In the previous post (see "Jerome Gambit: Move That Knight!") I shared a couple of outrageous ways (other than sacrificing it at e5) for White to move his King's Knight out of the way in the Jerome Gambit so that his Queen can enter the fray.
Of course, one "solution" is not to put the Knight there in the first place. Consider the Abrahams Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+!?
I consulted The Database, and learned that it has one 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ game by Bill Wall - always a good openings experimenter to check out - played on the internet in 2001. (Even that far back, he played a couple of games with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+.)
It turns out that at the same time Bill was extending his experiments a bit, as the following game shows.
Wall, Bill - Quianna
Internet, 2001
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
This move is at least as old as the MacDonnell - La Bourdonnais, London match,1834.
3...Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 5.d4 exd4 6.Bxf7+
Here we have what might be called the "Evans-ish Abrahams Jerome Gambit", as it is not quite an Evans Gambit without Nf3/Nc6. The game follows MacDonnell - Boden, London, 1869, for 5 moves, but the first game example that I have of the move 6 Bishop sacrifice is from 2000. (Light analysis of the sacrifice is at least as old as Jaenisch's Analyse Nouvelle des ouvertures in the 1840s.)
6...Kxf7 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxc5
NM Eric Schiller, in notes to a game (Denker - Shayne, Rochester, New York, 1945) at Chessgames.com, said this position "looks very good for White". (It's probably about even - but for White to reach equality in 8 moves in any kind of Jerome Gambit has got to be very good, right?)
8...dxc3
The kind of pawn-grabbing that is usually punished.
Instead, Stockfish 9 suggests 8...Qe7 - as seen in Delanoy - Kamenecki, Cannes, France, 2000 (1-0, 38) - with an even game. However, Michael Goeller, a Bishop's Opening expert, gives that move a "?!" and prefers 8...Nf6 - no games in The Database - which he gives a "!", with an even game. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with 8...Nc6 or 8...d6, either.
9.Nxc3 d6
10.Qd5+
Psychological warfare. Bill has used a similar Queen check in the Jerome Gambit proper to question Black: Do you want to play ...Be6 and give up the b-pawn?
10...Kf8
Black replies Not quite, and keeps his King off of the a1-h8 diagonal, where one of his Rooks lives, and where White's remaining Bishop might take up residence. Yet, 10...Kg7 might have been a better move.
11.Nf3 c6
Kicking the Queen, instead of focusing on development.
White has ample compensation for his sacrificed pawn (development, Black's unsafe King), and his opponent's next move, a nervous oversight, ends the game.
12.Qd4 c5 13.Qxh8 Black resigned
From a recent letter from chessfriend Roger
Our opponents won't always play the Giuoco Piano and very often play the Two Knights defense. I also find it difficult to steer the game to the good Jerome gambit lines from the Two Knights. However, there's a good way to load up on the f7 pawn using the Perreux variation (aka The Morphy Win'Mill). Here's a good example:
RK -KP
Internet, 2016
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
4.d4 exd4 5.Ng5 Ne5 6.Bb3 Bb4+
7.c3 dxc3 8.bxc3 Bc5 9.f4 Neg4 10.Bxf7+ Kf8 11.Ne6+ Black resigned
Neat finish! Black did not make it to a dozen moves.
Many thanks for sharing, Roger!
I have struggled with the Two Knights, as indicated in a number of blog posts, including"Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense" Part 1, 2, 3 & 4.
Probably the best coverage of the Perreux Variation appears in Michael Goeller's analysis pages (with a measured further personal assessment) at his The Kenilworthian site. For fast and fun games, the Perreux can be the ticket.
It is also enjoyable to read Michel's essay on "Chess Amateurism".
There is a lot to be uncovered by searching the internet, but I wanted to mention a selection of relevant games at RedHotPawn.com.
In the last few days I have added over 10,000 Abrahams Jerome Gambit games (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+), which we have been discussing recently, to The Database, pushing it almost to 51,000 games, total. (I can probably add another 10,000 Abrahams JG games to bring things up-to-date with play at FICS.)
Reviewing my email files, I note that in the past I have discussed the opening with the always-impressive IM/PhD Tim Harding (whose 1973 Bishop's Opening is a classic, whose articles for chesscafe.com helped answer the question "What Exactly Is the Bishop's Opening?", and whose biography of Joseph Henry Blackburne many await from McFarland) and with Michael Goeller, who maintains an excellent online resource on the Bishop's Opening; and neither was familiar with the early Bishop sacrifice.
That pretty much makes three of us.
I have recently contacted IM Gary Lane, a long-time friend of this blog, who has written Winning With the Bishop's Opening (1993) and The Bishop's Opening Explained (2005). While he is not familiar with the Abrahams Jerome Gambit, either, he is willing to take a look at it with his readers in his next month's "Opening Lanes" column at ChessCafe.com.
I hope to learn more - much more. I need to. It is ridiculous that the "oldest" over-the-board game example of this line in The Database is a 2003 game:
Kuckuck,D - Loesche,N
EU-ch U08 Germany, 2003
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Nxe5+ Kf8 7.Re1 Bb4 8.Rxe4 b6 9.Rxb4 Bb7 10.c4 Ke7 11.d3 h5 12.f3 g5 13.f4 gxf4 14.Bxf4 d6 15.Bg3 h4 16.Bf2 b5 17.Rb3 Rh7 18.Nd2 Qd7 19.Ne4 Nc6 Black resigned
The "oldest" online game example in The Database is only from 1999.
ChessNinja - Leebros
FICS,1999
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Qh5+ Kf8 5.Qxe5 Qe7 6.Qf5+ Nf6 7.e5 d6 8.Qxc8+ Kf7 9.Qxh8 Nc6 10.Qxa8 Qxe5+ 11.Ne2 Nd4 12.Nbc3 Ng4 13.Qxb7 Nxc2+ 14.Kf1 Nxh2+ 15.Rxh2 Qxh2 16.Qxc7+ Kg6 17.Rb1 Qh1+ 18.Ng1 Ne1 19.Kxe1 Qxg1+ 20.Ke2 Qxf2+ 21.Kd1 Black ran out of time
As a last look at the possible influences on Alonzo Wheeler Jerome, in his creation of 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+, we take a look at the line 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nf6 (instead of 3...Bc5) which transposes, after 4.Nf3, to the Urusov Gambit, which is deeply covered at Michael Goeller's wonderful site.
While the 1857 analysis of the gambit by Prince Sergei Urusov may not have been available to AWJ, games like Kolisch - Paulsen, London, 1861, might have been.
It is hard to get very Jerome-ish here, after 4...Bc5, but Goeller does mention the modern game Hopf - Schintgen, Bratislava 1993, which continued 5.e5 Ng4 6.Bxf7+ (1-0, 34).
(Of course, if, instead, Black plays 4...Nc6, then after 5.0-0 Bc5 6.e5 Ng4 ["playable but rarely seen" according to coverage at Chessville.com] then 7.Bxf7+ would come in a Max Lange Variation of the Two Knights Defense, which is a whole 'nother thing...)
More email from Bill Wall
"I tried the reversed Blackburne Shilling Gambit and it turned out okay."
Wall,B - Fraga,R
Chess.com, 2011
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nd5
White plays a "reversed" Blackburne Shilling Gambit, with Bc4 as an added move.
4...Nxe4 5.Qg4 Bxf2+
6.Kf1 0-0 7.Qxe4 Bc5
Instead, 7...Bxg1 was recommended by Michael Goeller and Fritz in our earlier look at this opening.
8.Bd3 f5 9.Qc4 Bxg1 10.Rxg1 Kh8
Fraga decided, after all, to exchange his dark-squared Bishop. The loss of tempo did not help.
Wall, a Jerome Gambiteer, now finds himself with the extra piece against what might, in other circumstanses, be called the "Jerome Pawns". (With that in mind, 10...e4 might have been stronger than the move played.)
11.Nxc7 d5 12.Qc3 f4 13.Nxa8 f3
This move looks dangerous for White's already uneasy King, but Black's lack of development makes following up on this move difficult.
14.gxf3 Rxf3+ 15.Ke2 Qf6
This "attacking" move is more than just an oversight that drops the Bishop on c8: it allows White to wrap things up neatly.
16.Qxc8+ Qf8 17.Qxf8+ Rxf8 18.Nc7 e4 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.b3 Rc8 21.Bb2 Rxc7 22.Rxg7 Rxg7 23.Rg1 Black resigned
The second game passed along to me by Dr. Goeller (see "A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit??" and "Here, have a Bishop...") was closer to a "pure" Jerome Gambit game. Again, we see how an experienced, aggressive Grandmaster, American Larry Christiansen, can give something similar to "Jerome Gambit odds" and win the game with ease.
LarryC (2559) - wetvader (1250)
45 15, ICC (1), 2007
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7
4.d4 Nxd4
This capture is not seen very often, and is not correct. Even Fritz8 sees the next move as best.
5.Bxf7+
Adding a little Jerome to the quiet Hungarian Defense. In this case it is the Knight on d4 that is hanging.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Kf8 7.Qxd4
7...Bf6 8.Qb4+ d6
As sometimes happens, the weaker player misses an "opportunity" against the Grandmaster. Instead of the text, the "anti-positional" 8...c5 bids to win a piece, i.e. 9.Qc3 (if 9.Qxc5, then 9...d6) d6 10.f4 although things are actually quite complex: 10...Nh6 11.0-0 Ke8 (getting off of the hot f-file) 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.Ndc4 Nf7 14.Nxf7 Bxc3 15.Nfxd6+ Kf8 16.bxc3 b5 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.Ne5 and Rybka 3 sees the position as about equal, even though White has only two pieces and two pawns for his Queen...
analysis diagram
Does the Grandmaster worry? He does not. He knows that every player makes mistakes with a certain frequency, like a metaphorical "bomb" that goes off again and again (infrequently for GMs, regularly for club players). He just has to light the fuse, playing solidly, holding tight, and waiting for the next "boom!"
9.Nf3 h6 10.0-0 a5 11.Qc4 b6 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.c4 d5 14.exd5 Qe7
Black backs away from his original idea of 14...Qxd5, which would have been best.
15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Nbd2 Ne7 17.Ne4 Qd7 18.Nxf6 gxf6 19.Re1 Re8 20.Bf4 Qg4
21.Bg3 Qxc4 22.Qxc4 Bxc4 23.d6 cxd6 24.Bxd6
White did not mind returning a pawn to exchange Queens, as there is every likelihood that he can play the pawn-up endgame with half his brain tied behind his back.
Black can hope: can he reach the Bishop-of-opposite-colors endgame? In the meantime, there is the issue of the pinned Knight.
24...Rh7 25.Nd4 Kf7 26.Rac1 Ba6 27.Bxe7 Rxe7 28.Rxe7+ Black resigned
After 28...Kxe7 29.Rc7+ will win his Rook.
The first game passed along to me by Dr. Goeller (see "A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit??") was not a "pure" Jerome Gambit game, but it included an early Bishop sacrifice and gave a fascinating insight into how an experienced, aggressive Grandmaster, American Larry Christiansen, can give something similar to "Jerome Gambit odds" and still win the game.
LarryC (3058) - therealwizard (1991)
blitz, 3 0, Internet Chess Club, 2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6
Rybka 3, in "blunder check" mode, helpfully adds that this is the "last book move" in the line of play.
3.Bxf7+
Here, have a Bishop...
My guess is that modern masters are more likely to give "time odds" in play against weaker opponents, but here the Grandmaster donates a piece to the "cause" of an interesting and more-balanced game.
3...Kxf7 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 Rf8 6.f4 d6 7.Nf3 Kg8
Black has castled-by-hand and maintains his piece-for-a-pawn (soon two) advantage.
On the other hand, White can take inspiration from the "Theory of Infinite Resistance" as developed by my chessfriend (and co-author of The Marshall Gambit in the French and Sicilian Defenses) Riley Sheffield. Often, after making an early error (we can debate if the Bishop sacrifice was an error, but bear with me), if the defender bears down and plays hard, making no further mistakes and provides plenty of resistance to his opponent, a loss is not inevitable. (At least when facing a human.)
By the way, if you get a chance to take a look at Sheffield's Tension in the Chess Position, do so. It is a helpful read for club players.
8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bc5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Qd2
To castle Queenside and not be troubled by the broken up Kingside.
12...Bxf3 13.gxf3 Qd4
Black's advantage (extra piece, better development, safer King) is clear, but White goes about developing and playing his game. He knows that his time will come.
14.0-0-0 Ne5 15.Rhf1 a5
16.Ne2 Qd7 17.Kb1 Be7 18.f4
This advance looks natural, but is actually an error, although Black misses his chance.
18...Nc4
This idea works, as it often can in blitz, but should not. Instead, Black should grab a pawn with 18...Nxe4.
19.Qc3
Overlooking Black's next move.
19...Ne3 20.Ng3 Nxf1 21.Rxf1 b5
Black has a Rook for two pawns and should feel elated.
Yet, it is still a 3 0 game against a Grandmaster, and he can't just take his chessboard and go home. He has to win and beat the clock. That is a tall order.
22.Nf5 c5 23.Rg1 b4 24.Qc4+ Kh8 25.Nxe7 Qxe7 26.e5 Qf7 27.exf6 Qxc4 28.fxg7+ Kxg7 29.dxc4
White's resourcefulness has him now with two pawns for the exchange. Black is still probably better, but not by much, and not for long.
29...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
Black's two Rooks on the 2nd rank look aggressive, and they blind him to the truth of the position: a likely draw.
40.Ka3 Rxc2
Bold and wrong.
Rybka 3 likes 40...Kg4 41.Rc8 Rxc2 42.Rg8+ Kf5 43.Rf8+ Ke6 44.Re8+ Kf7 45.Rf8+ Ke6 and an eventual draw through repetition.
41.Be1
Pinning and winning the Rook.
41...Rxa2+ 42.Kb4 Rae2 43.Rf5
Cute.
43...Kg3 44.Rxf2 Rxf2 45.c5
The White pawns decide.
45...h5 46.c6 h4 47.c7 h3 48.Bxf2+ Kxf2 49.c8Q h2 50.Qh3 Kg1 51.Qg3+ Black forfeited on time
While Dr. Michael Goeller was filling me in on the reversed Blackburne Shilling Gambit (see "Through the Looking Glass: A Reversed BSG" and "Looking Deeper: the Reversed BSG") and working with his friend, Fritz, to temper my expectations (see "Reversed BSG: A Closer Look"), he dropped this bomb on me
I have seen [GM Larry] Christiansen venture your favorite Jerome Gambit in ICC blitz or simul games, but I'm not sure he really believes in it.
You can imagine my response! Grandmaster Larry "Storming the Barracades" Christiansen!? The Jerome Gambit??
As politely and calmly as possible (under the circumstances), I asked to see some of the games...
I began searching for LarryC games but ran into the dreaded "Game Database temporarily unavailable." But I turned up a couple before that kept happening...
I think he mostly does this as an interesting way to spot a weaker opponent a piece in online simuls.
Remembering now, he probably does it mostly via the C24 Bishop's Opening, which is how I stumbled upon the LarryC Jerome Gambit phenomenon -- while searching for Urusov Games, of course.
I will try to dig up some more this weekend, but anyone you know on ICC can find them with the search string "Search LarryC C24 White" etc.
I suggested that he look for Jerome Gambit games under C50 as well. I heard back from Dr. Goeller.
I spent some more time looking for LarryC games on ICC with the Bxf7 sac but couldn't find any more. I am not sure why, because I am certain I saw a bunch of them a couple years back while doing a search. It's possible that unrated games (such as simul games) are only temporarily available on the server and then vanish, even if played by LarryC.
In any case, there are very few C50 games at all, and none that really meet your criteria. And I only found the one C24 game I sent. It seems almost certain I saw them while searching through recent C24 games, which I do from time to time. It seems unlikely I was looking at C50 games. Started trying C21 and got Game Database currently unavailable. But the few I was able to go through did not look promising.
So sorry to get your hopes up and then disappoint... But at least you have one game. I'll keep an eye out for more.
In all, Dr. Goeller sent me two games, which we will look at in future posts.
Still in the hunt for more information on the reversed Blackburne Shilling Gambit (see "Through the Looking Glass: A Reversed BSG" and "Looking Deeper: The Reversed BSG"), I tracked down another expert to help me out.
Dr. Michael Goeller's site "The Bishop's Opening" is a great resource at http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/urusov/bishops/index.html
Here are several of his comments
I like analyzing old and obscure lines as much as you do, but I try to confine myself to strategically sound openings that are based on some principle (even if that principle is just speedy development). Almost always, the lines I look at have been played by GMs or other strong players, who obviously agreed there was something to it...
I was just reading GM Nigel Davies's blog this morning, which seems quite appropriate: http://chessimprover.com/2011/03/19/openings-for-post-beginners/
I took a quick look with Fritz -- see results below. I do not think it's something I'd try myself as White. And I think I'm prepared now to face it as Black.... :-)
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nd5
4...Nxe4!?
Remember: as Tim McGrew shows [see McGrew's two "Gambit Cartel" columns from ChessCafe.com on the Blackburne Shilling Gambit: 1 & 2], this move is better than its reputation in the regular Blackburne Shilling Gambit, so long as you are willing to sac a piece for Cochrane Gambit type play. [Readers interested in 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7!? should check out Dr. Goeller's work on the Cochrane at his Kenilworthian site] Here it may even be better because of Bc4 for White, which sets up some nice shots with c6 and d5 coming.
Black has a number of perfectly good alternatives, of course:
a) 4...b5!? 5.Bb3 (5.Bxb5?? c6 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6+-) 5...Nxd5 6.exd5 Qg5!? 7.Qf3 Qg6 unclear;
b) 4...0-0 5.b4 (5.d4?! exd4 6.Bg5 Be7 =/+) 5...Bb6 6.d3 Nxd5 7.exd5 e4!? with the idea of Qf6;
c) 4...c6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 d6=
5.d4!
Probably best.
5.Qg4 Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 0-0! ["This is certainly a lot more fun than most of the lines" - Tim McGrew, on the related line in the regular BSG ]7.Qxe4 Bxg1 8.Rxg1 c6 9.Bd3 (9.Ne3 d5 10.Nxd5 cxd5 11.Bxd5 Nd7 -/+) 9...f5 10.Qxe5 d6 11.Qd4 cxd5 12.Qxd5+ Kh8 =/+ and I think you have to prefer Black slightly here, though I admit it is about equal and probably playable for White.
5...Bxd4 6.Qg4 c6!
6...0-0?! 7.Bh6±.
7.Qxg7
7.Qxe4 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 cxd5 9.Bxd5 Qb6 unclear
7...cxd5 8.Qxh8+ Ke7 9.Qxd8+
9.Qxh7!? Qa5+ -/+
9...Kxd8 10.Bxd5 Nxf2 11.Nf3 Nxh1=
Interesting enough, all by itself – but things were about to get even more interesting... (to be continued)
Last month Robert Pearson's Chess Blog started an interesting discussion on "Do You Care About Today's Grandmaster Games and Tournaments?"
Mark Weeks, at Chess for All Ages followed up with a thoughtful reply.
Especially attractive to me was Mike Goeller's "comment" at the bottom of Weeks's post. He refers to his own essay on "Chess Amateurism"
This is the new age of the amateur... The amateur game is getting more interesting for amateurs (certainly more worth looking at and commenting on)...
He also has an interesting point-of-view on "amateur openings" like the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+).
Thoughtful stuff.
In 1877 in Australia, H. Charlick played a correspondence game combining the Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4) with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+): see "The Evans Jerome Gambit". A similar idea has appeared in the Bishop's Opening, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5.
Delanoy - KameneckiCannes, France (2), 2000
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
According to Bishop's Opening expert Michael Goeller,
This move is a good method of transposing to the Evans Gambit since it allows for some independent possibilities, some of which are quite favorable for White. If you like to play the Evans Gambit, this seems the most flexible way to do so..
3...Bxb4
Accepting the gambit by 3....Bxb4 challenges White to prove compensation. The resulting positions are very similar to the Evans Gambit and White probably does best to transpose to the Evans in most lines. There is one significant advantage for White, however, in offering the gambit pawn before developing the Knight to f3. In the line 4.c3 Ba5, which has proven one of the more thorny in Evans Gambit theory, White can play 5.f4!? instead of 4.Nf3 Nc6. - Goeller
4.c3
Instead, 4.f4 exf4 is the McDonnell Double Gambit, about which there is an interesting article by IM Nikolai Minev. 5.Nf3 Ne7 6.Ng5 Ng6 7.Qh5 Qf6 8.c3 h6 9.Bxf7+ Ke7 10.Bxg6 Qxg5 11.Qxg5+ hxg5 12.cxb4 d6 13.Nc3 c6 14.d4 Kf6 15.Bf5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Kxf5 17.0-0 Kg6 18.g3 fxg3 19.hxg3 d5 20.Bd2 Nd7 21.Rae1 Rh3 22.Kg2 g4 23.Ne2 Rhh8 24.Nf4+ Kh7 25.Re7 Nf6 26.Ne6 Nh5 27.Rff7 Rhe8 28.Nf4 Nxf4+ 29.gxf4 Rxe7 30.Rxe7 a5 31.a3 axb4 32.Bxb4 b5 33.Kg3 Kg6 34.Kxg4 Black resigned, was Brownson - Jerome, Iowa 1875.
4...Bc5 
5.d4 exd4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7
Or 6...Kf8 7.Bxg8 Kxg8 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.Qb3+ Kf8 11.Qf3+ Ke8 12.Ne2 Rf8 13.Qe3 d5 14.e5 c5 15.a3 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.N2b3 Bb6 18.0-0 Nc6 19.Bb2 Bf5 20.Qc3 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rc8 22.Qb3 Rc4 23.Nb5 Bc2 24.Nd6+ Qxd6 25.Qxc4 dxc4 26.exd6 Bd3 27.Bxg7 Rf7 28.Rae1+ Kd7 29.Be5 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Bc5 31.a4 a6 32.a5 Kc6 33.Rd1 Bxf2+ 34.Kh1 Rd7 35.g4 Bc5 36.h4 Bxd6 37.Bc3 Be7 38.Rxd7 Kxd7 39.h5 Ke6 40.Kg2 Bf6 41.Bb4 c3 42.g5 c2 43.Bd2 Bb2 White resigned, Schuermans - Verwimp, Belgium 2003
7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxc5 Qe7
Goeller gives 8...Nf6 as equal.
9.Qd5+ Qe6 10.Qxe6+ dxe6 11.cxd4 Nf6 12.Nc3 Rd8 13.Nf3 Nc6
From here on, White consistently outplays Black in an interesting Queenless middlegame, and an instructive endgame.
14.Be3 a6 15.0-0 Kg7 16.Rac1 h6 17.Rfd1 Ne7 18.h3 c6
White has more space and better development, while Black plans his defensive formation.
19.Ne5 g5 20.f3 Ng6 21.Na4 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Nd7 24.Nb6 Nxb6 25.Bxb6
By allowing Black to double his pawns on the e-file, White has found time to put a serious cramp into his opponent's game.
25...a5 26.Rd8 a4 27.Kf2 Ra6 28.Bc5 Ra8 29.Kg3 b5
A bid for breathing space, as Black is being strangled on the Queenside.
30.Kg4 Kg6 31.Rg8+ Kf7 32.Rf8+ Kg7 33.Kh5 Bb7
Finally!
Of course, White has no interest in exchanging Rooks.
Black's next move quickens the end, but 34...Re8 would only postpone the loss, not evade it.
34.Rf6 Rd8 35.Rxe6 Bc8 36.Rxc6 Bd7 37.Rc7 Kf7 38.Kxh6 Ke6 Black resigned
