Thursday, June 26, 2025

Jerome Gambit: 2600+ vs 2600+


Both players in the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) are rated 2600+.


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3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Qh4 


This counter-attack goes back at least to Sorensen - X, Denmark, 1888 (1-0, 27).

7.O-O d6

Black prefers to focus on development, instead of grabbing a pawn with 7...Qxe4, although the capture is a bit better. 

8.dxc5 Nf6 9.cxd6 Rd8

Black casually goes about his game.

10.f4 Rxd6 11.Qe2 

An earlier computer vs computer game continued 11.Qe1 Qxe1 12.Rxe1 Nc6 13.e5 Re6 14.Rd1 Ne4 15.Re1 Nd6 16.Na3 Nf5 17.Kf2 Rg6 18.Rg1 Nfe7 19.h3 Be6 20.g4 Rf8 21.Be3 a5 22.Ke2 Rh6 23.f5 Rxh3 24.fxe6+ Kxe6 25.Rh1 Rff3 26.Rxh3 Rxh3 27.Nb5 Nxe5 28.Nxc7+ Kd7 29.Nb5 Nd5 30.Bg1 Nxg4 31.Rd1 Ke6 32.Nd4+ Kf7 33.Rf1+ Ngf6 34.Nf5 Nh5 35.Kd1 Ke6 36.Nd4+ Kd6 37.Nf5+ Ke6 38.Nd4+ Ke5 39.Re1+ Kd6 40.c4 Ne7 41.Kc2 Nc6 42.Nb5+ Kd7 43.Rd1+Kc8 44.Bb6 Nb4+ 45.Kb1 Rd3 46.Rh1 Ng3 47.Re1 a4 48.a3 Nc6 49.Nc3 Rf3 50.Ka2 h5 51.Nxa4 g5 52.Re8+ Kd7 53.Rh8 Kd6 54.Rh6+ Ke5 55.Nc5 Rf7 56.Nxb7 Rxb7 57.Rxc6 Nf5 58.a4 Rg7 59.a5 Rg8 60.b4 g4 61.Bc7+ Kd4 62.b5 Ne7 63.Bb6+ Kc3 64.Rc7 Nf5 65.a6 g3 66.a7 h4 67.Ba5+ Kc2 68.b6 Nd6 69.c5 Nb5 70.Rg7 Re8 71.Bb4 Nxa7 72.Rxa7 h3 73.c6 h2 74.Rh7 Kd1 75.Bd6 Re7 76.Rh3 Re2+ 77.Kb1 Re1 78.b7 h1=Q 79.Rxh1 Rxh1 80.Bxg3 Ke2+ 81.Kb2 Rg1 82.c7 Kf1 83.c8=Q Kg2 84.Qg4 Rc1 85.Kxc1 Kg1 86.Qe2 Kh1 87.Qh2 checkmate, HIARCS 11.1 UCI - Deep Shredder 10 UCI, jeromegambit, 2008. 

11...Bg4 

Black adds yet another piece to the attack. But is g4 the right square?

12.Qb5 


White's Queen abandons the Kingside defense for counter-attack on the Queenside. It looks risky.

12...Nc6 13.Qxb7 Rb8

The tactics are heating up. Stockfish 16.1 recommends 13...Be2 14.Qxc7+ Rd7 15.Qxc6 Bxf1 16.Bd2 (not 16.Qxa8 Ng4 and mate in 4) Re8 17.e5 Re6 18.Qf3 Ba6 

14.Qxc7+ Rd7 15.Qxc6 Be2 16.Nc3 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Qxh2 


White has three pawns for the exchange.

18.Be3 Rbd8 19.e5 Ng4

Look at 19...Qh1+ 20.Bg1 Rd4 21.Qf3 Nh5 22.Ne2 Rd2 23.Re1 Kg8 24.b4 h6 25.b5 Rf8 26.e6 Re8 27.a4 Rxc2 28.f5 Kh8 29.Ra1

20.e6+

20...Kg8 21.exd7 Nxe3+ 22.Ke2 Qxf4 

23.Qe6+ Kf8 24.Qxe3 Black resigned


After the exchange of Queens, White's advanced d-pawn will fall, but he will remain a piece and a pawn ahead.


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