Jerome Gambit: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet

I continue to be impressed by how angelcamina produces powerful Jerome Gambit wins in a minute's time.

The latest example I have is below.

angel_camina - MoonDze

1 0 bullet, Chess.com, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

7.Qxe5 Nf6 

Not the strongest reply (either 7...d6 or 7...Qe7). The Database has 327 games with 7...Nf6. White scores 76%. 

8.Qxc5 Re8 9.Nc3 

angelcamina has also played 9.d3, e.g. Kg8 (9...d6 10.Qc4+ Be6 [10...Kg7 11.O-O d5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qxd5 Nxd5 14.Nc3 Nb4 15.a3 Nxc2 16.Rb1 Nd4 17.Be3 Nf5 18.Rfe1 b6 19.Bf4 c5 20.Rxe8 Bb7 21.Rxa8 Bxa8 22.Re1 Kf7 23.Bg5 Bc6 24.g4 Nd4 25.Be3 Kg8 26.Bxd4 cxd4 27.Ne4 a5 28.Nf6+ Kf7 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Kf6 31.f4 h5 32.g5+ Kf5 33.Kg2 b5 34.Kf3 b4 35.Re5 checkmate, angelcamina - Mv1993, lichess.org, 2019] 11.Qb5 c6 12.Qxb7+ Re7 13.Qxc6 Rc8 14.Qa6 d5 15.e5 Ne4 16.dxe4 dxe4 17.O-O Kg7 18.Bg5 Qf8 19.Bf6+ Kf7 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Nc3 Bg4 22.Nxe4 Bf3 23.Nd6+ Kg7 24.Nxc8 Qg5 25.Qf6+ Qxf6 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.gxf3 Black resigned, angelcamina -  mithunchand, lichess.org, 2021; 9...d5 10.f3 dxe4 11.fxe4 Bg4 12.O-O b6 13.Qg5 Qd4+ 14.Be3 Qe5 15.Qxe5 Rxe5 16.Bd4 Re6 17.Nd2 c5 18.Bc3 Be2 19.Rf2 Bg4 20.h3 Bh5 21.g4 Kg7 22.Bxf6+ Rxf6 23.Rxf6 Kxf6 24.gxh5 gxh5 25.Rf1+ Kg5 26.Kh2 c4 27.Nxc4 Rc8 28.c3 b5 29.Ne5 Rd8 30.Nf7+ Kg6 31.Nxd8 Black resigned, angelcamina - merhad, lichess.org, 2020) 10.Qc4+ d5 11.Qb3 Be6 12.O-O dxe4 13.Qxb7 exd3 14.cxd3 Bd5 15.Qa6 Nh5 16.Nc3 Bf7 17.Be3 Re6 18.Qb7 c5 19.Qf3 Rc8 20.Rad1 Rf6 21.Qh3 Rcc6 22.Bg5 Nf4 23.Bxf6 Nxh3+ 24.gxh3 Qxf6 25.Ne4 Qxb2 26.Rb1 Qxa2 27.Ra1 Qe6 28.Rxa7 Qxh3 29.Rxf7 Kxf7 30.Ng5+ Kg7 31.Nxh3 Rd6 32.Nf4 c4 33.dxc4 Rd4 34.Kg2 Rxf4 35.Rc1 Rd4 36.c5 Rd8 37.c6 Rc8 38.c7 Kf7 39.f4 Ke6 40.Kg3 Kd7 41.Kg4 Rxc7 42.Kg5 Rxc1 Black resigned, angelcamina - natiazhizhavadze1989, lichess.org, 2023.

9...b6 10.Qc4+ Kg7 11.O-O d6 

White is up 2 pawns, but he still has to bring home the full point - quickly.

12.f4 b5 13.Qe2 

White could take the pawn - 13.Qxb5 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rxe4 15.Qc6 Bf5 16.b3 Kf7 17.Bb2 - but he doesn't have to. 

13...b4 14.Nd1 Rxe4 15.Qf3 

Pressuring the enemy Rooks along the a8-h1 diagonal. He could have avoided some possible mischief with 15.Ne3. 

15...c6 

Black could have leveled the game with 15...Bg4 16.Qf2 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Qb8 18.h3 Qb6 19.d3 Re2 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.Bd2. 

16.d3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Bg4 18.Qg3 Re7 

White is a pawn up, but lags in development.

19.b3

Planning to put his Bishop ona the a1-h8 diagonal. He could have gotten some release from the pressure with 19.Ne3.

19...Rae8 

It is easy for me to sit at my desk and make suggestions, while the game was flying by for the players at bullet speed.

Nonetheless, there was 19...Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Qd4 21.f5 (21.Rb1 Ne4 22.Bb2 Nxg3+ 23.hxg3 Qxb2 24.Rxb2) 21...Rae8 (Not 21...Qxa1 22.Bh6+) 22.Bg5 Re2 23.Rf1 Nh5 (better than 23...Rxc2 24.fxg6 Ng4 25.h3 Nf2+ 26.Kh2 Ree2 27.gxh7 Kxh7 28.Rab1 Nh1 29.Kxh1 Rxg2 30.Qxg2 Rxg2 31.Kxg2 Qd5+ 32.Rf3 Qxg5+ 33.Kh1 Qd2) 24.Qf3 Qxa1 25.Rxa1 Re1+ 26.Qf1 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 gxf5 28.Kg1 Re2 29.Rf2 Re1+ 30.Rf1 Re2 31.Rf2 with a draw.

Whew!

20.Bb2 Re3 

Time slip?

21.Nxe3 Rxe3 22.Qxg4 Kf7 23.Bxf6 Kxf6 24.f5 

Things have settled down, White is a Rook and a pawn up, and it is time to go after the enemy King.

24...gxf5 25.Qxf5+ Kg7 26.Qf6+ Kg8 27.Qf8 checkmate

That's a lot of chess for an average of 2 seconds per move.