Monday, September 1, 2025

Jerome Gambit: Queens Offside


The following game is a curious one: White's Queen goes offside, and Black's Queen does likewise. Only one suffers from the move.


Redtheone - giulianoprs74

3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Nf7 


It is not clear if this is a creative way to return material, which is inescapable, or simply a slip.

9.Qd5+ 

According to The Database, the alternative, 9.Qxf7 has scored 5 - 1 - 0.

9...Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 

Later, he faced 10...Nd6 in Redtheone - SebRia, lichess.org, 2025 (1-0, 48).

11.Qc4 

Or 11.Qd5 as in Redtheone - ANIwarrior007, lichess.org, 2024 (1-0, 65).

11...Be6 12.Qb4 

Or 12.Qe2 Qd7 13.f5 Black resigned, Redtheone - arcade129, lichess.org, 2024.

12...Rb8 


White's Queen has been doing a lot of work.

13.O-O c5 14.Qa3 Nf6 15.d3 


White cuts off his Queen from the Kingside, instead of centralizing the piece with 15.Qe3. Fortunately for him, Black now decentralized his Queen.  

15...Qb6 16.Kh1 

The King wants to escape any disclosed check from the Queen. He also had 16.c4

16...Nd8 17.f5 Bd7 18.Nc3 Nc6 19.Bg5 


With a simple threat. Do you see it? Apparently, the defender does not. Remember, this is a 3-minute game.

19...Rbf8 20.Bxf6+ gxf6 21.Nd5+ Black resigned




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