Sunday, October 27, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Light-Hearted

 


Chessfriend Yury V. Bukayev pointed out to me that although I had mentioned in the previous post (see "Jerome Gambit: Who Is The Strongest?") that Grandmaster Andrew Tang was one of the top players to use the Jerome Gambit, I had only published one of his games on this blog - see "Jerome Gambit: Terminal Oversight". Fitting title, right?

To remedy that oversight, I will start out with a light-hearted example, with the Grandmaster playing Black in a bullet game.

NN - penguingm1

0 15 bullet, GM penguingim1 Arena, 2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Ng5+ 

The infamous Face Palm Variation. It happens at this speed, even when White is rated in the mid 1800s. 

5...Qxg5 6.O-O Qg6 7.d4 d6 

Black offers the return of material, for development.

8.dxc5 Bh3 9.g3 

After 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.Qxh3 Qxe4 White would have a slight edge.

9...Qxe4 10.Nc3 Qg2 checkmate

Ouch.



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