Jerome Gambit: Moves Can Fly

In a bullet game, opening moves can fly, and opponents can "debate" where they will end up - until they get there. Then the excitment begins.

In the following 1-minute game, angelcamina winds his way to a Jerome Gambit (the game could have gone 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bx7+ Kxf7 5.Nc3 Nf6).

Once on familiar ground (see the games in the notes) he takes command, attacking both the enemy Queen and the enemy King.

angelcamina - dylanddk

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 

Petroff?

3.Nc3 

The classical variation of the Petroff?

3...Bc5 

Busch-Gass Gambit?

4.Bc4 

I'd rather not.

4...Nc6

Very well, then.

5.Bxf7+ 

How about an Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit?

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 

7...Bb4 

Black decides to save the Bishop, and initiates a plan that has a flaw in it. Remember, this is a 1-minute game and this kind of thing happens.

8.dxe5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 

Removing the defender of the pawn at e4.

9...Nxe4 

Overlooking something, not the first time that this has happened. The Database has 31 games with this capture, with White scoring 79%.

10.Qd5+

angelcamina is 7 - 2 - 0 from this position. 

He has also tried: 10.Qf3+ Nf6 11.exf6 gxf6 12.O-O d6 13.Qh5+ Kf8 14.Bh6+ Kg8 15.Rfe1 Bf5 16.Qxf5 Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 18.Re2 Rc8 19.Qg4+ Kf7 20.Qg7 checkmate, angelcamina - puffy04, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019. 

10...Ke7 

Black has retreated other ways:

10...Kf8 11.Qxe4 d6 (11...d5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.O-O Bd7 14.a4 Re8 15.Qf3+ Kg8 16.Ba3 Qg6 17.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 h5 19.Qf8+ Kh7 20.Qf3 Rf8 21.Bxf8 Be6 22.Bb4 Bg4 23.Qg3 Qxc2 24.h3 White won on time, angelcamina - amda, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020; 11...Kf7 12.Qd5+ Kf8 13.O-O Qe7 14.a4 c6 15.Qf3+ Qf7 16.Qe3 Ke7 17.Ba3+ Kd8 18.Rad1 Kc7 19.Bd6+ Kd8 20.e6 dxe6 21.Bb4+ Kc7 22.Qe5+ Kb6 23.Qa5 checkmate, angelcamina - Keithman3, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019; and 11...Qe7 12.a4 d6 13.Ba3 Qxe5 14.Qxe5 c5 15.Qxd6+ Kg8 16.Qd5+ Kf8 17.Bxc5+ Ke8 18.O-O-O Be6 19.Qxe6 checkmate, angelcamina - Yaroslav_Syzran, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020) 12.Ba3 Qg5 (12...Be6 13.O-O-O Bf7 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Bxd6+ Kg8 16.Rhe1 Qg5+ 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.Rd7 Qxc3 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Bd6 checkmate, angelcamina - apropes, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019) 13.exd6 cxd6 14.Bxd6+ Kg8 15.O-O Bf5 16.Qd5+ Be6 17.Qxe6 checkmate, angelcamina - Master1615, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019; as well as

10...Ke8 11.Qxe4 Qe7 (11...Rf8 12.O-O Qh4 13.Ba3 Rf4 14.Qe3 c6 15.Rad1 Qg4 16.Bd6 Re4 17.Qg3 Qxg3 18.hxg3 b5 19.Rd4 Rxd4 20.cxd4 Bb7 21.f4 Kf7 22.g4 Ke6 23.Kf2 a5 24.Ke3 a4 25.Ke4 g6 26.f5+ gxf5+ 27.gxf5+ Kf7 28.Ke3 Re8 29.Rh1 Ba6 30.Rxh7+ Kg8 31.Rxd7 b4 32.Ra7 Bb5 33.f6 Kh8 Black won on time, angelcamina - ottobitunbyte, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020) 12.O-O d6 13.Ba3 Rf8 14.Rfe1 Bf5 15.Qe3 Kd7 16.exd6 Qxe3 17.Rxe3 Rae8 18.dxc7 Rxe3 19.fxe3 Rc8 20.Rd1+ Kxc7 21.Rd2 Kb8 22.Bd6+ Ka8 23.Be5 Be6 24.a3 g6 25.Bf6 Rf8 26.Rd8+ Rxd8 27.Bxd8 a6 28.Bb6 Bf5 29.c4 Bxc2 30.Kf2 Bb3 31.c5 Kb8 32.Kf3 Kc8 33.Kf4 Kd7 34.g4 Kc6 35.h4 Kb5 36.e4 Ka4 37.e5 Kxa3 38.Kg5 a5 39.Kf6 a4 40.e6 Bxe6 41.Kxe6 Kb4 42.Bd8 a3 43.Bf6 a2 Black won on time, angelcamina - outis, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019. 

11.Qxe4 Rf8 

The text move does not save Black, but at least it temporarily saves his Queen - not like 11...d6 12.Bg5+ Kd7 13.Bxd8 Kxd8 14.exd6 Re8 15.O-O-O Rxe4 16.dxc7+ Kxc717.f3 Re2 18.Rhe1 Rxg2 19.Re7+ Kb6 20.Rd6+ Kc5 21.Rd4 Bf5 22.Re5+ Kc6 23.Rxf5 Rxh2 24.Rg4 Rh1+ 25.Kb2 Rd8 26.Rxg7 Rd7 27.Rf6+ Rd6 28.Rxd6+ Kxd6 29.Rxb7 Rh5 30.Rxa7 h6 31.Rh7 Rb5+ 32.Kc1 h5 33.c4 Ke6 34.cxb5 Kd6 35.Rxh5 Kc7 36.a4 Kb6 37.a5+ Kxa5 38.c4 Kb6 39.Rh6+ Ka5 40.b6 Ka6 41.c5 Kb7 42.Rh7+ Kb8 43.c6 Ka8 44.Rh8 checkmate, angelcamina - adriannez, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019.

12.Bg5+ Rf6 

White now has a checkmate attack.

13.exf6+ 

Ouch.

13...Kf7 14.Qd5+ Kf8 15.fxg7+ Kxg7 16.Bxd8 Black resigned