Saturday, January 4, 2025

Jerome Gambit: Bad Luck



Nothing but bad luck befalls Black after his 7th move. This could have been foretold by his 6th.

It did not help that Bill Wall had plenty of experience in the line.


Wall, Bill - Benaj

SparkChess, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Nf6 

Returning for a moment to the post "Jerome Gambit: What About the Rook?"

So, the warning is - be aware, defenders, that 6...g6 means you want to sacrifice your Rook. Play becomes awkward without this awareness.

I mentioned 7...Bd67...d6, and 7...Qe7. I should have added 7...Nf6.

8.Qxc5 

The game Wall, B - Guest3151819, PlayChess.com, 2014 ended here as a win for White. 

8...Nxe4 

Instead, 8...Qe8 was a bad idea in Wall,B - NN, internet, 2020 (1-0, 15) 

Not much better was 8...Qe7 in Wall,B - Pakyaw, internet, 2024 (1-0, 27) 

He could have tried 8...d6 9.Qe3 Nxe4 with White still for choice. 

9.Qd5+ Kf6

This is not an improvement on 9...Kg7 in Wall,B - Sigmon,A. Palm Bay, FL 2012 (1-0, 32). 

10.d3 Nd6 11.Bg5+ Black resigned




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