Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Jerome Gambit: The Gutter Holds No Fear


Another high-speed checkmate, courtesy of angelcamina.


angelcamina - rishabh1110

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2026

1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

Business as usual.

7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qb5+ 

angelcamina has his eye on the enemy b-pawn. He is not troubled by the old warning, that those who take that pawn will sleep in the gutter. In fact, out of 110 games, he has scored 63%.  

9...Bd7 10.Qxb7 Rb8 11.Qxa7 Nf6 

White has 4 pawns for a piece. Stockfish 16.1 (25 ply) says the game is even.

The computer recommends 11...Nf4 instead of the text, but I can't agree.  

12.Qe3 Kf7 13.Nc3 Re8 14.O-O d5 

Hitting the center is the right idea.

15.d3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Kg8 


This is an interesting position. Black's pieces are developed and he has open lines for his Rooks. He has a piece for four pawns. Yet, White may be able to make something out of those pawns if he is careful

17.f3 Bc6 18.b3 Bb7 19.Bb2 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Qe7 21.Rd2 Qb4 22.Rad1 Ne5 

23.Nd5 Qb7 

Black needed to exchange Knights at d5.

Now White's Knight and his uncovered Bishop cause trouble on the Kingside.

24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Qh6 Qc6 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Rd7 


Black's King appears to have been abandoned by its pieces.

27...Qc5+ 28.Kh1 Qf8 

A slip, but 28...Re7 would only have brought on the misery of 29.Rd8+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8 Kf7 31.Qxh7+ Ke6 32.Qg8+Rf7 33.Re8+ 

29.Qxh7 checkmate




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