Showing posts with label SMNN. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SMNN. Show all posts

Monday, March 9, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Careful What You Wish For

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Now that you have what you want, do you really want what you have?

The above question appears twice in the first six moves of the following game. The game turns on the answer to each of the questions.

Wall, Bill - Guest1573554
PlayChess.com, 2020.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 

"The Italian Game", perhaps Black muses. "I wish I had a few more defenders to play against it."

4.Bxf7+


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 

"Wow! An extra Knight and an extra Bishop!" celebrates Black.

"I would like to get a return on my investment," thinks White. "As in my earlier games."

6.Qh5+ Kf6 

"This will do," smiles White.

7.Qf5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ 

Black resigned here in Wall,B - Guest2892618, PlayChess.com, 2015.


8...Kf8 

Or 8...Kf7 as in Wall,B - Guest1468523, PlayChess.com, 2013 (1-0, 14). 

9.Qxc5+ d6 

Bill has also seen 9...Ne7, as in Wall,B - SMNN, FICS, 2013 (1-0, 27). 

White has regained his two sacrificed pieces, and remains two pawns up. There is still more work to do, but this is a decent start.

In the meantime, too, Black has to figure out what he is going to do.

10.Qb5 Nf6 

Or 10...c6 as in Wall,B - Guest733407, PlayChess.com 2014 (1-0, 21).

11.O-O 

White could have protected his e-pawn  - e.g. 11.d3 as in Wall,B - KSPF, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 23) - but he would happily respond to 11...Nxe4 now with 12.Re1.

11...h5

Black considers activating his Rook, to attack White's King. He is not finished fighting - but what to do?. Perhaps White's Queen is misplaced?


12.d3 Ng4 13.Nc3 c6 14.Qb3 Qe7 



Where to put the Queen? Can the Bishop move without giving up a pawn? Must the King Rook stay at home? Things to figure out.

15.f4 h4 16.h3 Nf6 17.f5 Black resigned



I think Black decided that his game was just too uncomfortable, and that there were better opportunites, elsewhere.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

All Over But the Annotations


The following Jerome Gambit game was over so quickly, it only seems fair to continue with some "what if?" annotations - from earlier Bill Wall games.

Wall,B - Guest2892618
PlayChess.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 



4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf6



Black needed to either move his King to a safer square - 6...Ke6 - or block the check with 6...Ng6 or 6...g6

7.Qf5+ Ke7 8.Qxe5+ Black resigned



Of course, Black could have continued with 8...Kf8 

(Instead, Wall, B - Guest1468523, PlayChess.com, 2013, continued: 8...Kf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qd5+ Ke7 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qg5 h6 13.Qxg7+ Ke6 14.d4 Black resigned.)

9.Qxc5+ d6 

(Or 9...Ne7 10.0-0 d6 11.Qe3 Be6 12.f4 Qd7 13.f5 Bf7 14.g4 Re8 15.d4 Bc4 16.Rf2 g6 17.Qc3 b5 18.b3 Bf7 19.Bh6+ Kg8 20.d5 Nxf5 21.gxf5 Re5 22.Nd2 gxf5 23.Qg3+ Bg6 24.exf5 Rxf5 25.Rxf5 Qxf5 26.Rf1 Qxc2 27.Rf8 checkmate,  Wall,B - SMNN, FICS, 2013.) 

10.Qb5 c6 

(Or 10...Nf6 11.d3 Bd7 12.Qxb7 h5 13.Nc3 h4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Qxd5 h3 16.gxh3 Rxh3 17.Bg5 Qe8 18.f4 Rb8 19.0-0-0 Be6 20.Qd4 Bxa2 21.Qxa7 Be6 22.Qxc7 g6 23.f5 Black resigned, Wall,B - KSPF, FICS, 2011

11.Qc4 Nf6 12.0-0 b5 13.Qxc6 Be6 14.Qxb5 Rc8 15.d3 Rxc2 16.Nc3 Ng4 17.Qa4 Qh4 18.h3 Rxf2 19.Qxa7 Rxf1+ 20.Kxf1 Qf2+ 21.Qxf2+  Black resigned, Wall, Bill - Guest733407, PlayChess.com, 2014.