In the following game Philidor 1792's discovers he must contend with the Evans Gambit, the Jerome Gambit, and the ever-ticking clock, in an aggressive 3-minute game.
Philidor 1792 - guest206
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxf7+
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.Qh5+ Ng6 9.Qd5+ Kf8 10.Qxa5 b6
Black varies from the equally good 10...Qe7 of Philidor 1792 - guest23, blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1/2-1/2, 63).
11.Qa3+ d6 12.d3 Nf6 13.0-0 Bb7
14.f4 Kf7 15.Qb3+ Ke7 16.e5 Nd5 17.d4 dxe5 18.fxe5
18....Re8
Likely a time-slip.
19.Bg5+ Black resigned
Black will have to give up a piece with 19...Nf6, and, after 20.exf6+ Kd7 21.fxg7 the advanced enemy pawn will also be a headache.
Here we have another wild attack, and in a 3-minute game it can be a race as to what will finish off the Black King - enemy pieces or the clock.
Philidor 1792 - guest221
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxf7+
The Evans Jerome Gambit.
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qf5+ Kd6 10.d4
10...Qe8 11.dxe5+ Kc6 12.e6 Kb6
Protecting the bishop and varying from 12...Qxe6 of Philidor 1792 - guest2001, 3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013, (1-0, 26).
13.Na3 d5 14.Rb1+ Ka6 15.exd5
It looks like Black lost on time. He had 15...Qg6 as a defensive move, although after 16.Qf3 b6 (to castle-by-hand) 17.0-0 White would be better.
An abiding concern for Black, besides dealing with the attack that comes with the Evans Gambit and the Jerome Gambit, is not using up too much time figuring out how he is going to respond. Sometimes a successful defense over-the-board is undone by a shortage on the clock.
Philidor 1792 - guest2001
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
The Evans Gambit.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.Bxf7+
The Evans Jerome Gambit.
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.Qh5+ Ke6 9.Qf5+ Kd6 10.d4
Philidor1792 tried 10.Ba3+ in 4 games against guest1321 in 2013, winning in 14, 16, 17 and 18 moves.
10...Qe8 11.dxe5+ Kc6 12.e6 Qxe6 13.Qxa5 Qxe4+ 14.Be3 b6 15.Qg5 Qg6
16.Nd2 Qxg5 17.Bxg5 h6 18.Be3 Ne7 19.0-0-0 Ba6
20.Nf3 d5 21.Rhe1 Rhe8 22.Ne5+ Kb7 23.f4 c5 24.g4 Rad8 25.Bf2 Nc6 26.Nf7
At this point, in a relatively balanced game, White won on time.
For a 3-minute game, the following contest appears a bit "positional" but Philidor 1792 uses the strengths of his side more effectively than his opponent uses his strengths.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
The venerable Evans Gambit.
4...Bb6
Declined.
5.b5 Na5 6.Bxf7+
An Evans-Jerome Gambit hybrid that Philidor 1792 has played before.
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf8 8.Qf3+
An improvement over 8.d3 of Philidor 1792 - guest2019, 3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1-0, 33) and 8.0-0 of Thomas, H - Steve, H, Jackson, MI, prison m, 1992 (1-0, 44);
Best might be 8.Bb2!?.
8...Qf6 9.Bb2
Or 9.Qxf6+ Nxf6 10.d3 as in Castled - perrypawnpusher, 3 0 bliz, FICS, 2008 (0-1, 42).
9...Qxf3 10.Nxf3 Nc4 11.Bc1 d6 12.d3 Ne5 13.Nbd2 Nf6 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Nc4 Bd4 16.Rb1 Bd7
17.Be3 Bc3+ 18.Bd2 Bd4 19.Be3 Kf7 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Ne5+ Ke6 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.f4 Rhf8 24.g3 Nc5
25.Rb4 Rad8 26.Kf2 g5 27.Kf3 b6 28.h4 gxf4 29.gxf4 Rg8 30.Rc4 Rd6 31.a4 c6
Up to this point, White's two extra pawns have held their own against Black's extra piece. Now, with some inexact moves, the second player lets the "Jerome pawns" break through.
32.Ra1 Kf7 33.e5 Rh6 34.Rxd4 Rxh4 35.bxc6 Rh3+ 36.Kf2 Ke6 37.c7 Rc8 38.Rd6+ Kf5 39.Rf6+ Kg4 40.Rf7 Ne6 41.Rg1+ Black resigned
On top of the raging pawns, White also threatens checkmate.
Here we have the last of Philidor 1792's adventures with Evans Gambit / Jerome Gambit hybrids - for now. Again, Bxf7+ brings the heat.
Philidor 1792 - guest1899
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5
This time the Bishop goes to c5, not a5.
6.0-0 d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 Na5 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Bxf7+
11...Kxf7 12.Nd5 Nac6 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Ng5+ Ke8 15.Qh5+ Ng6 16.Nxh7 Kf7 17.Ng5+ Black resigned
White will pick up the Knight at g6.
As Philidor 1792 continues to expand his creativity in developing the Evans Gambit / Jerome Gambit hybrid, I struggle to keep up with names for the lines...
Here's another 3 0 smasher.
Philidor 1792 - guest2019 [C50]
3-minutes blitz www.bereg.ru (1), 20.10.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6
Declining the pawn.
5.b5 Na5 6.Bxf7+
White will have his gambit, anyway!
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf8 8.d3
White's attack began to run down after 8.Qf3+ Qf6 9.Qxf6+ Nxf6 in Castled - perrypawnpusher, blitz 3 0, FICS, 2008 (0-1, 42).
In the current game, 8.Bb2 was probably best.
8...Qf6
Here and on the next move Black misses a chance to cause mischief with ...Bd4.
9.Qf3 d6 10.Qxf6+ gxf6 11.Nf3 Ne7
Black has a piece for two pawns, but he is in unfamiliar territory, and soon loses that advantage in a Queenside skirmish.
12.Bh6+ Kf7 13.Nc3 a6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Ke2 axb5 16.axb5 c6 17.Na4 Bc5 18.b6 Nc8 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bd2 Nxb6 21.Bxa5
21...Ra6 22.Rhb1 Nc8 23.Rxb7 Ke6 24.Bc3 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 Nd6 26.Rb3 Ra8 27.Bc3 Ra2
As time winds down, Black's harassing Rook will trap itself.
28.Rb2 Ra1 29.Nd2 Rh1 30.h3 Rh2 31.Kf3 Nf7 32.Rb1 Ng5+ 33.Kg3 Black resigned
While I enjoyed the earlier examples of the wild Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit, part of me was thinking "Needs more cowbell" - a phrase rather hard to explain - so I was delighted when Philidor 1792 added a Nxe5+ to the already-Jerome-ish Bxf7+ in the following game.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.dxe5
Something new.
8...dxe5 9.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
9...Kxf7 10.Nxe5+
This is funny. Of course, if Black now blindly plays the Jerome-ish 10...Nxe5 he loses his Queen to 11.Qxd8.
10...Ke8 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxc6 gxh5 13.Nxd8 Kxd8
White's "Jerome pawns," Black's uneasy King, and the ever-ticking clock are what Philidor 1792 will count on.
14.Nd2 Nf6 15.e5 Ng4 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bg5+ Kd7 19.a3 Ra5 20.f4 Rha8
21.f5 Bc4 22.e6+ Ke8 23.Rf4 Bd3 24.h3 Ne3 25.Rf3 Bxf5 26.Rxe3 Rxa3 27.Rxa3 Rxa3
28.e7 b5 29.Re5 Bd7 30.Re4 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Ra2+ 32.Kg3 Bc6 33.Rf4 Rxg2+ 34.Kh4 Re2
Going after the advanced "Jerome pawn" but a better way was 34...Rxg5 35.Kxg5 Kxe7 36.Kxh5 Be8 37.Kh6 Bg6 when Black still has chances to hold on.
35.Rf8+ Kd7 36.Rd8+ Ke6 37.e8=Q+ Black resigned
Black has to give up his Bishop with 37...Bxe8, only to drop his Rook, as well, after 38.Rxe8+. Ouch.
In the following game, the third Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit played by Philidor 1792 against his opponent, Black comes up with an improvement, getting the Queens off of the board and stifling much of the danger of White's attack.
Alas, Black's game improves at the cost of time on his clock, and that can be critical in a 3-minute game.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.b4
The Evans Gambit.
5...Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5 7.d4 d6 8.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
8...Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb6 12.Bb2 h6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bxd4+
Something new, and an improvement over the previous 14...Nxe5.
15.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.exf6 hxg5 18.fxg7 Rg8
19.Nc3 c5 20.Nd5 Rb8 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Nxg8+ Kxg8 23.Rfe1 Be6 24.Rac1 b6 25.a3 Kxg7 26.h3 Rb7
Black's situation on the board is fine, but his situation on his clock is lethal. Here Black lost on time.
