Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Powerful Force




If you have been following this blog for any length of time, you know that angelcamina is a powerful force with the Jerome Gambit at bullet speed. A quick look at The Database shows he has about 1,100 games, out-scoring his opponents by about 2 to 1.


angel_camina - vule34

1 1 bullet, Chess.com, 2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ 

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4

8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qd5+ 

angelcamina is 13 - 4 from this position. 

9...Kf8 

Or 9...Ke7 10.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 d6 (11...Qf8 in angelcamina-LoFi_Lxgend/https://lichess.org/SU5XbSDu 2024 [1-0, 21]; 11... Rf8 in angelcamina - Davide313, lichess.org, 2023 [1-0, 16]) 12.Bg5+ Kd7 13.Bxd8 Kxd8 (13...Rxd8 in angelcamina - V1rtuoso, lichess.org, 2024 [1-0, 19]) 14.exd6 angelcamina - adriannez, lichess.org, 2019 [1-0, 44]); 

Or 9...Kg6 10.Qxe4+ Kf7 11.Qxb4 Qe7 12.O-O Qxb4  angelcamina - abhinavatul, lichess.org, 2020 (0-1); 

Or 9...Ke8 10.Qxe4 Bxc3+ (10...a5 11.O-O g5 12.Nd5 Bc5 13.Nf6+ Ke7 14.Bxg5 h6 15.Nd5+ angelcamina - The_KGD, lichess.org, 2019 [1-0]) 11.bxc3 Kf8 12.Ba3+ d6 13.Qf3+ Ke8 14.O-O-O Qg5+ 15.Kb1 Rf8 16.Qe2 Bg4 17.f3 Be6 18.exd6 Kf7 19.dxc7 Rac8 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.Rhe1 Rc8 22.Qxe6+ angelcamina - Parsel_1, lichess.org, 2020 (1-0). 

10.Qxe4 Bxc3+

Or 10...Qe8 11.Qxb4+ angelcamina - ngx11, lichess.org, 2020 (1-0); or 10...Qe7 angelcamina - iciaren, lichess.org, 2025 (1-0) 

11.bxc3 Qe7 12.a4 


Threatening Ba3.

Or 12.O-O d6 (12...c6 13.a4 b6 14.Ba3 c5 angelcamina - aviplot, lichess.org, 2024 [1-0, 22] 13.Ba3 (13.f4 Bd7 14.Ba3 Bc6 (14...Bb5 angelcamina - Heptrook, lichess.org, 2025 [1-0, 30]) 15.Qe3 Re8 16.Rad1 g6 17.Qg3 Kg7 18.c4 Rhf8 19.Bb2 Kg8 20.f5 angelcamina - CATCHESS11, lichess.org, 2024 [1-0, 20]) 13... Kg8 angelcamina - likinfride, lichess.org, 2019 [1-0, 27]) 

12...d6 13.Ba3 Qxe5 

A time slip. 1-minute per game is a challenge.

14.Qxe5  Black resigned







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