Wall, Bill - Guest5649018
PlayChess.com, 2018
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nf3+
I really like this move. It's no good, of course, and in the 7 games in The Database that contain it, White has 6 wins - and his lone loss was to a tricky checkmate in an endgame where the clock seems to have played a major part in stealing a well-earned "1-0".
Still, if Black has to give back a piece, you have to smile at his creativity - especially if he expected a pawn capture on White's next move.
7.Qxf3+ Qf6 8.dxc5 Qxf3 9.gxf3 Nf6
Apologies to Guest5649018, but this is the kind of position Bill could play while working on the New York Times crossword puzzle - even the Sunday edition.
10.Nc3 Rf8 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nc7 Nxc7
14.Bxc7 Ke6
The chances of reaching a drawn Bishops-of-opposite-colors endgame are very small.
15.Ke2 a5 16.a4 Rf6 17.Rag1 g6 18.h4 Black resigned
Perhaps Black has been following the World Championship match, as well. He sees that White is content to grind and grind... (It is also relevant, once again, to point out that Black's d-pawn blocks his Bishop, which blocks his Queen Rook - a fatal illness often found in Jerome Gambit games.)
