Jerome Gambit Secrets #7

Here is another Jerome Gambit line that is worth looking at, even if it is rare, if only to have a sense of how play has gone - or how it should go, if it ever appears again in a game. 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nc4 

Black is 2 pieces ahead, and if he wants to return some material, he has a number of choices. The text is rare method (only 3 game examples in The Database), but both players need to know a bit about what they are committed to.

7.Qh5+

This is probably White's best choice. It is a common Jerome Gambit tactic, and the resulting position is rated as equal by Stockfish 9, at an analysis level of  46 ply. We shall see, however, that in this case the computer's "opinion" is of marginal value.

The game remains complicated after the alternative 7.dxc5, which gets rid of Black's troublesome Bishop and allows White pressure along the d-file, with his advanced c-pawn ready to trouble Black's advancing d-pawn. One game by an experienced Jerome Gambiteer continued: 7...Nf6 8.e5?! (8.b3!? Ne5 9.Nc3 (9.O-O d5 10.cxd6 Qxd6 11.Nc3 -/+) 9...Re8 10.Bb2 -/+) 8...Nxe5 (8...Qe7!?) 9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O d6 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd5+ Kf8 16.Qxb7 Re7 17.Qe4 (17.Qb4) 17...Bg6 (17...Nxf3+!?) 18.Qh4 Rg7 19.Nd5 Rf7?! 20.c3?! (20.f4) 20...a5 21.Rae1 a4?! 22.f4 Nc4? 23.f5 Ne5 24.fxg6 Nxg6 25.Qd4 Ra5 26.b4 (26.Re6!?) 26...Rb5 27.a3 Ne5 28.Rf4 Ng6 29.Rxf6 Rxf6 30.Nxf6 Rf5 31.Re8+ Qxe8 32.Nxe8 Kxe8 33.Qxd6 Ne7 34.b5 Rd5 35.Qb8+ Rd8 36.Qe5 Rd5 37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.b6 Rb5 39.Qd4+ Rd5 40.Qxa4+ Nc6 41.h4 Ra5 42.Qg4+ Kd6 43.a4 Ne5 44.Qb4+ Rc5 45.b7 Nc6 46.b8=Q+ Nxb8 47.Qxb8+ Kd5 48.g4 Kc4 49.Qb4+ Kd5 50.a5 Rc4 51.Qb7+ Rc6 52.a6 Kd6 53.a7 Rxc3 54.Qb8+ Kd5 55.a8=Q+ Kd4 56.Qd8+ Ke3 57.Qe7+ Kd2 58.Qg2+ Kd3 59.Qd6+ Kc4 60.Qgc6+ Kb3 61.Qb5+ Kc2 62.Qh2+ Kd1 63.Qb1+ Rc1 64.Qd6+ Ke2+ 65.Qxc1 Kf3 66.Qd3+ Kxg4 67.Qg5 checkmate, HauntedKnight - jthurman, FICS, 2014.

7... g6

Black can also try 7...Kf8, although it isn't really an improvment - and is equally complicated. One game continued 8.Qxc5+ Nd6 9.e5 b5? (9...Qe7!? is a better try 10.O-O (or 10.Qxc7 Nf5 11.Qc3 d6 12.O-O dxe5 13.dxe5 transposing) 10...Nf5 11.Qxc7 d6 12.Qc3 dxe5 13.dxe5 Bd7 14.Qf3 Qxe5 15.g4 Bb5 16.Nc3 Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Nf6 18.gxf5 Qxh2 19.Bf4 Qh5 (19...Qh4 20.Re1) 20.Qxb7 Re8 21.Qb4+ Re7 22.Kg2 Qg4+ 23.Kf1 Qh3+ 24.Kg1 Qg4+ drawn) 10.exd6 c6 11.Be3 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 Nf6 13.O-O a6 14.b4 Qd8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne4 f5 18.Qxf5+ Kg7 19.Qg4+ Kh7 20.g3 a5 21.Rae1 axb4 22.Qf5+ Kg7 23.Nc5 Rxa2 24.Re7+ Kg8 25.Qf7 checkmate, HauntedKnight - Dpouchy, FICS, 2014.

While computer analysis can sometimes tease out tactical ideas, in this case Stockfish 8 & 9 frustratingly throw in the towel, suggesting 7...Kf8 8.Qf5+ Ke8 9.Qh5+ Kf8 and a draw by repetition. After all, White is two pieces down, so he should be happy with the half point.

8.Qxc5 

This capture allows White to grab the Bishop, as well, without disrupting his pawn center. The move appeared in a recent Bill Wall game, and I am a tiny bit surprised (Bill's games are full of surprises) that he didn't try the "nudge" 8.Qd5+, instead - the kind of twist that shows up in many of his games.

Looking at 8.Qd5+ Kg7, we can see that Black already has to be careful:

8...Kf8? 9.dxc5 Na5 10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Qd4 Kf7 12.e5 Nc6 13.Qc4+ d5 14.cxd6+ Be6 15.Qf4 Nxe5 16.dxc7 Qe7 17.Qxe5; or

8... Kf6? 9.Bg5+; or

8... Ke7? 9.Qxc5+ Kf7 10. Qxc4+; or

8...Ke8? 9.dxc5 Nf6 10.Qxc4. 

The game can continue in a complicated manner toward an advantage for White: 9.dxc5 Na5 10.b4 Nf6 (or 10...Nc6 11.Bb2+ Nf6, transposing) 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.b5 Re8 (or 12...Ne7 13.Qd4 Rf8 14.g4 Kg8 15.Qc4+d5 16.cxd6+ Ned5 17.Nc3 Be6 18.exd5 Bxg4 19.dxc7 Qd6 +/-) 13.bxc6 dxc6 14.Qd3 Qxd3 15.cxd3 b6 16.Nd2 Ba6 17.Rc1 Bb5 18.Nc4 Rad8 19.Ke2 Kf7 20.Bxf6 Kxf6 21.f4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 b5 23.Rcc1 g5 +/- 

8...d5 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.e5 

Here, Black's game blew up with 10...Ne4? in Wall - Guest6959655, PlayChess.com, 2018 (1-0, 21). The defender could have maintained an even game by giving back material with 10...c6 11.exf6 Re8+ 12.Be3 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Rxe3+ 14.Kd2 Re6 15.Rae1 Rxe1 16.Rxe1 Qxf6.

So - if Black plays the almost "secret" 6...Nc4, smile, but do not celebrate yet. Go for the Queen check at h5, consider the "nudge" at d5, and prepare for complex play where you can hope for an advantage (with a draw in hand, per Stockfish). 

Caution!

It feels somewhat strange to urge caution in a chess opening that is known to be refuted - if the "best" lines still lose, what can be said of the "lesser lines"? Much seems to turn on "psychology", where the "best" move might be the most obscure or unclear or unsettling move - regardless of its "objective" worth - one that gives the opponent the greatest chance to go wrong.

So many times, the opponent takes that chance.

It is worth examining the play of HauntedKnight's games (as we have done before; see "Familiar Territory"), below, for ideas on how to pursue the attack.

HauntedKnight - blocbloc
FICS, 2016

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 

This move was, at first, Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's favorite response, although he later turned to 6.Qh5+.

6...Qh4

This is Black's sharpest response.

7.dxc5 

HauntedKnight has over 400 games in The Database, and he has scored 50%+ in them, so it feels a bit presumptious to suggest that he play the "better" move, 7.0-0, like he did previously:

7.O-O Ng4 8.h3 Bb6 9.hxg4 Nf6 10.g5 Ng4 11.Qf3+ Kg8 12.Qh3 Qxh3 13.gxh3 Bxd4 14.hxg4 d6 15.c3 Bb6 16.Kg2 Bxg4 17.f3 Bh5 18.Nd2 h6 19.Nc4 Bf7 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.gxh6 gxh6 22.Kf2 Kh7 23.Rh1 h5 24.Be3 Rhg8 25.b3 Rg7 26.Ke2 Rg2+ 27.Kd3 Raxa2 28.Rab1 Rh2 29.Rhg1 h4 30.Rg4 h3 31.Rh4+ Kg8 32.Bd4 Kf8 33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Rh7 c5 35.Bh8 Ke8 36.Bf6 Rhd2+ 37.Ke3 h2 38.Rh1 Rg2 39.b4 cxb4 40.cxb4 Rae2+ 41.Kf4 d5 42.Rh8+ Kd7 43.exd5 Bxd5 44.Rh7+ Kc6 45.Bd4 Rd2 46.Rh6+ Kb5 47.Rxb6+ Kc4 48.Bc5 Rg1 49.Rxh2 Rxh2 50.Rxb7 Rh4+ 51.Ke5 Rh5+ 52.Kd6 Rg6+ 53.Kc7 Rh7+ 54.Kb8 Rxb7+ 55.Kc8 Rg8+ 56.Bf8 Rxf8 checkmate, HauntedKnight - scarlattibach, FICS, 2012.

7...Qxe4+ 8.Kf1 

This is an improvement over two other lines for White:

8.Be3 Qb4+ (8...Qxg2 9.Rf1 [9.Qd5+ Qxd5 White resigned, HauntedKnight - homeopata, FICS, 2014] 9...d6 [9...Nf6 10.Nd2 Re8 11.b3 Neg4 12.Nc4 Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qxh2 14.Qd5+ Kf8 15.Kd1 Qh1 16.Rxh1 Black resigned, HauntedKnight -rustyllm, FICS, 2011] 10.Nd2 b6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qh4 Ba6 13.c4 Nd3+ 14.Ke2 Nxb2 15.Rac1 Re8 16.Rg1 Qc6 17.Rg3 Nf6 18.Kf1 Nd3 19.Bd4 dxc5 20.Bxf6 Nxc1 21.Bxh8 Rxh8 22.Rf3+ Ke8 23.Qe4+ Qxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxa2 25.Nd2 Nb4 26.Re3+, Black forfeited on time, HauntedKnight - Dpouchy, FICS, 2015; 8...Nf6 9.Nc3 Qb4 10.O-O Qxb2 11.Bd4 Nc6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qd5+ Kg7 14.Ne4 Qe5 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Ng3 Qd4 17.Qf3 Ne5 18.Nf5+ Kh8 19.Qh5 Qg4 20.Qxe8+ Qg8 21.Qh5 Ng6 22.Ng3 b6 23.Rfe1 Bb7 24.Rad1 Ne5 25.Rxe5 fxe5 26.Qxe5+ Qg7 27.Qxg7+Kxg7 28.Rxd7+ Kg6 29.Rxc7 Ba6 30.cxb6 axb6 31.h4 Rd8 32.h5+ Kf6 33.Rxh7 Rd1+ 34.Kh2 Rd2 35.Ne4+ Black resigned, HauntedKnight - rriberi, FICS, 2015) 9.Nd2 (9.Nc3 Qxb2 [9...Qxc5 10.Bxc5 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - avargasg, FICS, 2012] 10.Qd5+ Kg6 11.Qxe5 Qxa1+ 12.Ke2 Qxh1 13.Ne4 Qxg2 14.h4 Qg4+ 15.f3 Qe6 16.h5+ Kf7 17.Ng5+ Black resigned,  HauntedKnight - kyrylo, FICS, 2013) 9...Qxb2 10.O-O Nf6 11.c4 Qc3 12.Rc1 Qd3 13.Qa4 Rf8 14.Rfd1 Kg8 15.Nb3 Qg6 16.g3 Nfg4 17.Bf4 Rxf4 18.gxf4 Ne3+ White resigned, HauntedKnight - mansalta, FICS, 2015; and

8.Qe2 Qxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Nf6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Kf1 Neg4 12.Rxe8 Kxe8 13.h3 Ne5 14.Bf4 d6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Nc3 a6 17.Rd1 Ke7 18.g4 h6 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Bxh3+ 21.Ke2 Bg4+ 22.Kd2 Bxd1 23.Kxd1 Rh8 24.Nd5+ Ke6 25.Nc7+ Kf5 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.b3 Ke4 28.Kd2 f5 29.Kc3 f4 30.Ne6 Rc8+ 31.Kb2 Nf3 32.c4 d5 33.Kc3 dxc4 34.bxc4 b5 35.c5 Ke5 36.Ng7 Rxc5+ 37.Kb4 Rc2 38.a4 bxa4 39.Kxa4 Rxf2 40.Ne8 Nd4 41.Nc7 Ra2+ 42.Kb4 a5+ 43.Kc3 a4 44.Na6 a3 45.Nb4 Ra1 46.Kd2 a2 47.Nd3+ Kf5 48.Nb4 f3 49.Nxa2 Rxa2+ 50.Ke3 Ra4 51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Kf1 Ra2 53.Ke1 f2+ 54.Kf1 Ke3 55.Kg2 Ke2 56.Kg3 f1=Q 57.Kh2 Kf3 checkmate, HauntedKnight - pzinga, FICS, 2014. 

8...Nf6 9.Nc3 Qh4

Previously HauntedKnight had faced 9...Qc4+ 10.Kg1 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qe7 12.g3 d6 13.Kg2 Bg4 14.Qd2 Bf3+ 15.Kg1 Bc6 16.f4 Nf3+ White resigned, HauntedKnight - truuf, FICS, 2014

10.Be3 b6 11.Ne2 bxc5 12.Ng3 d6 13.c3 Ba6+

14.Kg1 Rhe8 15.Qb3+ c4 16.Qd1 g6 17.Kf1 Neg4 18.Bd4 Nxh2+

This is an odd idea, instead of continuing the attack with 18...Bb7. Perhaps Black miscalculated something. This is the kind of opportunity many Jerome Gambit players expect and enjoy.

19.Kg1 Nfg4 20.Qd2 

White should have continued to recover the piece with 20.Nf1 Qg5 21.Nxh2 Nxh2 22.Rxh2

20...Bb7 21.Qf4+ 

Still available was 21.Nf1. 

21...Kg8 22.Rxh2

A final oversight.

22...Qxh2+ White resigned

We Know What We're Doing (Sort Of)

I chuckled when I was putting together the earlier blog post, "Opening Discussion, Not Quite Closed". The idea that there were several very good moves to be played in an opening position, and I chose none of them -- and won the game, anyhow -- seemed very appropriate in a Jerome Gambit blog.

Anyone who has browsed through the 51,000+ games in The Database has come away with an appreciation of the fact that Jerome Gambiteers frequently play second (or third, or fourth, or fifth...) best moves successfully. Some of that is due to their creativity, or their familiarity with the strategies of the opening. Some of that is due to the time control (blitz) or level of play (club chess).

Finally, some of White's success is due to the strangeness of the Jerome Gambit itself, which forces defenders to continually figure things out - or perish. I am reminded of the following anecdote from the "Blackmar Diemer Gambit World", #43, January, 1991, told by IM Gerard Welling, and reprinted in "Tom's BDG Pages"

At the Hastings Chess Congress in 1937 Emil Josef Diemer created a stir in a game with an English gentleman. Diemer had a bad position, but after a move by his opponent he replied quickly, then jumped up, and to the chagrin of his opponent exclaimed: "Precisely the blunder that I have been expecting!" 

White in the following encounter has 15 games in The Database. Perhaps that is not enough, yet, to allow too much straying from the "straight and narrow". He has interesting chances to win or draw, but eventually succumbs in a madcap ending to the ticking clock.

bemillsy - Dpouchy
blitz, FICS, 2012

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 6.Nxc6 dxc6

6...bxc6, as in fehim - Pawnshop, FICS, 2009 (0-1, 48) could have been punished by 7.Qg4+!?

7.Qg4+

Possibly the best move. I mention that, because of the following games, where White varied:

7.d4 Be7 8.Qg4+ Kf7 9.Qh5+ Kf8 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe2 Be6 12.e5 Nd5 13.c4 Nb4 14.a3 Na6 15.Nc3 Qxd4 16.Rd1 Qxc4 17.Qf3+ Kg8 18.Be3 Bg4 19.Qg3 Bxd1 20.Bh6 Qg4 21.Rxd1 Qxg3 22.hxg3 gxh6 23.Rd7 Kf7 24.f4 Rad8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Kh2 Rd2 27.b4 Rd3 28.Nb1 Rb3 29.Nd2 Rxa3 White resigned, blackburne - DREWBEAR 63, ChessWorld JG6, 2011. White has 155 games in The Database.

7.d3 Qf6 8. O-O Ne7 9. c3 Rd8 10.d4 Bb6 11. Nd2 Kf7 12. Qb3+ Kf8 13. Nf3 c5 14. e5 Qc6 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Bxe7+ Rxe7 17. d5 Qd7 18. c4 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. e6 c6 21. Rad1 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bc7 23.Rfe1 b6 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb7 26. Rd7 Bc8 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. e7  checkmate, UNPREDICTABLE - jrauch, FICS, 2010. White has 450 games in The Database.

7.O-O Nf6 8.d3 Qd4 9.c3 Qd7 10.d4 Be7 11.e5 Ne8 12.f4 Rf8 13.Qh5 Kd5 14.c4+ Kxc4 15.Na3+ Kd5 16.Qxh7 Qg4 17.Be3 Bf5 18.Qh3 Qe2 19.Qg3 Be4 20.Rfe1 Qxb2 21.Bf2 Nf6 22.Qb3+ Qxb3 23.axb3 Ng4 24.Nc4 Rxf4 25.Rf1 Bb4 26.Rad1 Raf8 27.Be3 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 29.Kxf1 Nxh2+ 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.g3 Nxe3 32.Nxe3+ Kxd4 33.Kf2 Be1+ 34.Ke2 Bxg3 35.e6 Kc3 36.e7 Bg6 37.Nf5 Be5 38.Nh4 Bd3+ 39.Ke3 g6 40.e8=Q Bd4+ 41.Kf4 Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - johnde, blitz, FICS, 2010. White has 548 games in The Database. 

7...Kf7

Possibly the weakest of his choices. Better defense was found after 7...Kf6 8.Qh4+ g5 9.Qg3.

8.Qf3+

Instead, 8.Qh5+ wins back a piece by forking the King and Bishop. 

8... Nf6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 Bb6

Cooperative. The alternative, 10... Rxe4+, looks stronger.

White battles on, eventually dropping the exchange, which puts him a Rook down - but he does not lose hope.

11.Bg5 Kg8 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.O-O c5 14.Qg3+ Kh8 15.d5 Rxe4 16.Nd2 Rg4 17.Qf3 c4 18.Ne4 f5 19.Ng3 f4 20.Ne2 Qg8 21.Nxf4 Rg5 22.Rfd1 Bg4 23.Qe4 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Re8 25.Qxc4 c6 26.g3 Bc7 27.Ne6 cxd5 28.Qxc7 Rxe6 29.Qxb7 a5 30.Kg2 h5 31.Rxd5 h4 32.Rd7 Rh6 33.Qe4 

A glance shows Black attacking fiercely - with his extra Rook.

33...hxg3

Where is E. J. Diemer when you need him? Is this precisely the blunder that bemillsy had been expecting?? Now White has a draw.

34.Qd4+! Rg7 35.hxg3 Rhg6

And again??

Black needed to mildly accept a draw by repetition with 35...Kh7 36.Qe4+ Kh8 37.Qd4 Kh7 30.Qe4+ etc. Now White is better.

36.c4

Homer - I mean, bemillsy - nods. He is right, his advancing pawn will be important, but after he plays 36.Rd8 to win Black's Queen for a Rook. Q + 5Ps will then out-play 2Rs + P.

36...Kh7

Black takes his opportunity to avoid the above killing fork, but should have done so with a Queen move like 36...Qe6 or 36...Qa8+, when he would be better again.

Now White again has a plucky draw by repetition: 37.Qh4+ Rh6 38.Qe4+ Kh8 39.Qd4 etc.

37.Rxg7+

Making things difficult again, if Black correctly recaptures with the Queen. White would have plenty of checks to deliver to the enemy King, but eventually the extra Rook would prevail over the extra pawns.

37...Rxg7 38.Qh4+ Kg6 39.f4

White does not accept the 39.Qe4+ line, drawing, and looks for a mate that is not there. (This does have the feel of a blitz game as time runs down.)

39...Kf7 40.Qh5+ Kf8 41.Qf5+ Rf7 42.Qc8+ Kg7 43.Qxg8+ Kxg8

White puts his trust in what must still be considered his "Jerome pawns".

44.Kf3 Rd7 45.Ke3 Kf7 46.g4 Kf6 47.b3 Ke6 48.a3 Re7 49.b4 a4 50.b5 Kd6+ 51.Kd4 

The pawns look scary, especially with a ticking clock, but "objectively" the Rook still has time to pick them off, one-by-one.

51...Kc7

Suddenly, Black's chances have crashed according to Stockfish 6, and the best he can hope for is now 52.g5 Rd7+ 53.Ke4 Re7+ 54.Kd4 Rd7+ and a draw by repetition. Instead of re-positioning his King, it looks like he needed to get his Rook into a pawn-flanking position.

52.c5

On the other hand, advancing the pawns on the wing where there is an in-place stopper will not bring victory. I do not think there is anything left for White now.

52...Rd7+ 53.Ke5 Rd3 

54.g5 Rxa3 55.f5 Re3+ 56.Kd5 a3 57.f6 a2 58.f7 Rf3 White forfeited on time

Familiar Territory

If you play the Jerome Gambit often, as HauntedKnight does, some lines become as familiar as one's own neighborhood.

HauntedKnight - galpone 
blitz, FICS, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bd6 

When I was playing over this game, I saw Black's move and chuckled. HauntedKnight practially owns this line.

7.dxe5 Bxe5 

7...Bc5 8.Qd5+ Kf8 9.Qxc5+ d6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Qd4 Nf6 12.Bg5 Qe7 13.0-0 Kf7 14.Nc3 Qe6 15.Rfe1 Nd7 16.b3 Ne5 17.Re3 Re8 18.Bf4 Ng4 19.Rg3 Nf6 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Bxd6 Kg8 22.e5 Nh5 23.Rg5 Nf4 24.e6 Nxe6 25.Re5 Bd7 26.Rae1 Kf7 27.g3 Rec8 28.h4 Rxc3 29.R1e2 Bb5 30.Rd2 Rd8 31.Rxb5 b6 32.Bf4 Rxd2 33.Bxd2 Rxc2 34.Be3 Rxa2 35.Rf5+ Kg6 36.Re5 Kf6 37.Rd5 Rb2 38.Rd7 a5 39.Rd6 Rxb3 40.Bxb6 Ke7 41.Rc6 Kd7 42.Rc1 Rxb6 43.Ra1 Ra6 44.f4 a4 45.f5 Nc5 46.g4 a3 47.g5 a2 48.h5 Nb3 49.Rd1+ Ke7 50.Re1+ Kf7 51.g6+ hxg6 52.hxg6+ Kf6 53.Re6+ Rxe6 54.fxe6 Kxe6 55.Kf2 a1Q 56.Ke3 Qd4+ 57.Kf3 Nd2+ 58.Ke2 Ke5 59.Kd1 Nb3+ 60.Ke2 Ke4 61.Ke1 Kf3 White forfeited, HauntedKnight - krausepeter, FICS, 2011. 

8.Qh5+ 

Or 8.Qd5+.

8...g6 

8...Ke6 9.Qf5+ (9.Bg5 Bf6 10.Qg4+ Kf7 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nc3 d6 13.Qe2 Ne7 14.Qc4+ Be6 15.Qxc7 Rab8 16.Qxd6 Rhd8 17.Qg3 Qg6 18.Qf3+ Kg8 19.0-0 Qg4 20.Qe3 Ng6 21.g3 b6 22.f3 Qh5 23.Rf2 Rf8 24.Rd1 Rbc8 25.Rd6 Bh3 26.f4 Rcd8 27.e5 Rfe8 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Qf3 31.Qd8+ Nf8 32.Qd5+ Qxd5 33.Nxd5 Be6 34.Nc3 Nd7 35.a3 Bf5 36.Nb5 a6 37.Nd4 Be4 38.c3 Nc5 39.h4 Na4 40.b4 Nxc3 41.Kf2 Nb1 42.a4 Nc3 43.a5 bxa5 44.bxa5 Nd5 45.e6 Kf8 46.g4 Ke7 47.f5 Nf6 48.Kg3 Bd3 49.Nc6+ Ke8 50.g5 Nh5+ 51.Kg4 Be2+ 52.Kh3 Nf4+ 53.Kg3 Nh5+ 54.Kf2 Bd3 55.Kf3 Bxf5 56.e7 Bd7 57.Ne5 Kxe7 58.g6 hxg6 59.Nxg6+ Kf6 60.Nf8 Ke7 61.Nh7 Nf6 62.Ng5 Nd5 63.Ke4 Nc3+ 64.Kd4 Black forfeited on time, HauntedKnight - evgehy, FICS, 2011) 9...Kd6 10.Nc3 a)10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.0-0-0+ Kc6 13.Bxe5 Qe6 14.Bxf6 Qxf5 15.exf5 gxf6 16.g4 b6 17.Rhe1 Ba6 18.a4 Rhe8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.h4 Re5 21.b4 Bc4 22.f4 Re3 23.Kb2 d6 24.g5 fxg5 25.fxg5 Rh3 26.Rd4 d5 27.f6 Rf3 28.b5+ Kd6 29.Rd2 c5 30.Rh2 Ke5 31.Rg2 d4 32.Nd1 Kf5 33.h5 Rh3 34.h6 Kg6 35.Nf2 Re3 36.Ng4 Re2 37.Rg3 d3 38.Ne3 Rxc2+ 39.Nxc2 dxc2 40.Kxc2 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - Verner, FICS, 2014; b)10.c4 Qf6 11.Qg4 (b)11.Qxf6+ Nxf6 12.Nd2 Re8 13.0-0 c5 14.Rb1 Bd4 15.Re1 Ng4 16.Re2 Rf8 17.Nf3 Kc6 18.h3 Ne5 19.Nxe5+ Bxe5 20.b4 b6 21.bxc5 Kxc5 22.Ba3+ Kxc4 23.Bxf8 Ba6 24.Rc2+ Kd4 25.Rb4+ Kd3 26.Rc1 Rxf8 27.f3 Kd2 28.Rcb1 Rc8 29.Kf2 Bd4+ 30.Kg3 Bc5 31.R4b2+ Kc3 32.Rb3+ Kd4 33.Rd1+ Ke5 34.Rxd7 Kf6 35.Rxa7 b5 36.Rxa6+ Kf7 37.Rxb5 Be7 38.Ra7 Re8 39.Rf5+ Kg6 40.Ra6+ Bf6 41.h4 h5 42.Kf4 Kf7 43.e5 Rxe5 44.Rxe5 Bxe5+ 45.Kxe5 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - COHGNH, FICS, 2013; b)11.c5+ Kxc5 12.Be3+ Kd6 13.Qg4 Nh6 14.Qd1+ Ke7 15.Nd2 Rf8 16.0-0 d6 17.Rb1 Be6 18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Bg5 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - oldway, FICS, 2011) 11...Nh6 12.Qd1+ Ke7 13.h4 d6 14.Bg5 Bxb2 15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Nd2 Bxa1 17.Qxa1 Kf8 18.0-0 Be6 19.a4 Rg8 20.a5 Ke7 21.a6 b6 22.f4 Raf8 23.f5 Bf7 24.Re1 Ng4 25.Nf3 Bxc4 26.Qc3 b5 27.e5 dxe5 28.Rxe5+ Nxe5 29.Qxe5+ Kd7 30.Nd4 Re8 31.Qc5 Re1+ 32.Kh2 Ra1 33.Qc6+ Kc8 34.Qb7+ Kd7 35.Qxa7 Ra4 36.Qb7 Rc8 37.a7 g6 38.Nxb5 Bxb5 39.Qxb5+ Kd8 40.Qxa4 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - sonofdukenukem, FICS, 2014; c)10.0-0 Qf6 11.Rd1+ Ke7 12.Bg5 d6 13.Bxf6+ Nxf6 14.Qf3 Bg4 15.Qd3 Bxd1 16.Qxd1 Nxe4 17.c3 Raf8 18.f3 Nf6 19.Nd2 Nd7 20.Nc4 Bf6 21.Qb3 b6 22.Ne3 Nc5 23.Nf5+ Kd8 24.Qd5 Kd7 25.Rd1 Re8 26.g4 Re5 27.Qf7+ Kc6 28.Qc4 Kb7 29.a4 Rhe8 30.b4 Nxa4 31.Rxd6 Re1+ 32.Kf2 R8e2+ 33.Kg3 Be5+ 34.f4 Bxd6 35.Nxd6+ cxd6 36.b5 Nc5 37.Qd5+ Kb8 38.Qxd6+ Kc8 39.Qc6+ Kd8 40.Qa8+ Ke7 41.Qxa7+ Nd7 42.Qc7 Rg1+ 43.Kf3 Ree1 44.g5 Rgf1+ 45.Kg4 Black forfeited on time, HauntedKnight - Amazon, FICS, 2014; d)10.Bg5 Nf6 11.Nc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qe7 13.Rd1+ Kc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd5+ Kb6 16.Rb1+ Ka6 17.Qb5 checkmate, HauntedKnight - xtforce, FICS, 2014; e)10.Be3 Qf6 11.Nc3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qxc3+ 13.Bd2 Qxa1+ 14.Ke2 Qe5 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.Bxe5+ Ke7 17.Bxf6+ gxf6 18.Re1 d6 19.Qb5 Rg8 20.Kf1 Bh3 21.gxh3 Rab8 22.e5 fxe5 23.a4 Rg6 24.Qc4 Rc8 25.Qh4+ Ke6 26.Qxh7 Rcg8 27.Qxc7 R8g7 28.Qc4+ Kd7 29.Qb5+ Kc7 30.Re4 d5 31.Qxd5 Rd6 32.Rc4+ Kb8 33.Qxd6+ Ka8 34.Rc8 checkmate,  HauntedKnight - javlacalle, FICS, 2013; f)10.Bd2 Qf6 11.Qh3 (f)11.Bb4+ Kc6 12.Qh3 Bxb2 13.c3 Bxa1 14.0-0 b6 15.Rd1 d6 16.Qd3 Ne7 17.Na3 Bb2 18.Nc2 a5 19.Nd4+ Kb7 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.Rb1 Ba3 22.Qb5 Qc5 23.Qb3 a4 24.Qc2 Nc6 25.Nf3 Bg4 26.Nd2 Ne5 27.h3 Be6 28.Kf1 Bc4+ 29.Kg1 Bd3 30.Rxb6+ cxb6 31.Qd1 Qxc3 32.Nf3 Nxf3+ 33.Qxf3 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qxe4 35.Qf7+ Ka6 36.f3 Bd6+ 37.g3 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Bc5+ 39.Kh1 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qg1 checkmate, HauntedKnight - AXTbIPKA, FICS, 2011) 11...Ke7 12.Qg4 d6 13.Qe2 h5 14.h4 Bg4 15.f3 Be6 16.Bg5 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - Beg, FICS, 2012; 10...Bxc3+ (10...a6 11.Bf4 Qf6 12.Bxe5+ Qxe5 13.0-0-0+ Black resigned, HauntedKnight - bozidaranas, FICS, 2013) 11.bxc3 Qf6 12.Qd5+ Ke7 13.Bg5 c6 14.Bxf6+ Nxf6 15.Qe5+ Kf7 16.0-0 d5 17.exd5 Re8 18.Qc7+ Re7 19.Qf4 cxd5 20.h3 Kg8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qxc4+ Be6 23.Qc5 Nd5 24.c4 Rc7 25.Qd6 Rc6 26.Qb4 Nxb4 27.Rab1 Nxa2 28.Rxb7 Bxc4 29.Re1 Bd5 30.Rd7 Rc5 31.Ree7 Bc6 32.Rxg7+ Kf8 33.Rdf7+ Ke8 34.Rxh7 Re5 35.Rc7 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Black forfeited on time, HauntedKnight - Dpouchy, FICS,2014; 
8...Kf8 9.Qxe5 Nf6 (9...d6 10.Qf4+ Nf6 11.0-0 b6 12.Nc3 c6 13.Be3 Rg8 14.Rad1 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Bb7 17.Nxf6 Qxf6 18.Qc7 Qg6 19.Qxb7 Re8 20.Qf3+ Ke7 21.Rfe1 Rgf8, Black resigned, HauntedKnight - PAMpamPAM, FICS, 2013; 9...Qe7 10.Qf4+ Nf6 11.0-0 Qxe4 12.Qxc7 Nd5 13.Qd8+ Kf7 14.Qxh8 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - Puckster, FICS, 2012) 10.Bg5 d6 11.Qb5 c6 12.Qb4 a5 13.Qd4 c5 14.Qd3 b6 15.Nc3 Be6 16.0-0-0 Kf7 17.Qxd6 h6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Qf4 Qb8 20.Qh4 b5 21.Qh5+ Kf8 22.Qxc5+ Kf7 23.g3 b4 24.Nb5 Rc8 25.Nd6+ Kg6 26.Nxc8 Bxc8 27.f4 a4 28.f5+ Kf7 29.Qd5+ Kg7 30.g4 b3 31.Kb1 bxa2+ 32.Kxa2 a3 33.b3 Ra7 34.Qc5 Qe5 35.Qd4 Qa5 36.c3 Rd7 37.Qxd7+ Bxd7 38.Rxd7+ Kf8 39.Rhd1 Qxc3 40.Kxa3 Qa5+ 41.Kb2 Qe5+ 42.Kc2 Qxe4+ 43.Kd2 Qxg4 44.Ke3 Qxf5 45.Rd8+ Kg7 46.Rg1+ Kh7 White forfeited on time, HauntedKnight - Thalidomide, FICS, 2014. 

9.Qxe5 d6 

9...Nf6 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Qf4 (11.Qa5 Rxe4+ 12.Kd1 Qe7 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Qd5+ Re6 15.f3 Kg7 16.Nc3 Rd6 17.Qxd6 Qxd6+ 18.Ke2 Qe5+ 19.Kf2 d5 20.Rhe1 Qd4+ 21.Kf1 Bf5 22.Re7+ Kh6 23.Rxc7 Re8 24.Rxb7 Bxc2 25.Nb5 Bd3 checkmate, HauntedKnight - deri, FICS, 2011) 11...d6 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Nc3 Bc6 14.Rfe1 Kg7 15.Rad1 Qe7 16.b4 Qe5 17.Qh4 Qxc3 18.Qh6+ Kg8 19.Re3 Ng4 20.Rxc3 Nxh6 21.Bxh6 Rxe4 22.b5 Rae8 23.Be3 Bxb5 24.Rxc7 Bc6 25.Rxd6 Rg4 26.g3 Ra4 27.Rf6 Rxa2 28.h4 Ra1+ White resigned, HauntedKnight - knightt, FICS, 2014; 

9...Qe7 10.Qxh8 Black resigned, HauntedKnight - Waltlarr, FICS, 2014.

10.Qxh8 Be6 11.Qxh7+ Kf8 12.Qxg6 Bf7 13.Bh6+ Nxh6 14.Qxh6+ Ke7 

15.Nc3 c5 16.Qg5+ Kd7 17.Qxd8+ Rxd8 18.0-0-0 Black resigned