c3 Kc8 19.Ne3 b6 20.g4 Kb7 21.Bg3 Re8 22.Rae1 Nc8 23.Ng2 a6 24.Nf4 N6e7 25.e5 d5 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Nxe6 Nd6 28.Bxd6 cxd6 29.Re2 g5 30.Rfe1 Rc8 31.Nxg5 hxg5 32.Rxe7+ Rxe7 33.Rxe7+ Kc6 34.Rg7 Kb5 35.Rxg5 Kc4 36.f6 Rf8 37.Rf5 Kd3 38.g5 Kc2 39.Rf2+ Kd3 40.g6 Ke3 41.g7 Rg8 42.Kf1 b5 43.f7 Rxg7 44.f8=Q Re7 45.Qf3 checkmate, SanitationEngineer - NN, Chess.com 2020) 8...Nf6 9.d3 d5 10.f3 Re8 11.O-O Kg8 12.Qf2 c6 13.Nc3 Be6 14.Be3 Bf7 15.Bxa7 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qb4 17.Bd4 Ne5 18.a3 Qe7 19.h3 Bc4 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Rad1 Ned7 22.e5 Nd5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.f4 g6 25.Rd3 Rf8 26.e6 Nc527.Bxc5 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - simonsah2004, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; 7...N8e7 8.d3 Rf8 9.O-O Kg8 10.f3 d6 11.Qf2 Nc6 12.Nc3 b6 13.d4 Bb7 14.Be3 Nce7 15.d5 c6 16.dxc6 Nxc6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Nb5 Qe7 19.Nxd6 Ba6 20.Rfe1 Rad8 21.Nf5 Qf7 22.Bh6 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nce5 24.Bxg7 Re8 25.Nh6+ Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Jesus-vous-bat-tous, Chess.com 2021) 8.O-O Qe7 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Re8 11.d3 Kg8 12.f4 d5 13.e5 Nd7 14.d4 b6 15.f5 Ngf8 16.Qg3 c5 17.Nxd5 Qd8 18.Bg5 Qxg5 19.Qxg5 cxd4 20.f6 Black resigned, TricksR4Kids - NicholasButter, 3 0 blitz, internet 2021; or

6...g6 7.Qxe5 Qe7 8.Qf4+ Qf6 9.Qg3 d6 (9...Bd6 10.Qe3 Bf4 11.Qe2 Nh6 12.O-O Re8 13.g3 Bd6 14.d4 Nf5 15.c3 Kg7 16.Qd3 b6 17.exf5 Bb7 18.Nd2 gxf5 19.f3 Kh8 20.Nc4 h5 21.Nxd6 cxd6 22.Bf4 h4 23.Rae1 h3 24.Kf2 Kh7 25.g4 Qh4+ 26.Bg3 Qg5 27.Qxf5+ Qxf5 28.gxf5 Ba6 29.Rg1 Kg8 30.Be5+ Kf7 31.Rg7+ Kf8 32.f6 dxe5 33.dxe5 Bc4 34.f4 d6 35.Re3 dxe5 36.Rxh3 Bxa2 37.Rh8+ Bg8 38.Rhxg8 checkmate, GMHikaruOnTwitch - BulletManiac30sec, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 10.h3 h5 11.d4 h4 12.Qd3 Bb6 13.Nd2 h3 14.g3 Ne7 15.f4 Bg4 16.O-O Kg7 17.Nc4 d5 18.Ne3 dxe4 19.Qxe4 Qe6 20.Qxe6 Bxe6 21.b4 c6 22.Bb2 Rhe8 23.c4 Rad8 24.g4 Bc8 25.Kf2 Ng8 26.c5 Bc7 27.d5+ Kf7 28.Rad1 Bxf4 29.Nc4 Bxg4 30.Kg1 g5 31.Rd4 Rxd5 32.Nd6+ Kf8 33.Rdxf4+ gxf4 34.Rxf4+ Bf5 35.Nxf5 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rd2+ 37.Kf3 Rxb2 38.Nd6+ Ke7 39.Re4+ Kd7 40.Rxe8 Ne7 41.Rb8 Rxh2 42.Rxb7+ Ke6 43.Ne4 Rxa2 44.Ng5+ Kf6 45.Nxh3 Nd5 46.Nf4 Ra3+ 47.Ke4 Nxf4 48.Kxf4 Ke6 49.Ke4 Ra4 50.Kd3 a5 51.bxa5 Rxa5 52.Kc4 Ra4+ 53.Kb3 Rh4 54.Rg7 Kd5 55.Rg5+ Kd4 56.Kb4 Rh1 57.Rg4+ Kd5 58.Rg5+ Kd4 59.Ka5 Rb1 60.Ka6 Rb5 61.Rh5 Rxc5 62.Rh4+ Kd5 63.Kb6 Rb5+ 64.Kc7 Rb3 65.Rh5+ Kc4 66.Kxc6 Rc3 67.Rh4+ Kb3+ 68.Kb5 Kb2 69.Ka4 Rb3 70.Rh2+ Ka1 71.Kxb3 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - 30second-guy, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2021; or 

6...Kf8 7.Qxe5 Qe7 (7...d6 8.Qc3 (8.Qg3 Nf6 (8...Qf6 9.O-O (9.c3 Qg6 10.f3 Ne7 11.d4 Bb6 12.Bf4 Qxg3+ 13.hxg3 Be6 14.Nd2 Kf7 15.g4 Rad8 16.Rh5 h6 17.Kf2 d5 18.Kg3 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Re1 Ng6 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Rxe3 d4 23.cxd4 Rxd4 24.Nb3 Bxb3 25.Rxb3 b6 26.Rc3 Rhd8 27.a4 Rxa4 28.Rc7+ Kg8 29.Rf5 Rf8 30.Rd5 Rf7 31.Rd8+ Nf8 32.Rcc8 g5 33.e5 Raf4 34.e6 Re7 35.Re8 Rxe8 36.Rxe8 Kg7 37.e7 Ng6 38.Rg8+ Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Fischerev7, Chess.com 2021) 9...Qg6 10.Qxg6 hxg6 11.c3 d5 12.d4 Be7 13.exd5 Bd6 14.f4 b5 15.Nd2 Nf6 16.Nf3 Nxd5 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.fxe5+ Ke8 19.Bg5 Nb6 20.b3 Be6 21.h3 c6 22.Rac1 Kd7 23.Kf2 a5 24.Ke3 a4 25.Rb1 axb3 26.axb3 Ra3 27.Kd3 Rha8 28.Kc2 Bf5+ 29.Rxf5 gxf5 30.Rb2 Ra2 31.g3 Rxb2+ 32.Kxb2 Ke6 33.h4 g6 34.Kc2 Kd5 35.Kd3 Ra3 36.Kc2 Ke4 37.e6 Ra2+ 38.Kb1 Re2 39.Bf6 Kd3 40.Be5 Nd5 41.e7 Nxc3+ 42.Kc1 Rc2 checkmate, Damwon - GMHikaruOnTwitch, Chess.com 2021) 9.O-O (9.d3 Bb6 (9...Kf7 10.Be3 (10.b3 Bd4 11.c3 Bb6 12.Bb2 Rf8 13.c4 Kg8 14.O-O Ng4 15.d4 Qf6 16.e5 dxe5 17.c5 Ba5 18.a3 c6 19.h3 Nh6 20.dxe5 Qf7 21.b4 Bc7 22.Nd2 Bf5 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Nc4 Bd3 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.cxd6 Bxf1 27.e6 Qg6 28.Qxg6 hxg6 29.e7 Bd3 30.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.Bxa7 Rxd6 33.g4 Ng8 34.f3 Nf6 35.Kf2 Bb5 36.Ra1 Rd2+ 37.Kg3 Ba4 38.Bc5 Rd3 39.Kf2 Bd1 40.f4 Ne4+ 41.Ke1 Ba4 42.Bg1 Rxh3 43.Kf1 Rf3+ 44.Ke2 Rg3 45.Re1 Bc2 46.Be3 Rxg4 47.Rc1 Ba4 48.Kf3 Nf6 49.Bd4 Rh4 50.Be5 Bb3 51.Kg3 Rg4+ 52.Kf2 Bd5 53.b5 Rg2+ 54.Ke3 Rg3+ 55.Kd4 Rxa3 56.Kc5 Rb3 57.bxc6 bxc6 58.Kd6 Ne4+ 59.Kc7 Ke6 60.Bxg7 c5 61.Rg1 Rb7+ 62.Kd8 c4 63.Bd4 Kf5 64.Ra1 Be6 65.Ra5+ Kxf4 66.Be5+ Kf3 67.Ra3+ c3 68.Bxc3 Rd7+ 69.Ke8 Nd6+ 70.Kf8 Rf7+ 71.Kg8 Ra7+ 72.Kf8 Rxa3 73.Bb4 Rd3 74.Ke7 Ne4 75.Kxe6 g5 White resigned, SanitationEngineer - Lunaticx, Chess.com 2020) 10...Bxe3 11.fxe3 Rf8 12.Nc3 Kg8 13.O-O Be6 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.Nf5 Bxf5 17.Rxf5 g6 18.Rf3 Nd7 19.Raf1 Ne5 20.Rf4 Nd7 21.h4 Kh8 22.h5 gxh5 23.Qh3 Rxf4 24.Rxf4 Rg8 25.Qxh5 Ne5 26.Qh3 Qg7 27.b3 Ng4 28.Rf1 Nxe3 29.Rf2 Ng4 White resigned, SanitationEngineer - Lunaticx, Chess.com 2020) 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.Be3 Bf7 13.h3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Re8 15.O-O d5 16.e5 Nh5 17.Qh2 g6 18.Rf2 Kg8 19.Raf1 Be6 20.g4 Ng7 21.Rf6 c5 22.d4 b6 23.Nf4 g5 24.Nxe6 Nxe6 25.c3 Kg7 26.h4 h6 27.Qc2 Nf8 28.R1f5 gxh4 29.Qf2 Re7 30.Qxh4 Ng6 31.Qh5 Qe8 32.Rd6 Rf8 33.Rxg6+ Qxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kxg6 35.Rxf8 Kg5 36.Rg8+ Kh4 37.Kf2 Rf7+ 38.Kg2 h5 39.gxh5 Kxh5 40.e4 dxe4 41.e6 Re7 42.d5 e3 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - FM Susal_de_Silva, Chess.com 2021) (9.Nc3 Qe7 10.d3 Be6 11.O-O Ke8 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Kd7 14.f4 Ng4 15.Qe2 Qh4 16.h3 h5 17.Rf3 Rae8 18.d4 Kc8 19.d5 Bd7 20.a4 g5 21.Nb5 a6 22.Rc3 axb5 23.axb5 Kd8 24.e5 Qf2+ 25.Qxf2 Nxf2 26.Kxf2 Bxb5 27.Ra8+ Kd7 28.e6+ Ke7 29.Rxc7+ Kf6 30.Rf7+ Kg6 31.f5+ Kh6 32.Ra7 Ba6 33.Rf6+ Kg7 34.Rf7+ Kh6 35.b4 g4 36.b5 Bxb5 37.Raxb7 gxh3 38.gxh3 Bc4 39.h4 Ref8 40.Ke3 Bxd5 41.Rbd7 Rxf7 42.Rxf7 Re8 43.Kd4 Bxe6 44.Rf6+ Kg7 45.Rxe6 Rxe6 46.fxe6 Kf6 47.Kd5 Ke7 48.c4 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - MikeSailer, Chess.com 2021) 9...Nxe4 10.Qf4+ Nf6 11.d4 Bb6 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.Bd2 Qf7 14.Rae1 Bd7 15.Qh4 h6 16.f4 Bf5 17.g4 Bxd4+ 18.Kg2 Nxg4 19.Re2 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Qg6+ 21.Kh1 Bg4 22.Qg5 hxg5 23.Re8+ White resigned, 30second-guy - GMHikaruOnTwitch, Chess.com 2021) (8.Qf4+ Qf6 9.Qg3 Qg6 10.Qf4+ Nf6 11.Nc3 Qxg2 12.Rf1 Bh3 13.Ke2 Qxf1+ 14.Kf3 Qxf2 checkmate, lc6O-1 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, Chess.com 2021) 8...Qf6 9.O-O Qxc3 10.Nxc3 (10.dxc3 Nf6 11.Nd2 Kf7 12.Kh1 Re8 13.f3 Be6 14.Nb3 Bb6 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.Bg5 d5 17.exd5 Bxd4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Rae1 Bf5 20.Rc1 Re2 21.c4 Rae8 22.b4 Rd2 23.a4 Ree2 24.Rg1 Bd4 White resigned, Ermand26 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, Chess.com 2021) 10...Nf6 11.h3 Bd7 12.d3 Re8 13.Bf4 Kf7 14.Rad1 Bb4 15.Ne2 Rhf8 16.c3 Ba5 17.Bh2 Kg8 18.f4 c5 19.g4 c4 20.e5 cxd3 21.Rxd3 Bb5 22.Re3 Bb6 23.Nd4 Bxd4 24.cxd4 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Nd5 26.Rg3 Rxf4+ White resigned, tobi0709 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 8.Qf4+ Qf6 9.Qg3 Nh6 10.c3 d5 11.d4 Be7 12.e5 Qg6 13.Nd2 Qxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.Nb3 c4 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Nf1 Nf7 18.f4 g6 19.Ne3 Kg7 20.g4 Nh6 21.f5 gxf5 22.Rxh6 Kxh6 23.Nxf5+ Kg6 24.Nxe7+ Kf7 25.Nf5 h5 26.Bg5 hxg4 27.Ng3 Rh2 28.Kf2 Kg6 29.Kg1 Rhh8 30.Bf6 Rhf8 31.Rf1 Rf7 32.Ne2 Raf8 33.Nf4+ Kf5 34.Nxd5+ Ke4 35.Nf4 Bf5 36.g3 Ke3 37.d5 Be4 38.d6 Rh7 39.Ng2+ Ke2 40.Rf2+ Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - MVM2008, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021 

7.Qf5+ 

Or

7.f4 Qf6 (7...d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d3 (9.b4 Nf6 10.Qg5 Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Bb6 12.Bb2 Rf8 13.Qxe5+ Kf7 14.d4 Kg8 15.Ke1 Re8 16.Qg3 Nxe4 17.Kd1 Nxg3 White resigned, MVM2008 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.Qf5+ Kf7 11.Qxe5 Bf2+ 12.Kf1 Bd4 13.Qf4 Kg6 14.Ke1 Re8 15.d3 Ng4 16.Rf1 Be6 17.Qg3 c6 18.h3 Qa5 19.Bd2 Qe5 20.Rf4 Bf2+ 21.Qxf2 Nxf2 22.Kxf2 Rf8 23.g3 Bxh3 24.Ne2 Qxb2 25.Bc3 Qxc2 26.Ke3 Rad8 White resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - GM_xAhmedx, Chess.com 2021) 9...Nf6 10.Qh4 h6 11.Nd2 g5 12.Qg3 Bd7 13.Nf3 Rg8 14.Qxe5+ Kf7 15.Qxc5 b6 16.Qc4+ Kg7 17.O-O c5 18.Nxg5 hxg5 19.Bxg5 Rf8 20.e5 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Romanov205, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 8.Rf1 Ne7 (8...g6 9.Qh3+ Ng4 10.Qxg4+ Kf7 11.Nc3 d6 12.Qg3 Ne7 13.d3 Bb4 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.O-O-O a5 16.Kb1 a4 17.e5 Qf5 18.Ne4 Bxd2 19.Rxd2 d5 20.Nc5 b6 21.Nxd7 Qxd7 22.Qg5 Qf5 23.Qh4 h5 24.h3 a3 25.b3 c5 26.Re2 Ke6 27.Rfe1 Nc6 28.Qf6+ Kd7 29.Qd6+ Ke8 30.Qxc6+ Qd7 31.Qxa8+ Qd8 32.Qxa3 c4 33.dxc4 dxc4 34.Qd6 Qxd6 35.exd6+ Kd7 36.Re7+ Kxd6 37.R1e6+ Kc5 38.Re8 cxb3 39.axb3 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Kgn1111, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; 8...Nh6 9.Nc3 c6 10.d3 d6 11.fxe5 Qxe5 12.Qh4 Bb4 13.Bd2 Kd7 14.O-O-O Kc7 15.Bf4 Qe6 16.d4 Bd7 17.d5 Qg6 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Qe7 Rae8 20.Qh4 Ng4 21.Qg3 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.Qd3 Ra5 24.a3 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Rb8+ 27.Ka2 Rxa3+ 28.Kxa3 Qc5+ White resigned, Kgn1111 - GMHikaruONTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 9.fxe5 Qxe5 10.Qg4+ Kd6 11.d4 Bxd4 12.Bf4 Bxb2 13.Nd2 Kc6 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.O-O-O d5 16.exd5+ Kd6 17.Ne4 checkmate, GMHikaruOnTwitch - 1c6O-1, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; or

7.O-O g6 8.Qe2 d5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Rd1 dxe4 11.c3 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Qh4+ 13.Kg1 Nf6 14.Be3 Qh5 15.Qd2 Nc4 16.Qd4 Nxe3 17.Re1 Nf5 18.Qc4+ Ke7 19.Nd2 Be6 20.Qxc7+ Nd7 21.Rxe4 Nd6 22.Rd4 Qc5 White resigned, Grandmaster2B - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021

7...Kd6 8.f4 

Or

8.c3 Qf6 9.Qxf6+ Nxf6 10.d4 Nxe4 11.dxe5+ Kxe5 12.O-O Nxf2 13.Rxf2 Rf8 14.Be3 Bxe3 15.Nd2 Bxf2+ White resigned, Romanov205 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; or 

8.d4 Bxd4 9.c3 Bb6 10.O-O Qf6 11.Qh3 Kc6 12.Nd2 d6 13.Qg3 Qg6 14.Qf4 Nf6 15.Nb3 Bh3 16.g3 Raf8 17.Nd4+ Bxd4 18.cxd4 Nfg4 19.Qd2 Nf3+ 20.Kh1 Qxe4 21.Qc3+ Kd5 22.Qb3+ Kxd4 23.Rd1+ Nd2+ 24.Kg1 Qg2 checkmate, radoslove - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021. 

8...Ng6 

Or

8...Qf6 9.fxe5+ Qxe5 10.Qf3 (10.Qxe5+ Kxe5 11.d3 (11.b4 Bxb4 (11...Bd4 12.c3 Bb6 13.d4+ Ke6 (13...Kxe4 14.O-O Nf6 15.Bg5 d6 16.Nd2+ Kd3 17.Rf3+ Kc2 18.Nc4 Black resigned, Mrkooshaj - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 14.O-O d6 15.Nd2 Bd7 16.Nf3 h6 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.Rae1 Bb5 19.Rf2 Ng4 20.e5 Nxf2 21.exd6+ Kxd6 22.Bf4+ Kd5 23.Re5+ Kc4 24.Kxf2 Rae8 25.Nd2+ Kxc3 26.Rxb5 Rhf8 27.Kg3 Rxf4 28.Kxf4 Kxd2 29.Re5 Rf8+ 30.Ke4 Rf2 31.g3 Rxh2 32.Re6 Re2+ 33.Kd5 Rxe6 34.Kxe6 Bxd4 White resigned, simonsah2004 - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 12.Bb2+ Kxe4 13.Bxg7 Ne7 14.Bxh8 d6 15.O-O Kd5 16.a3 Bc5+ 17.d4 Kc6 18.dxc5 Kxc5 19.Nc3 Kc6 20.Rf7 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Kxd5 22.Rf8 b6 23.Re1 Bb7 24.Rxa8 Bxa8 25.Re7 Kc6 26.Rxh7 Bb7 27.Rh4 Kd7 28.Rh7+ Kc6 29.h4 d5 30.h5 Kd6 31.h6 c5 32.Rxb7 Black resigned, GMHikaruOnTwitch - Thechesskid2021, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 11...d5 12.c3 Bb6 13.exd5 Kxd5 14.d4 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nd2 Bg4 17.h3 Re8+ 18.Kf1 Be2+ 19.Ke1 Bh5+ 20.Kf1 Nh6 21.g4 Rhf8+ 22.Kg2 Re2+ 23.Kg3 Bf2+ 24.Kg2 Bh4+ 25.Kg1 Re1+ 26.Kh2 Rf2 checkmate, Damwon - GMHikaruOnTwitch, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021) 10...Ne7 11.c3 Ng6 12.d4 Rf8 13.dxe5+ Kxe5 14.Qh5+ Kd6 15.Qd5+ Black resigned, TricksR4Kids - quack75, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021; and 

8...Qh4+ 9.g3 Qf6 10.fxe5+ Qxe5 11.Qxe5+ (11.Qf3 Qf6 12.Qe2 Ke7 13.c3 d6 14.d4 Bb6 15.Bf4 Qg6 16.O-O Bh3 17.Rf2 Re8 18.a4 a6 19.Nd2 Black resigned, SanitationEngineer - GM_dmitrij, Chess.com 2020) 11...Kxe5 12.b4 Bd4 13.c3 Bb6 14.d4+ Ke6 15.Bb2 a5 16.d5+ Kf7 17.Rf1+ Kg6 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nf3 Re8 20.e5 h6 21.O-O-O Ng4 22.Rde1 axb4 23.cxb4 Ne3 24.Nh4+ Kh7 25.Rf7 Kg8 26.e6 dxe6 27.Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Ng6 checkmate SanitationEngineer - GM_dmitrij, Chess.com, 2020; 

9.Qd5+ Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qe3 Nf6 12.O-O Re8 13.d3 Kf8

14.Qg3 

Or 14.h3 b6 15.Nd2 Kg8 16.Qf2 Qe7 17.Nf3 Rf8 18.f5 Ne5 19.Bd2 a5 20.Bc3 h6 21.Rae1 Ba6 22.Re3 Nfg4 23.hxg4 Nxg4 24.Qe1 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 d5 26.Ne5 Rfe8 27.f6 gxf6 28.Ng4 Rf8 29.Nxf6+ Kf7 30.Nxd5+ Black resigned,  GMHikaruOnTwitch - Damwon, 3 0 blitz, Chess.com 2021.

14... Kg8 15.c4 c6 16.Nc3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Rf8 18.f5 Ne5 

19.Ne2 Bd7 20.b3 Rae8 21.Bb2 a5 22.Bd4 c5 23.Bc3 Bc6 24.Nf4 Bd7 25.Rab1 Qc7 

26.Rbe1 Kh8 27.Qh4 a4 28.Re3 axb3 29.axb3 b5 30.Rg3 b4 31.Bxe5 dxe5 32.Ng6+ 

32...Kg8 33.Nxf8 Rxf8 34.Qh6 Be8 35.Qe3 Qd6 36.Ra1 Qd4 37.Qxd4 cxd4 38.Ra5 Nd7 39.Rd5 Rf6 40.Rb5 Ra6 41.h3 Ra1+ 42.Kh2 Nf6

43.Rxe5 Rb1 44.Re7 Rxb3 45.e5 Nh5 46.Rxe8+ Kf7 47.Rd8 Nxg3 48.Kxg3 Rxd3+ 49.Kf4 Rc3 50.Rxd4 b3 51.Rd7+ Ke8 52.Rb7 Rxc4+ 53.Ke3 Rc5 54.Kd4

Black resigned