Saturday, August 29, 2026

Jerome Gamit: Maybe Not the Best Choice


Choices.

In the following Jerome Gambit game, the defender can choose to protect his King or to strike back in the center.

He chooses his King - and then doesn't - and has to deal with the consequences.


angelcamina - bullet62

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024

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

The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Rf8


Black begins to castle-by-hand.

The thematic 7..d5 was for choice. 

8.dxe5 Ne8

He would do better to continue his hand-castling, e.g. 8...Kg8 as in angelcamina - erfin, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 20209.exf6 Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Qxf6+ 11.Qf3 Qd4+ 12.Be3 Rxf3+ 13.gxf3 Qf6 14.Rhg1 d6 15.Bg5 Qd4+ 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Rg3 Qxb2 18.Bd4 Qxc2+ 19.Ne2 Be6 20.Rxg7+ Kf8 21.Rag1 Re8 22.Rxh7 c5 23.Bc3 Qd3 24.Rgg7 b5 25.Rh8+ Bg8 26.Rhxg8 checkmate.

9.Qd5+ Kg6 

White dealt with the other retreat handily, 9...Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 11.exd6+ cxd6 12.Qg5+ Black resigned, angelcamina - kkkkkuuuuuuuu, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021. 

10.Qxc5 d6 

11.exd6 

Slightly better than 11.Qd4 h6 12.O-O Kh7 13.f4 Be6 14.f5 Bg8 15.e6 Nf6 16.Nd5 c6 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.b3 d5 19.e5 Rxe6 20.fxe6 Bxe6 21.Qd3+ Kh8 22.Bb2 Qd7 23.Rae1 Re8 24.Rf2 c5 25.Ref1 g6 26.Rf8+ Rxf8 27.Rxf8+ Kg7 28.Qf3 Qe7 29.Rf6 Black resigned, angelcamina - MF-S, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019 

11...Nxd6 12.Qe3 Qf6 13.O-O h6 14.e5 Black resigned


The pawn fork will win a piece, and that is enough for Black to turn over his King.

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