Jerome-Knight Gambit Games

To complete a look at the "Jerome-Knight Gambit", here are the games currently in The Database:

Cunningham,D - Brookshire,T
M-3062.2 IECC, 09.11.1999
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.c3 Bd6 5.Nf3 Re8 6.Qb3+ Kf8 7.Ng5 Qe7 8.d3 Nc6 9.Nd2 Bc5 10.0-0 d6 11.a4 Bb6 12.Qd1 h6 13.Nh3 Bg4 14.Nf3 Qe6 15.b4 Bxh3 16.a5 Qg4 17.g3 Bxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Qc8 19.b5 Ne7 20.c4 Kg8 21.c5 Ng4 22.Rc2 Qd7 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Rb1 d5 25.Rb3 dxe4 26.Ne1 Qd4+ 27.Be3 Qxe3+ 28.Kh1 Nf2+ 29.Kg1 Nxd1+ 0-1

Mitchell,T - Cunningham,D
M-4311.2 IECC, 08.04.2002
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 Bd6 5.Bg5 Re8 6.c3 Kg8 7.Qb3+ Kh8 8.Qf7 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb3 Nc6 11.Nf3 d6 12.0-0 b6 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.c4 Nd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Nd2 Re7 17.Qb5 Qd7 18.Qh5 Re5 19.Qd1 Bc6 20.b3 Rg5 21.Nf3 Rg6 22.h3 Qxh3 23.g3 Rh6 0-1

Ludwig,G - Haus,C
Rheinland-ch H2 Mainz Laubenheim (4.4), 24.03.2002
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nf3 d6 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.0-0 Qe7 9.Nd2 Be6 10.d4 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nxe4 12.Ndxe4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Nd7 14.Rfe1 b6 15.Nc3 Nf8 16.h4 Qd7 17.Qe4 Re8 18.Qb7 h6 19.Nge4 c5 20.Nf6+ Kf7 21.Nxd7 Nxd7 22.Qf3+ Ke7 23.Nd5+ Kd8 24.Rad1 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Kc7 26.Qxd6+ Kc8 27.Qxd7+ Kb8 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qxe8+ Kb7 30.Rd7+ Ka6 31.Qc8+ Kb5 32.b3 Kb4 33.Rxa7 Kc3 34.Qh8+ Kxc2 35.Qa1 h5 36.Rb7 Kd3 37.Rxb6 c4 38.Rd6+ Kc2 39.Rd1 g5 40.Qc1# 1-0

Mikul - Scandi 
HCL-B2309 www.playchess.de (8), 09.10.2003
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Ng5+ Ke7 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Be3 Nc6 9.Nh4 Kf7 10.0-0 Nxe4 11.Qh5+ Ke7 12.dxe4 Kd7 13.Ng6 Rg8 14.Nc3 Ne7 15.Nxe5+ Kc7 16.Rad1 a6 17.Qf7 Rh8 18.Bxc5 1-0

Ferreira,D - Dias,P
Porto district-ch U08 Porto (4), 24.02.2004
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qe2 Ke8 5.a4 d5 6.d3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Bg4 8.Qc4 Nc6 9.Qc5 Bxc5 10.Be3 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Qd1# 0-1

RookedRalph - Cccmember
HCL-B2851 www.playchess.de (9), 03.08.2004
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 d6 6.h3 Be7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Bxd8 10.0-0 h6 11.Nf3 Kh7 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Re1 Be7 14.Be3 Rhd8 15.g4 Rd7 16.g5 Nh5 17.h4 Rf8 18.Nd2 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.Re3 Rxd2 0-1

RookedRalph - Loulou
HCL-B2851 www.playchess.de (7), 06.08.2004
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qf3 d6 5.h3 Be7 6.Nc3 Rf8 7.d3 Kg8 8.Qe3 Nc6 9.Bd2 Nd4 10.0-0-0 Nh5 11.Nf3 Nf4 12.Rh2 c5 13.g3 Nxf3 14.Qxf3 Nxh3 15.Qg2 Ng5 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Ne6 18.Nd5 Bg5 19.Qh3 h6 20.Bxg5 Qxg5+ 21.Kb1 Nc7 22.Qg2 Nxd5 23.exd5 Bg4 24.Rf1 Rxf1+ 25.Qxf1 Qxd5 26.Qf4 Rf8 27.Qc1 b5 28.Rh4 Be2 29.Re4 Rf1 30.Re8+ Kh7 0-1

boxingcharlie - umy33
GameKnot.com, 16.05.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ng5+ Ke8 6.d3 h6 7.Nf3 Bc5 8.0-0 Kf7 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Re8 11.c4 d6 12.Qb3 Na5 13.Qa3 b6 14.b4 Nc6 15.b5 Na5 16.Nc3 Bg4 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Rxf3 Kg8 19.Raf1 Rf8 20.Nd5 Rf7 21.Qb2 Qd7 22.Rxf6 Raf8 23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Rxf7 Qxf7 25.Qc3 c6 26.bxc6 Nxc6 27.Qa3 Qd7 28.Qa4 Nb8 29.Qxd7 Nxd7 30.Ne7+ Kf7 31.Nc8 a6 32.Nxd6+ Ke6 33.Nf5 Nc5 34.Nxg7+ Kd6 35.Nf5+ Kc6 36.d4 exd4 37.exd4 Nxe4 38.Nxh6 b5 39.cxb5+ axb5 40.g4 b4 41.Kg2 Nc3 42.g5 Nxa2 43.g6 b3 44.g7 b2 45.g8Q b1Q 46.Qc8+ Kd5 47.Qc5+ Ke6 48.Qc6+ Ke7 49.Qc7+ Ke6 50.Qf7+ Kd6 51.Nf5+ Kc6 52.Qe6+ Kc7 53.Qe5+ Kb7 54.Nd6+ Ka6 55.h4 Qb2+ 56.Kf3 Qb3+ 57.Kf4 Nc1 58.Qe4 Nd3+ 59.Kf5 Qd1 60.Qc6+ Ka5 61.Qb5# 1-0

everette21 (1225) - land (1184)
Challenge from everette21, GameKnot.com, 15.06.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 Bb4+ 5.c3 Bc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Ng5+ Kg6 8.h4 Ng4 9.Qxg4 d6 10.Ne6+ Kf7 11.Nxd8+ Ke8 12.Qxg7 Rf8 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be3 Rf7 15.Qh8+ Ke7 16.Bg5+ Ke6 17.b4 Bxf2+ 18.Kd1 Bb7 0-1

chessmaster11 - elitedriver
GameKnot.com, 10.08.2005
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.b4 Bd4 7.Ba3 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Bxa1 9.Nfg5+ Ke8 10.Qxa1 d5 11.Nc5 Qxg5 12.0-0 Bh3 0-1

Ancker,R - Martínez Camacho,V
FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_E__000065 FICGS (1), 28.10.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qe2 d6 5.d3 Nc6 6.c3 Be6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.0-0 Rf8 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.Nd2 Bf7 11.Ndf3 Nh5 12.Nxf7 Rxf7 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.Rae1 Raf8 16.f3 Ne7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Qe3 Nh3+ 19.Kg2 Qxe3 20.Rxe3 Nf4+ 21.Kh1 Neg6 22.b4 h5 23.gxh5 Nxh5 24.Rg1 Nh4 25.Rg5 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 Nxf3 27.Rxh5 Ne1 28.Rf5 Rxf5 29.exf5 Nxd3 30.a4 Kf7 31.h4 Kf6 32.a5 Kxf5 33.Kg2 Nc1 34.Kg3 Na2 35.c4 Nxb4 36.h5 Kg5 37.h6 gxh6 38.Kh3 Kf4 39.Kg2 Ke3 0-1

Ancker,R - Antonov,A
FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_E__000065 FICGS (1), 28.10.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qe2 g6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Ng5+ Ke8 7.0-0 h6 8.d3 hxg5 9.Bxg5 Be7 10.Nd2 b6 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Rae1 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nd7 15.Qg4 g5 16.c3 c5 17.h4 gxh4 18.Qg6+ Ke7 19.f4 h3 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.gxh3 a5 22.Rxf6 Nxf6 23.Qg7+ Ke6 24.Rf1 Rg8 25.Rxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qg4+ Rxg4+ 27.hxg4 Rh8 28.d4 Rg8 29.dxe5 Rxg4+ 30.Kh2 Qh6# 0-1

Ancker,R - Pech,M
FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_E__000065 FICGS (1), 28.10.2007
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qe2 d5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nh4 Nc6 8.0-0 Nd4 9.Qd1 Qg5 10.d3 Qxh4 11.Be3 Nf3+ 12.gxf3 Bd6 13.f4 Ng4 14.dxe4 Qxh2# 0-1

Ancker,R  - Barradas,A 
FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_G__000022 FICGS (1), 02.07.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 0-1

LarryC - therealwizard
3 0 blitz, Internet Chess Club, 01.01.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 Rf8 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 Kg8 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bc5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Qd2 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qd4 14.0-0-0 Ne5 15.Rhf1 a5 16.Ne2 Qd7 17.Kb1 Be7 18.f4 Nc4 19.Qc3 Ne3 20.Ng3 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 b5 22.Nf5 c5 23.Rg1 b4 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.e5 Qf7 27.exf6 Qxc4 28.fxg7+ Kxg7 29.dxc4 Kf7 30.b3 Rae8 31.Rd1 Re2 32.h4 Rfe8 33.Kb2 Kg6 34.Bd8 Rf2 35.Bxa5 Rxf4 36.Rg1+ Kh5 37.Rg5+ Kxh4 38.Rxc5 Rf2 39.Bxb4 Ree2 40.Ka3 Rxc2 41.Be1 Rxa2+ 42.Kb4 Rae2 43.Rf5 Kg3 44.Rxf2 Rxf2 45.c5 h5 46.c6 h4 47.c7 h3 48.Bxf2+ Kxf2 49.c8Q h2 50.Qh3 Kg1 51.Qg3+ 1-0

Fuller,H - Meijer,Y 
Canada women's open L2 ICCF server, 01.03.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 Bc5 5.Qe2 Rf8 6.Nc3 Kg8 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Nd5 hxg5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.c3 Qe7 14.b4 Bb6 15.a4 a6 16.a5 Ba7 17.d4 exd4 18.cxd4 Bxd4 19.Rad1 c5 20.e5 fxe5 21.Qc4+ Bf7 22.Qe2 Nc6 23.bxc5 Bxc5 24.Qd2 Bg6 25.Nxg5 Bb4 26.Qc2 Bxc2 27.Nf3 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 e4 29.Nd2 Bxd2 30.Rxd2 e3 31.Re2 exf2+ 32.Kf1 Qxe2+ 33.Kxe2 f1Q+ 34.Ke3 Rae8+ 35.Kd2 Re2+ 36.Kd3 Qd1+ 37.Kc4 Rc2+ 38.Kb3 Qb1+ 0-1

Filipovic,M - Janic,D
Belgrade Spring op Belgrade (3), 27.03.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.d3 d6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qh6 Bg7 9.Qe3 Rf8 10.Nf3 Kg8 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.h4 Qf6 13.f3 Qf4 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 h6 16.Nh3 Bxh3 0-1

Jaber,L - Lemony,D
Goiania Op, 2011
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 d6 5.d3 d5 6.Nxe5+ Ke8 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qxh8 Nf6 11.0-0 a5 12.Re1+ Kd7 13.Qh4 Bb4 14.Rd1 Qe8 15.Nc3 Nc6 16.Ne4 g5 17.Nxf6+ Ke7 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.Qe4+ Kd8 20.d4 Ra6 21.d5 Na7 22.d6 Rxd6 23.Bf4 gxf4 24.Rxd6+ cxd6 25.Rd1 Bg4 26.Rxd6+ Bxd6 27.Qd4 Nc8 28.Qxf4 Bxf4 29.g3 Bc1 30.f4 Be3+ 31.Kg2 Bf5 32.c4 Bd4 33.h3 0-1

chorba - aitrie
'Blue Night Symphonye 14', GameKnot.com, 19.10.2011
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Ng5+ Ke8 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Na4 d6 8.d3 h6 9.Nxc5 dxc5 10.0-0 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Be6 12.f4 Kd7 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.d4 cxd4 15.Qxd4+ Kc6 16.Qxe5 Qd6 17.Qc3+ Qc5+ 18.Qxc5+ Kxc5 19.e5 Ne4 20.Be7+ Kc6 21.Rf4 Bd5 22.c4 Rae8 23.cxd5+ Kxd5 24.Bb4 Kxe5 25.Rg4 g5 26.h3 Kd5 27.Rd1+ Ke5 28.Re1 Kf5 29.Rd1 Rd8 30.Rf1+ Kg6 31.Rxe4 Rh4 32.Rxh4 gxh4 33.Rf4 b6 34.Rxh4 c5 35.Bc3 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 b5 37.a3 c4 38.Ke2 Rd3 39.Rd4 1-0

Gonzalez,C - Fritz
Tecnopolis, 14.07.2011
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nc3 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.d3 Bb4 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bxc3 10.Ng5+ Kg6 11.Rb1 Rf8 12.h4 h5 13.Rb5 Bg4 14.f3 Bc8 15.g4 hxg4 16.fxg4 Qd4+ 17.Kg2 Bxg4 18.Kg3 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Qf2+ 20.Kh3 Rh8 21.h5+ Rxh5+ 22.Kg4 Rh4# 0-1

zeussino - chorba
'Blue Night Symphonye 14' GameKnot.com, 15.01.2012
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d3 Bc5 6.0-0 Rf8 7.Bg5 Kg8 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bxf6 Rxf6 10.Nd5 Rf8 11.c3 d6 12.d4 exd4 13.cxd4 Bb6 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Rad1 Ne7 16.h3 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf7 18.Rfe1 Qd7 19.Nh4 Qd8 20.Nf5 Bh5 21.g4 Bg6 22.Ne7+ Kh7 23.Nxg6 Kxg6 24.Re6+ Kh7 25.Qd3+ Kg8 26.Qg6 Re8 27.Rde1 Rxe6 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.Qe4 Qf6 30.Rd1 Rf8 31.Rd2 Qf4 32.Qe7 Rf7 33.Qe8+ Kh7 34.Qe3 Qf6 35.Qe4+ g6 36.b4 a6 37.a4 Qf4 38.Qg2 Qxd2 0-1

aitrie - zeussino
'Blue Night Symphonye 14'  GameKnot.com, 05.01.2012
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.d3 d5 7.Bg5 dxe4 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.dxe4 Bg4 10.Qd5+ Be6 11.Qxc5 Rhd8 12.Nc3 Rd7 13.Rad1 Nd4 14.Nxe5+ Kg8 15.Nxd7 Bxd7 16.Rxd4 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Kf7 18.R1d3 b6 19.Qc4+ Ke8 20.Rf3 1-0

Italian Game Anti-Fried Liver Defense (Part 2)

Do you like kibitzers?

Neither do I.

They always know the moves you should have played, the moves your opponent could have played, and they're never shy about sharing all of that.

There is a world of difference between kibitzing and annotating, despite their allegedly similar goals.

I mention all this because after Welton Vaz ("Gandybh" at Chess.com) completed his Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) treatment of the Semi-Italian Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6) (see "Italian Game Anti-Fried Liver Defense Part 1"), he submitted it for analysis to the computer at Chess.com.

The result was surely educational, but it was also relentless. I chuckled my way through the game – it was a fun, exciting, typical Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit – because of the computer's notes. A computerized kibitzer – what will they think of next?

Gandybh - sqerl
Chess.com, 2009

0% (1270) - 0% (1243) [C55]
Live Chess Chess.com, 16.11.2009
[Chess.com Computer Analysis]

Inaccuracies(?!): 8 = 22.9% of moves
Mistakes(?): 3 = 8.6% of moves
Blunders(??): 3 = 8.6% of moves

1.e4 (Book Move) e5 (Book Move) 2.Nf3 (Book Move) Nc6 (Book Move) 3.Bc4 (Book Move) 3...h6 (+0.78)

4.Bxf7+??

(-2.32) BLUNDER - Oh no - a blunder! You should have played 4. O-O [BEST MOVE (+0.77) 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne5 7.Bb3 Bc5 8.Nc3 0-0 9.f4 Bxd4+ 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qc5 Kh8±;

BLUNDER (-2.32) 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.d3 Bb4 7.a3 Ba5 8.Nc3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Bd2-+]

(I prefer to play something like 4.0-0 and wait for 4...Bc5 before sacrificing my Bishop, but Gandybh is a braver man than I am. Still, we have seen 4.Bxf7+ on this blog before: perrypawnpusher - marapr, blitz FICS, 2007 and Fuller - Vallance-Gallant, Women's Open Championship of Canada ICCF, 2008 – Rick)

4...Kxf7 (-2.33)

5.Nxe5+? (-4.91) MISTAKE - Your position is getting even worse - you are now losing. The best line was 5. O-O [BEST MOVE (-3.04) 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.d3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 d6-+;

MISTAKE (-4.91) 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.0-0 Qh4 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Qd3-+]

5...Nxe5 (-4.91)

6.Qh5+?!

(-5.18) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 6. O-O [BEST MOVE (-4.80) 6.0-0 Ng6 7.d4 d6 8.Qf3+ Nf6 9.Qb3+ Be6 10.Qxb7 Be7-+;

INACCURACY (-5.18) 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.0-0 Qg5 9.Nc3 Nf4 10.Qxg5 hxg5-+]

6...Ng6 (-5.18) 7.Qd5+ (-5.26) 7...Ke8 (-5.31)

8.0-0 (-5.32) 8...Qe7 (-4.83) 9.Nc3 (-4.80) 9...c6 (-4.41) 10.Qf5 (-4.50) 10...Ne5 (-4.11)

11.d4 (-3.94) 11...d6 (-3.85) 12.Qf4 (-4.10) 12...Ng4 (-4.03)

13.f3 (-3.43) 13...Nxh2?

(-2.03) MISTAKE - Your opponent made a mistake! Better was 13... g5 [BEST MOVE (-3.49) 13...g5 14.Qg3 N4f6 15.e5 dxe5 16.dxe5 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 Nd5-+;

MISTAKE (-2.03) 13...Nxh2 14.Qxh2 Be6 15.d5 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.exd5-+]

14.Kxh2?! (-2.80) INACCURACY - Things are looking up! You're still losing, but you're better off than before. [BEST MOVE (-1.99) 14.Qxh2 Kd8 15.e5 Bf5 16.Bf4 dxe5 17.dxe5 Kc7-+;

INACCURACY (-2.80) 14.Kxh2 Nf6 15.Kh1 Be6 16.e5 Nd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5 18.exd6 Qxd6-+]

14...g5 (-2.60) 15.Qg3 (-2.83) 15...Bd7 (-2.14)

16.Be3?!

(-2.86) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 16. e5 [BEST MOVE (-2.28) 16.e5 Qe6 17.Ne4 d5 18.Nc3 Qf5 19.Be3 Qxc2-+;

INACCURACY (-2.86) 16.Be3 Nf6 17.Kg1 Bg7 18.Rad1 Rf8 19.d5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5-+]

16...Bg7 (-2.86)

17.Rh1?! (-3.52) INACCURACY - Your position is getting even worse - you are now losing. The best line was 17. a4 [BEST MOVE (-2.99) 17.a4 Nf6 18.Kh1 Nh5 19.Qh2 Nf4 20.g3 Nh3-+;

INACCURACY (-3.52) 17.Rh1 Nf6 18.a4 Nh5 19.Qf2 g4 20.fxg4 Bxg4-+]

17...Nf6 (-3.51)

18.Kg1?!

(-3.82) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 18. Rhe1 [BEST MOVE (-3.50) 18.Rhe1 Nh5 19.Qf2 Kd8 20.g4 Nf4 21.Bxf4 gxf4-+;

INACCURACY (-3.82) 18.Kg1 Nd5 19.Kf2 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Rf8 21.Ke1 d5-+]

18...Kd8 (-3.55)

19.a4?! (-4.31) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 19. Re1 [BEST MOVE (-3.51) 19.Re1 Nh7 20.e5 dxe5 21.dxe5 Bxe5 22.Bb6+ axb6 23.Rxe5-+;

INACCURACY (-4.31) 19.a4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Kf2 dxe4 22.c4 Kc7-+]

19...Ne8? (-3.17) MISTAKE - Your opponent made a mistake! Better was 19... Nd5 [BEST MOVE (-4.13) 19...Nd5 20.Kf2 Nxe3 21.Kxe3 Kc7 22.Ne2 h5 23.Kd2-+;

MISTAKE (-3.17) 19...Ne8 20.a5 g4 21.fxg4 Nf6 22.g5 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.gxh6 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Qxd4+-+]

20.b4?! (-3.59) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 20. a5 [BEST MOVE (-3.17) 20.a5 g4 21.fxg4 Nf6 22.g5 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Qxe4 24.gxh6 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 Qxd4+-+;

INACCURACY (-3.59) 20.b4 d5 21.Qe1 Qxb4 22.Rb1 Qc4 23.e5 Kc7-+]

20...c5?

(-2.52) MISTAKE - Your opponent made a mistake! Better was 20... Qe6 [BEST MOVE (-3.98) 20...Qe6 21.Na2 Qc4 22.Qf2 Kc7 23.Rh2 Nf6 24.a5-+;

MISTAKE (-2.52) 20...c5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.e5 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Qb4 24.Qf2-+]

21.Nd5 (-2.87) ALTERNATIVE - Things are looking up! You're still losing, but you're better off than before. [BEST MOVE (-2.72) 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.e5 cxd4 23.Bxd4 Qb4 24.Rd1 Bxa4 25.Be3+ Bd7-+;

ALTERNATIVE (-2.87) 21.Nd5 Qf7 22.c3 cxb4 23.cxb4 Be6 24.Rc1 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qxd5-+]

21...Qe6 (-3.04) 22.bxc5 (-2.66) 22...dxc5 (-2.55)

23.c3?

(-3.41) MISTAKE - Your position is getting even worse - you are now losing. The best line was 23. Rd1 [BEST MOVE (-2.39) 23.Rd1 Bxa4 24.dxc5 Kc8 25.Nb4 Bc3 26.Bd4 Qd7-+;

MISTAKE (-3.41) 23.c3 Bc6 24.Bxg5+ hxg5 25.Qxg5+ Kc8 26.Rxh8 Bxh8 27.dxc5 Be5-+]

23...cxd4 (-2.44) 24.cxd4 (-2.48) 24...g4 (-1.80) 25.Qh4+ (-2.19) 25...Nf6 (-2.19)

26.Bf4 (-2.33) 26...gxf3 (-1.96)

27.gxf3?!

(-1.96) INACCURACY - Perhaps better was 27. Be5 [BEST MOVE (-1.51) 27.Be5 Rf8 28.gxf3 Rc8 29.Rh2 Qf7 30.Rg2 h5-+;

INACCURACY (-1.96) 27.gxf3 Rc8 28.Rh2 Rg8 29.Rg2 Bc6 30.Bxh6 Bxh6 31.Nxf6-+]

27...Rc8 (-1.95)

28.a5?

(-3.12) MISTAKE - Your position is getting even worse - you are now losing. The best line was 28. Rh2 [BEST MOVE (-1.92) 28.Rh2 Rg8 29.Rg2-+;

MISTAKE (-3.12) 28.a5 Bc6 29.Nb4 Qc4 30.Nxc6+ Rxc6 31.Be5 Qe2 32.d5-+]

28...Bc6 (-2.49)

29.Nxf6??

(-4.82) BLUNDER - Oh no - a blunder! You should have played 29. Ne3 [BEST MOVE (-2.39) 29.Ne3 Ke8 30.d5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Bxd5 32.Qh5+ Qf7 33.Nxd5 Bxa1 34.Bxh6-+;

BLUNDER (-4.82) 29.Nxf6 Bxf6 30.Qf2 Rg8+ 31.Bg3 Qd6 32.e5 Rxg3+ 33.Qxg3 Qxd4+ 34.Kh2 Bxe5-+]

29...Bxf6 (-5.75) 30.Qf2 (-5.89) 30...Rg8+ (-5.96) 31.Kf1 (-5.96)

31...Bb5+??

(-4.78) BLUNDER - Lucky you! Your opponent blundered! The best move was 31... Qc4+ [BEST MOVE (-8.63) 31...Qc4+ 32.Qe2 Qb3 33.Bg5 hxg5 34.Kg2 Bxd4 35.Rad1 Qc3-+;

BLUNDER (-4.78) 31...Bb5+ 32.Ke1 Qb3 33.Bd2 Rc3 34.Rxh6 Rxf3 35.Rxf6 Rxf2 36.Rxf2-+]

32.Ke1 (-4.78)

32...Ke8??

(-3.43) BLUNDER - Lucky you! Your opponent blundered! The best move was 32... Qb3 [BEST MOVE (-6.23) 32...Qb3 33.Bd2 Bg5 34.f4 Qd3 35.Rh2 Qxe4+ 36.Qe3 Qxe3+-+;

BLUNDER (-3.43) 32...Ke8 33.d5 Bc3+ 34.Bd2 Qe5 35.Rd1 Bxd2+ 36.Qxd2 h5 37.d6-+]

33.Rxh6??

(-12.62) BLUNDER - Oh no - a blunder! You should have played 33. d5 [BEST MOVE (-3.44) 33.d5 Bc3+ 34.Bd2 Bxd2+ 35.Qxd2 Qe5 36.Rb1 Ba6 37.Qe3 Qg3+ 38.Qf2-+;

BLUNDER (-12.62) 33.Rxh6 Qc4 34.Bg5 Qc3+ 35.Qd2 Qxa1+ 36.Qd1 Qxa5+ 37.Kf2 Bxg5 38.Rh7-+]

33...Rd8??

(-0.59) BLUNDER - Lucky you! Your opponent blundered! The best move was 33... Qc4 [BEST MOVE (-20.06) 33...Qc4 34.Bg3 Qc3+ 35.Qd2 Qxa1+ 36.Qd1 Rc1 37.Kf2 Rxd1 38.Be5-+;

BLUNDER (-0.59) 33...Rd8 34.Rc1 Rf8 35.Be5 Qe7 36.Bxf6 Rxf6 37.Rh8+ Rf8³]

34.Rc1 (-1.52)

34...Bxd4??

(+10.00) BLUNDER - Lucky you! Your opponent blundered! The best move was 34... Qe7 [BEST MOVE (-2.47) 34...Qe7 35.Qh2 Qb4+ 36.Bd2 Bh4+ 37.Rxh4 Qxd4 38.Rg4 Rxg4 39.fxg4 Qxe4+ 40.Kd1 Qxg4+-+;

BLUNDER (+10.00) 34...Bxd4 35.Rxe6+ Kf8 36.Be3 Kf7 37.Bxd4 Kxe6 38.Qa2+ Ke7 39.Bc5+ Kd7 40.Qd5+ Kc8 41.Bxa7++-]

35.Rxe6+ (+10.84)

35...Kf7?

(+12.14) MISTAKE - Your opponent made a mistake! Better was 35... Kf8 [BEST MOVE (+10.84) 35...Kf8 36.Be3 Kf7 37.Rh6 Be5 38.f4 Bb8 39.Rh7+ Rg7 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Bxa7 Bxa7 42.Qxa7+-;

MISTAKE (+12.14) 35...Kf7 36.Rc7+ Bd7 37.Qxd4 Kxe6 38.Qd6+ Kf7 39.Rxd7+ Rxd7 40.Qxd7+ Kg6 41.Qxb7+-]

36.Rc7+ (+12.38)

36...Kxe6?

(+Mat04) MISTAKE - Your opponent made a mistake! Better was 36... Kf8 [BEST MOVE (Mat09) 36...Kf8 37.Bh6+ Rg7 38.Bxg7+ Bxg7 39.Qc5+ Kg8 40.Rxg7+ Kh8 41.Rh7+ Kxh7 42.Qe7+ Kh8 43.Rh6+ Kg8 44.Rg6++-;

MISTAKE (+Mat04) 36...Kxe6 37.Qa2+ Bc4 38.Qxc4+ Rd5 39.Qxd5+ Kf6 40.Qf7#+-]

37.Qa2+ (+Mat04) 37...Kf6 (+Mat01) 38.Qf7# (+Mate) WHITE WINS 1-0

The computer's comments remind me of something a friend would say whenever we finished a chess game: "I was winning, you know" and I would reply "Yes, you were winning – right up to the point where you had to resign."

Semi-Good

I can understand the excitement of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) and occasionally that can get a player ahead of himself or herself. The Jerome motif can be fun against the Semi-Italian Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6) but, as the following game shows, it is best to wait for Black to play ...Bc5 first.


Fuller - Vallance-Gallant
Women's Open Championship of Canada
ICCF, 2008



1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0

There's no use trying 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.Qh5+, as after 6...Ng6 there is no Bishop to capture on c5. I've gotten away with this oversight against marapr and my buddy abhailey has done the same against cumelen, but it's not the right way to play the Jerome Semi-Italian.

White's situation is similar to that in playing the "modern" Jerome Gambit: it's hard to work up play without her opponent's help.

5...d6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nd5
7...Be7 8.c3 Re8 9.d4 Bg4

White keeps offering material, and Black keeps declining – and developing.

10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 exd4 12.c4 Kg8


Black has castled-by-hand, and White's game continues to go from bad to worse.

13.b4 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Nxb4 15.Qg3 Bg5

16.a3 Bxc1 17.axb4 Bb2 18.Rab1 Bc3 19.b5 Rxe4 20.Qf3 Qe7 21.b6 axb6 22.Ra1 Bxa1 23.g3 Re1 24.Qd3 Qe2 25.Qxe2 Rxe2 26.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27.Kg2 d3 28.Kf3 Raa2 29.h4 Rxf2+ 30.Ke4 d2 31.Ke3 d1Q 32.Ke4 Qa4+ 33.Kd3 Rf3 checkmate

To paraphrase Albert Einstein, one should play the Jerome Gambit as soon as possible, but not sooner.