About two and a half years ago (see "From a Multi-step Synthesis Concept in Theoretical Chemistry to the New Record-holder of Logical Reconstructions in Chess? (Part 1)"), chessfriend Yury V. Bukayev and I were reviewing a video on Twitch titled "Alessia tries Jerome gambit" which showed the end of a game (with a fun threatened checkmate) by WFM Alessia Santeramo.
Unfortunately, the whole game score - including the Jerome Gambit opening moves - was not available to us.
Recently, though, Yury found the full game, and sent it to me.
While it is more of an "impatient Jerome Gambit" (see "Jerome Gambit: Facing Up to 4.Bxf7+ in the Two Knights (Part 2)" for a lot of information on the line), it is still interesting and fun and worth sharing.
AlessiaSanteramo - ChessToG0
3 2 blitz, Chess.com, 2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bxf7+
The opening goes back at least as far as the correspondence game Draper - Child, Belfast - Dublin match, 1891-92 (0-1, 20).
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Qf3+ Ke8 9.Qxd5 d6
White's plan is the same as it sometimes is with the Jerome Gambit: gather small gains where they can be found, and be ready to strike a deadly blow.
10.e6 Qe7 11.O-O Bxe6
Or 11...Qxe6. In either case, Black is better.
12.Qb5 Rb8 13.d5
Unpinning the Knight and offering the Bishop.
Black overlooks the patzer-like harassment of the Queen, 13...a6 - which is actually the strongest move here.
White now has the upper hand.
14.dxc6 Kc8
Ready to play 14...bxc6.
15.Bg5 Qf7 16.Nc3
Looking ahead, 16.Re1 would have been more prudent.
Or, was the master setting a trap?
16...Bc4
The opportunity to fork the enemy Queen and Rook is too much to ignore. With more time, Black might have analyzed deeper.
17.Qb4
White anticipates her next move, but she should have played the Queen to a4. Tick, tick, tick...
17...Bxf1
As expected.
Unexpected would have been 17...bxc6, uncovering the Black Rook's attack on the White Queen, transferring the edge back to Black.
18.Qg4+ Black resigned
White's Queen swoops over to the other side of the board, planning to win the enemy Queen while delivering checkmate.
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