Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Jerome Gambit: Pillar to Post


According to the Cambridge dictionary, "If someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another"

Similarly to Black's King, in the following example.


Robov - Lalithjathin

15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 Ng6 8.f5+ 

Here, Black resigned, in Robov - joh4nnes, 15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2023

8...Kf6 9.fxg6 

Or 9.d4 Bxd4 (9...Qe8 10.e5+ Ke7 11.Bg5+ Kf8 12.fxg6 Qxg6 13.Rf1+ Ke8 14.Qxg6+ hxg6 15.dxc5 Rxh2 16.Nc3 c6 17.O-O-O Rxg2 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be3 d5 20.Rh1 Bg4 21.Rde1 Bf5 22.Ne2 Ke7 23.b3 Nh6 24.Bxg5+ Rxg5 25.Nd4 Nf7 26.e6 Nd8 27.Re5 Be4 28.Rxg5 Bxh1 29.Rxg7+ Kf6 30.Rf7+ Nxf7 31.exf7 Kxf7 32.Nf5 Rg8 33.Nh6+ Kg7 34.Nxg8 Kxg8 35.a4 a5 36.c3 Kf7 37.Kd2 Ke6 38.Ke3 Ke5 39.Kd2 Be4 40.Kc1 Kf4 41.Kd2 Bb1 42.Kc1 Be4 43.Kd2 Kf3 44.Kc1 Ke3 45.Kb2 Kd3 46.c4 Kd4 47.Ka3 Kxc5 48.Kb2 dxc4 49.bxc4 Kxc4 50.Ka3 b5 51.axb5 cxb5 52.Kb2 b4 53.Ka1 Bd5 54.Kb2 a4 55.Kc2 a3 56.Kb1 b3 57.Ka1 Be6 58.Kb1 Bd5 59.Ka1 Kc3 60.Kb1 a2+ 61.Ka1 b2 checkmate, Robov - Saske_10, 15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2023) 10.Bg5+ Ke5 11.Bxd8 Black resignedRobov - NecropoliX, 15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2023. 

9...Qe8 

To pin the advanced g-pawn.

Alternately

9...Bb6 10.d3 Ne7 11.Rf1+ Ke6 12.Nc3 hxg6 13.Qg4+ Kd6 14.Bf4+ Kc6 15.Qf3 d6 16.O-O-O Rh4 17.d4 Bg4 18.d5+ Kd7 19.Qg3 Ng8 20.Rde1 g5 21.Bd2 Bc5 22.e5 b6 23.Ne4 Kc8 24.Nxg5 Rh6 25.Qxg4+ Kb7 26.Nf7 Qh4 27.Nxh6 Qd8 28.Nf7 Qe7 29.Bg5 Qe8 30.exd6 Qb8 31.d7 Nf6 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.d8=Q Qxd8 34.Nxd8+ Rxd8 35.Rxf6 Ra8 36.Qf4 Rd8 37.Qf3 Rc8 38.d6+ Kb8 39.Rf8 Rxf8 40.Qxf8+ Kb7 41.d7 Bxf8 42.d8=Q Bh6+ 43.Kb1 a5 44.Qd5+ c6 45.Qd7+ Kb8 46.Qxc6 Bf8 47.Qxb6+ Kc8 48.Qc6+ Kd8 49.Qf6+ Be7 50.Qxe7+ Kc8 51.Rf1 Kb8 52.Rf8 checkmate, Robov - Margiris_Zmuida, 15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2023; and

9...d6 10.Rf1+ Ke7 11.d3 Nf6 12.Bg5 hxg6 13.Bxf6+ gxf6 14.Qf3 Bd4 15.c3 Be5 16.d4 f5 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.exf5 Bxf5 19.Nd2 Rxh2 20.O-O-O Rh8 21.Nc4 Qg8 22.Nxe5 Rh4 23.Qg3 g5 24.Nf3 Rg4 25.Qxc7+ Kf6 26.Rd6+ Be6 27.Nd4+ Ke5 28.Rxe6+ Kd5 29.Rf5 checkmate, Robov - Arvin-Y, 15 10 rapid, lichess.org, 2024 

10.Rf1+ Ke6 11.Qf5+ Kd6 12.Qd5+ Ke7 Black resigned


If now 13.Qxc5+, then 13...Kd8 would be met by 14.Rf8, while 13...d6 would be met by 14.Rf7+ and 13...Ke6 would be met by 14.d4 d6 15.Qxc7 with threats that will win a Queen for a Rook.


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