But, what if your opponent fights back – hard?
That is what the following game is about, as we see Jerome Gambit Gemeinde member Bill Wall overcoming some serious counterplay.
Wall,B - Letsplaychess
blitz 10 0, FICS, 2011
notes by Bill Wall [and Rick]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5
[Italian Four Knights Game]
5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Qe2
[I was always curious about the attraction of this move. The game continuation shows one reason to play it. - Rick]
6...d6 7.Qc4+ Be6? 8.Ng5+
[There's that pesky Ng5+ again! Letsplaychess has been officially identified as someone who does not read this blog, or he might have been forewarned. According to The Database, an FICS player named hinders pulled off this maneuver a half dozen times in 2000-2002. - Rick]
8...Kg6 9.Nxe6
[Black has returned the sacrificed piece, but he is not content to shiver and shake in the dark. Hinders had it easier. - Rick]
9...Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Ng4+ 11.Kg1 Qf6
Threatening ...Qf2 mate
12.Nd1 Na5 13.Qc3 Qxe6 14.Qxa5 Qc4
Threatening 15...Qe2
15.d3 Qxc2
Threatening 16...Qxc1+ 17.Qe1 Qxe1 mate
16.Qd2 Qc5+ 17.Nf2 Rhf8
Threatening 18...Qxf2+
18.Qg5+ Kf7
Threatening 20...Qxf2 mate
19.Qxg4 Kg8
Threatening 20...Qxf2 mate
20.Qe2 Rf7 21.Be3 Qb5 22.Qc2 c6 23.h4 Raf8 24.h5
24.Bxa7? b6 traps the Bishop
24...d5 25.h6 d4 26.hxg7 dxe3 27.gxf8Q+ Kxf8 28.Ng4 Qb6
Threatening 29...e2.
29.Qe2 Rg7 30.Rf1+ Kg8 31.Nh6+ Kh8 32.Rf8+ Black resigned
