What to do, on the way to the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), if you meet the Two Knights defense, instead?
Some will answer: sacrfice, anyway!
Guest2711112842 - Guest2432796094
Chess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
My personal preference when facing the Two Knights defense has been to play 4.Nc3 and to hope for 4...Bc5, allowing the Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit with 5.Bxf7+.
Also check out "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense" Parts 1, 2, 3, 4.
4.Bxf7+
From the 2024 post "Jerome Gambit: Impatience"
Four years ago, in the blog post "Unasked Questions" I looked at the Two Knights line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bxf7+ and commented
This line doesn't have a name, as far as I know, but it might as well be "the impatient Jerome Gambit". The earliest game that I have with it in The Database is from 2001, but it has to be much older than that. My research is lacking here.Subsequently (see "Jerome Gambit: Facing Up to 4.Bxf7+ in the Two Knights [Part 2]"), thanks to Dr. Timothy Harding's UltraCorr 3A (2010) collection of correspondence chess games, I uncovered Draper, Dr - Child, AW., Belfast - Dublin team correspondence match-2 1891-2, an earlier game with that "impatient" line.
4....Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6
White has sacrificed two pieces for two pawns. He is counting on his opponent's shaky King - and possible uneasiness in a strange position - to arrive at some compensation,
7.e5 Nd5 8.Qf3+
Stepping into danger to protect his attacked Knight.
A much safer alternative is 8...Nf6, giving some of the sacrificed back.
9.c4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1
It may not be readily apparent, but this square is the best for the King.
10...Nxd4
Not looking into the position deep enough. Blitz?
11.Qxd5+ Kf5
Ouch. The problem with 11...Ke7 is 12.Bg5+ and White loses his King.
12.Qf7+ Ke4
Interposing with 12...Qf6 will still lead to checkmate.
13.Qf4+ Kd3 14.b3 Rf8 15.Qe3+ Kc2 16.Na3+ Bxa3 17.Qd2 checkmate
No comments:
Post a Comment