Jerome Gambit: A Bit of Strangeness

I just stumbled over a bit of strangeness, which, in the Jerome Gambit world, is saying something.

The "2014 October Giuoco Piano Jerome gambit" tournament at RedHotPawn was actually a two-game match between SeinfeldFan91 (2223) and Swiss Toni (2088).

We have seen SeinfeldFan91's games before.

The games:

SeinfeldFan91 - Swiss Toni
October Giuoco Piano Jerome gambit tournament, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Black resigned

Swiss Toni - SeinfeldFan91 - Swiss Toni
October Giuoco Piano Jerome gambit tournament, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 White resigned

I guess I understand why I couldn't find these games in The Database.

RHP JG Tourney Round 3: Unexpected End

The ongoing Jerome Gambit thematic tournament at RedHotPawn.com came to a sudden end in the third round, when the two-game match between SeinfeldFan91 and Swiss Toni, the two top-rated players, was decided by two early resignations.

SeinfeldFan91 - Swiss Toni
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Black resigned

Swiss Toni - SeinfeldFan91
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 White resigned

RHP JG Tourney Round 2 Games (1)

In the ongoing RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit thematic tournament, there have been some more completed games, from the second round.

SeinfeldFan91 defeated Red House two games to none, to advance to the next round.

SeinfeldFan91 - Red House

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5 Ke6 7.f4 Nf6 (returning the two sacrificed pieces) 8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qb5 (TN according to The Database) Re8 11.d3 Kg8 12.O-O a6 13.Qb3 Kh8 14.Nc3 Rab8 15.f5 h6 16.Be3 Ng4 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bd4 Qh4 (a short-lived counter-attack) 19.h3 Ne5 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.f6 gxf6 22.Rxf6 Re6 23.Raf1 Rxf6 24.Rxf6 Kh7 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Rf7 Kh8 27.Nf6 Black resigned

Red House - SeinfeldFan91

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.O-O (A "modern" Jerome Gambit variation; in this game White's attack never quite gets going.) Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d3 Rf8 8.h3 Kg8 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Nce2 Qe8 11.c3 Qg6 12.Ng3 Kh8 13.b4 Bb6 14.a4 a6 15.b5 Na5 16.Rb1 axb5 17.axb5 Nd7 18.Bd2 Qxg3 19.d4 Qg6 20.Qe2 Bc4 White Resigned


Swiss Toni defeated Marko Krale two games to none, to advance to the next round.

Marko Krale - Swiss Toni

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.O-O (Another "modern" Jerome) Nf6 6.c3 Nxe4 7.Qe2 d5 8.d3 Nf6 9.Bg5 Bd6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Bh4 Re8 12.Re1 g5 13.Bg3 Kg8 14.Nb3 Kh7 15.h3 Nh5 16.Bh2 g4 17.hxg4 Bxg4 18.Qe3 Ng7 19.Bg3 Nf5 White Resigned

Swiss Toni - Marko Krale

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2015

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.Qh5 Ng6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6 10.d4 Qe7 11.O-O Bd7 (Charlick - Mann, corres, 1881, [1-0, 72] continued 11...Ng4) 12.Nc3 Bc6 13.Bd2 Kf7 14.f4 Nxe4 15.f5 Nf8 16.d5 Bd7 17.Nxe4 h6 18.f6 gxf6 19.Bc3 f5 20.Bxh8 Black resigned


Although Swiss Toni - jecidi and jecidi - Marko Krale from the second round have yet to be completed, round three's match between SeinfeldFan91 and Swiss Toni has begun. 

RHP JG Tourney Round 1 Games (2)

In the ongoing RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit thematic tournament previously mentioned, a couple of kinds of players need to be mentioned: those who join because the opening looks new and interesting or challenging or fun; and those who join because they have some knowledge of the opening, and want to test their understanding against others.

The following two games feature at least one player who has Jerome Gambit experience, and, as a result, theory gets a boost..

We have seen rigidwithfear's games before (#1 and #2)

rigidwithfear - SeinfeldFan91

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.d4 Qh4 7.dxc5 (7.0-0 is better, but Black still would have the advantage) Qxe4 8.Be3 Qxg2 9.Kd2 (a TN; 9.Qh5+ has been played before, but White is still worse) Nf6 10.Kc1 d5 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Rg1 Qxh2 13.b3 Bg4 14.Rxg4 Ne5xg4 15.Bd4 Qf4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Rab1 Nxf2 18.Qf1 Re3 White resigned

Swiss Toni - bikingviking

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5 Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Bd6 (recently seen in Philidor 1792 - Guest839182, 3 0 blitz, PlayChess.com, 2014 [1-0, 16] ) 8.fxe5 (good, but 8.Qf5+, as in Wall - xChristopher, FICS, 2010, [1-0, 13] was even stronger) Bxe5 9.Qf5 Kd6 10.d4 Qh4+ 11.Ke2 Bxd4 12.Qd5+ Ke7 13.Bg5 (an improvement over 13.Qxd4 of mrjoker - russiamacedo, 2 12 blitz, ICC, 2009, [0-1, 33]) Black resigned

Swiss Toni advances to the next round.

RHP JG Tourney Round 1 Games (1)

In the ongoing RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit thematic tournament previously mentioned, a couple of kinds of players need to be mentioned: those who join because the opening looks new and interesting or challenging or fun; and those who join because they have some knowledge of the opening, and want to test their understanding against others.

The first kind can quickly come undone, as sacrificing a piece or two is very risky, if it only leads to an "unclear" position. The second kind can stretch the knowledge of the opening - especially if they are paired against each other.

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

We have seen earlier games by Red House in a RHP Jerome Gambit tournament (1,  2).

Red House - jecidi

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.d3 h6 6.O-O a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Na4 Ba7 9.c3 Rf8 10.Re1 d6 11.b4 Kg8 12.Be3 Bd7 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Re8 17.Nc3 c6 18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Nh7 20.f4 Bf5 21.Qf3 Qd4 22.Kh1 Qxb4 23.a3 Qe7 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 Nf8 26.a4 Rad8 27.h3 Ne6 28.f5 Ng5 29.Qe2 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qxe5 31.Qc4 Qd5 32.Qf4 Qe5 33.Qg4 Qxa1 White resigned

bikingviking - Swiss Toni

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1
4...Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.O-O Kg8 7.Nc3 Be7 8.Nh4 d6 9.f4 Bg4 10.Qe1 Nd4 11.Qf2 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxh4 13.g3 Bf6 14.Be3 Nf3 15.Kh1 exf4 White resigned

Marko Krale - katella

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d3 Ng4 7.O-O Nxf2 8.Rxf2 Re8 9.Bg5 Ne7 10.d4 Bb6 11.Nxe5 Kg8 12.Nf7 Rf8 13.Nxd8 Rxf2 14.Kxf2 Ng6 15.Qf3 c5 16.Qf7 Kh8 17.Qe8 Nf8 18.Qxf8 checkmate


katella - Marko Krale

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014
Round 1

4...Kxf7 5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 h6 7.a3 Rf8 8.O-O Kg8 9.b4 Bb6 10.c4 Bd4 11.Ra2 a6 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.Bb2 Ne6 14.Bxe5 d6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.c5 dxc5 17.bxc5 Nxc5 18.Nc3 Qxc3 19.a4 Qxd3 20.Qxd3 Nxd3 21.Rd2 Nb4 22.e5 Be6 23.g4 Nd5 24.Rd4 Rf3 25.Kg2 Ra3 26.f4 Nb6 27.f5 Bd5 28.Kh2 Rxa4 29.Rxa4 Nxa4 30.e6 Kf8 31.Re1 Ke7 32.h4 c6 33.g5 hxg5 34.hxg5 Ra8f8 35.Re5 b5 36.Kg3 b4 37.Kg4 b3 38.Kh5 b2 39.Re1 Be4 40.Kg6 b1=Q 41.Rxb1 Bxb1 42.Kxg7 Bxf5 43.g6 Bxe6 44.Kh6 Rf2 White resigned

Marko Krale (whose games we have seen before) advances to the next round.