In my battle for third place (in my group, 3rd round) in the Jerome Classic #1 tournament at Chess.com, my clearest competitor is sinipete. A win and a draw against him helps me.
mconto is likely to finish ahead of me. I scored 1 - 1 in our games.
cool64chess is probably going to stampede over all of us and take first place in the group. My games with him are still going, but I will be fortunate to salvage 1/2 a point.
What follows is the longest game that I have ever played, which means that it is also the longest Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) that I have ever played; in this case, defended against. (See "Jerome Gambit: The Long And The Short of It (Part 1)")
After squandering an advantage, I hung on for the draw. An opportunity wasted: no ground lost, but no ground gained.
sinipete - perrypawnpusher
Jerome Gambit Classic #1, Round 3, Chess.com, 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.O-O
This is one of the "modern" Jerome Gambit variations, instead of the "classical" 5.Nxe5+.
5...Nf6 6.d3 Rf8
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I have also seen 7.Ng5+ in Capt.Mandrake - perrypawnpusher, Jerome Gambit 3 Thematic, ChessWorld.net 2008 (0-1, 8) and 7.Bg5 as in drewbear - perrypawnpusher, Jerome Gambit 3 Thematic, ChessWorld.net, 2008 (0-1, 22).
7... Bxe3 8.fxe3 Kg8
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Black has a piece for a pawn. Both Kings are safe. White's pawn center is a bit stronger.
9.h3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Qe2 Be6 12.Nbd2 Qd7
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13.Ne4 h6 14.Nc5 Qe7 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.a3
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16...e4
Preparing to open the game.
17.Nd4 exd3
It would be better to exchange Knights, first: 17...Nxd4 18.exd4 e3.
18.Nxe6 dxe2 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Nxf8
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Routine play. After the game, I found 20...Nxe3 21.Ne6 Nd1, which would be quietly crushing for Black. White could improve with 21.Re1 Nd4 22.Ne6 Nexc2 23.Nxd4 Nxe1 24.Nxe2, but he would still be worse.
21.Kf2 Ne5 22.Kxe2 Nc4
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The two Knights are a match for the Rook and pawn. In fact, Stockfish 16 (38 ply) sees them as about 1 1/4 pawns better.
[to be continued]
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