Jerome Gambit: Taking What Is Given

In the following game, Black is quite willing to accept the material that is given him.

In turn, Whites is happy to accept the opportunites given him to gain material and then construct a sacrificial attack, ending in an attractive checkmate.

Wall, Bill - Dasasary

SparkChess, 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.Qc4 

The two have also contested 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.h3 Be6 11.Nc3 a6 12.f4 Bf7 13.O-O Kd7 14.d4 Re8 15.f5 Ne7 16.e5 Nfd5 17.e6+ Kc8 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Qg3 Bxe6 20.fxe6 Rxe6 21.Qg4 Qe7 22.Bg5 Qe8 23.Rae1 Kd7 24.Rxe6 Qxe6 25.Rf7+ Ne7 26.Rxe7+ Black resigned,Wall,B - Dasasary, internet, 2023.

9...Nf6 10.d3 Qe7 11.O-O a6 

Preparing a strike against White's Queen.

12.f4 b5

As expected, but ill considered, as it creates a weakness White immediately pounced upon.

13.Qc6+ Kf7 14.Qxa8 Rd8 15.Qc6 Kg8 16.Be3 Kh8 

White is up 2 pawns and the exchange.

17.Nd2 d5 18.Bd4 Rd6 19.Qc5 dxe4 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 21.Nxe4 Rc6 22.Qd5 Qe6 

An exchange of Queens might blunt White's aggression, but would not help the material imbalance.

23.Qd8+ Qg8 24.Qg5 

White chooses to leave the Queens on the board. He now gives up a couple of pawns, to distract Black's pieces and focus on the enemy King.

24...Rxc2 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Qxa2 27.Rxc7 

27...Qa1+ 

This aggression hastens his doom, as there is now a checkmate in 11.

28.Kf2 Qxb2+ 29.Kf3 Be6 

Black has run out of any useful checks.

30.Rc8+ Bg8 31.Rxg8+ 

Of course. Destroying the last effective defender.

31.Kxg8 32.Qd5+ Kf8 33.Qd8+ Kf7 34.Ng5 checkmate

Very nice!