My first loss in the Jerome Gambit Classic #1 tournament at Chess.com com had a straight-forward explanation: I got out-played by my opponent.
perrypawnpusher - mconto
Jerome Gambit Classic #1, Chess.com, 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3
A standard Jerome Gambit position. Black has an extra piece, White has two extra pawns.
9...N8e7
The Knight more frequently goes to f6.
10.O-O Rf8 11.f4 Kf7
Stockfish 16 frowns upon this move, because it leads to an even game.
Black is castling-by-hand, which seems fine to me.
The computer recommends, instead, 11...d5. I can understand why a human might want to safeguard his King before opening the center.
Slower were 11...Bd7 as in perrypawnpusher - louarn, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 44) and 11...Nc6 as in perrypawnpusher - taman, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 35). In each case I was able to respond with 12.f5 Ne5 13.d4, forcing play.
12.f5
Inaccurate was 12.d4 as in perrypawnpusher - wbrandl, blitz, FICS, 2011 (0-1, 28), since Black's King could immediately find shelter.
12...Ne5 13.d4 N5c6
Instead, 13...Nc4 did not lead to much in perrypawnpusher - bnxr, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1/2 - 1/2, 32).
14.Qb3+
Hoping to keep Black's King in the center. Probably 14.c4 or 14.Nc3 were a bit better.
14...d5 15.c3
I was getting nervous about both my d- and e-pawns.
I looked at 15.Bg5 Nxd4 16.Qd3 dxe4 17.Qxe4 and it felt like things were slipping away from me. This pessimism was unwarranted - after the game the computer assesed Black to be only 1/2 pawn better in that line.
15...Kg8 16.g4
To bolster my f-pawn.
16...Na5 17.Qc2 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Nac6
White has two pawns for his sacrificed piece. His pawns control territory, expecially in parts of the center, but his development is lacking.
[to be continued]
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