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Saturday, February 8, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Making It Look Easy

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The following bullet game makes the Jerome Gambit look so easy... like a pleasant day in the sunshine. It is easy to see why angelcamina keeps coming back to the Jerome...

angelcamina - PMLJ
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Qe7 

10.O-O Nf6 11.Nc3 Bd7 12.f4 Bc6 13.d4 


Think quick: as Black, do you want to grab a pawn, or do you want to edge your King out of the line of fire?

13...Kg8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.b3 h6 17.c4 Bf7 18.f5 


Those pawns!

18...Nf8 19.Bb2 dxe5 20.dxe5 Re8 21.Qg3 Nd7 22.Rae1 


22...Kh7 23.e6 Bxe6 

Hoping that returning some material will help. It won't.

24.fxe6 

This is fine, and winning. More cruel was 24.Qg6+ Kg8 25.Rxe6.

24...Nf6 25.Qd3+ Kg8 26.Qg6 Rd8 27.Bxf6
Black resigned