I have to wonder, sometimes... (beside the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde, of course)
After presenting the first round of ten RevvedUp vs computer games exploring the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), predominantly the Blackburne variation (4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5+ 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6), I just played the following game at the Free Internet Chess Server (FICS):
perrypawnpusher - Sgrunterundt
blitz game 2 18, FICS, 12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Black resigns
Perhaps my opponent was just unfamiliar with the Jerome Gambit and resigned after noticing that he had dropped the Rook.
Perhaps he had read all of this blog's posts on the Blackburne variation and realized that after 8.Qxh8 White had a tricky, but better position.
Who knows?
But: chalk another win up for Jerome's Double Gambit...
(p.s. Today's is the 200th daily post to this blog. Thanks for coming along for the ride!)
