Jerome Gambit: Crossroads (Part 2)

 

In the previous post, we looked at the Jerome Gambit game angelcamina - omer08can, 1 0 bullet, 2024, which ended like this 

In looking in The Database for games with this position, I discovered that it had not only been reached via the Jerome Gambit, but also via the Ruy Lopez, Nürnberg Variation!

(It should be noted that in the following games, the clock appears to have played a part.)

Examples: 

OuroPreto - Amifou

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6 

First seen in Tarrasch,S - Steinitz,W, Nuremberg, 1896 (1-0, 52)

4.O-O 

Or 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.Nxe5 fxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5+ Qe7 8.Qxh8 Qxe4+ 9.Kd1 Ba6 10.Re1 Qe2+ 11.Rxe2+ Black resigned, fobbyfischer - NN, Chess.com, 2025. 

4...Bc5 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Nxe5 fxe5 7.Qh5+ Kf8 8.Qxe5 Qf6 9.Qxc5+ d6 10.Qe3

10...Ne7 11.d4 

Or 11.f4 Kf7 12.d4 Rf8 13.e5 dxe5 14.dxe5 Qg6 15.Nc3 Kg8 16.Ne4 Bf5 17.Nf2 Rad8 18.h3 Bxc2 19.b3 Nd5 20.Qf3 Bf5 21.g4 Bc8 22.Bb2 Nxf4 23.Qg3 Ne2+ 24.Kg2 Nxg3 25.Kxg3 Rd3+ 26.Nxd3 Qxd3+ 27.Rf3 Qxf3+ 28.Kh4 h6 29.Rg1 g5+ 30.Kh5 Qxh3+ 31.Kg6 Bxg4 32.e6 Bf5 checkmate, DaWhiteDeath - wrappedupinclouds, lichess.org, 2023;

Or 11.c3 a5 12.d4 Ba6 13.Re1 Qg6 14.Qf4+ Ke8 15.e5 Rf8 16.Qg5 dxe5 17.Rxe5 Kd7 18.Qxe7+ Kc8 19.Qe6+ Kb7 20.Qxg6 hxg6 21.Re6 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Be3 Bd3 24.Nd2 g5 25.Nf3 g4 26.Ne5 g3 27.Nxd3 gxf2+ 28.Kxf2 Rf8+ 29.Nf4 Kb6 30.Kg3 g5 31.Ne6 Re8 32.Nxg5 Rxe3+ 33.Kf4 Re2 34.h4 Rxg2 35.Kf3 Rh2 36.Kg3 Rxb2 37.h5 Kb5 38.h6 Kc4 Black won on time nodari53 - Palindromuz, lichess.org, 2023. 

11...Kf7 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Qe6 14.Qf4+ Qf5 15.Qc4+ Be6 16.Qa6 Rhb8 17.Nc3 Rb6 18.Qe2 Rb4 19.Be3 Rg4 20.h3 Rxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 22.Kg1 Bg4 23.Qd3 Bf3 24.Qe4 Qg2 checkmate