Jerome Gambit: Important Win

If SeinfeldFan91 wins the current RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit tournament, it will be in part due to his second round win over his main rival for top honors.

SeinfeldFan91 - procyk
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit Tournament
RedHotPawn.com, 2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.c3 h6

White chooses a "modern" Jerome Gambit variation, playing something other than the "classical" 5.Nxe5+.

Black's defensive pawn move has risks as well as benefits.

6.b4 Bd6

The text is maybe a little bit better than 6...Bb6. Two examples: 7.b5 Na5 (7...Qf6 8.bxc6 dxc6 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.Qb3+ Ke8 12.Nbd2 Rd8 13.O-O Bxd4 14.Nxd4 Qxd4 15.Rb1 b5 16.Qg3 Nf6 17.h3 Be6 18.Nf3 Qxe4 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Re1 Qd5 21.Bxh6 Rf7 22.Qg6 Rdd7 23.Ng5 Kd8 24.Rxe6 Black resigned, Wall,B - Albertasss, Chess.com, 2010) 8.Nxe5+ Ke6 9.Qh5 Qf6 10.d4 d6 11.Ng6 Rh7 12.Qd5+ Kd7 13.Ne5+ Ke7 14.Qxg8 dxe5 15.Ba3+ Kd7 16.Qxh7 exd4 17.O-O dxc3 18.e5 Qf7 19. e6+ Qxe6 20.Qxg7+ Ke8 21.Qf8+ Kd7 22.Rd1+ Black resigned, Wall,B - Guest2359830, PlayChess.com, 2015.

7.b5

Another idea: 7.Qb3+ Kf8 8.d3 Nf6 9.O-O Qe7 10.Be3 Qe6 11.Qc2 b6 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Qxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Qd3 Re8 18.f3 Ng5 19.Rae1 Rxe1 20.Rxe1 Be7 21.Qf5+ Ke8 22.Bxg7 Rg8 23.Qf6 Kd8 24.Qxe7+ Kc8 25.Bf6 Ne6 26.Rxe6 dxe6 27.Qxe6+ Kb8 28.Qxg8+ Bc8 29.Qd8 Kb7 Black resigned, KingAsh - Nineyes, FICS, 2015. 

7...Na5 8.d4 Qf6

Overlooking a tactic based on Black's King being on f7.

9.dxe5 Qe6 

Now he sees it: if 9...Bxe5 then 10.Qd5+ will win the Bishop. As it is, White wins back the piece anyhow.

10.exd6 Qxe4+ 11.Be3 Nc4

Black gets some pressure, but it is not enough.

12.Nbd2 Nxd2 13.Qxd2 Nf6 14.dxc7 Ng4 15.O-O Re8

It is useful to point out Black's light-squared Bishop, still on its home square, blocking the Queenside Rook.

16.Bd4 d6 17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.Qf4+ Bf5 19.c4 g5 20. Qxg4 Bxg4 21.
cxd5 Black resigned

Lightning Strikes

As science fiction stories developed, I noticed that the top speed that a rocket could travel went from "the speed of light" to "the speed of thought" – the latter being much, much faster, I guess.

Below are some Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bx5 4.Bxf7+) games played at "lightning" speed – three minutes (or less) per side per game. They're entertaining, but some seem to reverse the science fiction hierarchy, as the moves of the lightning games sometimes seem to occur faster than the speed of thought...

ItsAllBullCheck - Jolema

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bc5 7.Qb3+ Ke8 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Bg5 d6 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxc6+ Ke7 13.b4 Black resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - NightEagle

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4+ Kc6 9.Qd5 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - Nineyes

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kf8 5.d4 Nxd4 6.Bb3 Nxb3 7.axb3 Qf6 8.0-0 d6 9.Bg5 Qg6 10.Bh4 Bg4 11.Bg3 h5 12.Nh4 Qxe4 13.Kh1 Bxd1 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - Nineyes

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c3 d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.Ng5+ Kf8 9.0-0 Nf6 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nc3 Qf5 12.Qb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 Be6 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - alexborz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bc5 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qd5 Bg4 10.Ng5 Nf6 11.Qf7 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - alexborz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c3 Nf6 7.cxd4 Bxd4 8.Ng5+ Kg6 9.f4 d5 10.f5+ Kh6 11.Nf7 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - chakku

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 Nf6 9.Qh3 d5 10.Qg3 Qe7 11.Qxg6+ Qf7 12.Qg3 Nxe4 13.Qd3 Qxf2+ 14.Kd1 Black resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - geneve

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Ng5 Qf6 9.0-0 Nge7 10.Qb3 Rf8 11.Nf3 d6 12.Bg5 Qe6 13.Bxe7 Qxb3 14.Nbd2 Qe6 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 White resigned

ItsAllBullCheck - luisfveloz

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 exd4 6.c4 Nf6 7.Ng5+ Kg6 8.f4 h6 9.f5 checkmate

ItsAllBullCheck - sympatoche

lightning game FICS, 2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.d4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.Bg5 Qe8 8.Qb3+ Qe6 9.Qc2 d6 10.Be3 Nf6 11.Ng5+ Black resigned