While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Since it has been a while since this blog covered a thematic, I thought it would be nice to present all the games.
Here is the first round of one of the tournaments (won by buddhaboy), starting from the Jerome Gambit position:
Tango421 (1296) - Andy Spry (1303)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.c3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.cxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.d5 Ne5 7.a3 Bc5 8.0-0 Rf8 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.b4 Bd4 11.Ra2 Neg4 12.Nh3 Nh5 13.Nc4 Nxf2 14.Nxf2 Qe8 15.Qxd4 c6 16.Nxd6 Qg6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Qc4+ Be6 19.Qc2 Bxa2 20.Qxa2+ Kh8 21.Nf5 Rae8 22.Nh4 Qd6 23.Nf5 Qd7 24.Qc4 Qc7 25.g4 Nf4 26.Nd3 Ne2+ 27.Kg2 Nxc1 28.Nxc1 Rf6 29.Nd3 g6 30.e5 Rfe6 31.b5 gxf5 32.Rxf5 Qb7 33.Nc5 Qe7 34.Nxe6 Qxe6 35.Rf8+ Kg7 36.Qxc6 Kxf8 37.Qc7 Qxg4+ 38.Kf1 Qf4+ 39.Kg2 Kg8 40.Qxa7 Kh8 41.Qf2 Rg8+ 42.Kf1 Qxe5 43.a4 Qa1+ 44.Ke2 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Ke2 Qc2+ 47.Kf1 Qd1+ White resigned
Andy Spry (1303) - Tango421 (1296)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.d3 Bxf2+ 3.Kxf2 Nf6 4.Rf1 h6 5.Kg1 d5 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Nd4 8.Nxe5+ Ke8 9.Nd5 Be6 10.Qxd4 Bxd5 11.exd5 Qd6 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Ng6 Nxd5 15.Nxe7 Nxe7 16.Qxg7 Kd7 17.Qxe7+ Kc6 18.Qxc7+ Kb5 19.Re5+ Black resigned
rigidwithfear (1528) - Ger Conran (1276)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.d4 Bxd4 3.Nxd4 Nxd4 4.Be3 c5 5.c3 Nb5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Ke6 9.Qxh7 Ne7 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qxg6+ Kd7 13.Nd2 d5 14.0-0 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qg5 16.Nf3 Black resigned
Ger Conran (1276) - rigidwithfear (1528)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.d3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Rf8 4.Nxe5+ Nxe5 5.h3 Kg8 6.Nc3 c6 7.0-0 Qe8 8.d4 Bd6 9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.Qf3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qd3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qg6 15.c4 Nf6 16.Rfe1 Ne4 17.Qf4 Nxg5 18.c3 Nxh3+ White resigned
buddhaboy (1472) - gav the great (1408)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.c3 h6 5.Nf3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 Be6 8.a5 Bxf2+ 9.Rxf2 Nxe4 10.Rf1 Bg4 11.d3 Ng5 12.b5 Nb8 13.Ba3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bh5 15.Qe1 g5 16.d4 Nd7 17.dxe5 Kf7 18.e6+ Kg7 19.exd7 Qxd7 20.c4 Qh3 21.Bb2+ Kh7 22.Qe7+ Kg6 23.Qf6+ Kh7 24.Qg7 checkmate
gav the great (1408) - buddhaboy (1472)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.d3 h6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 Bb6 8.c3 Bh3 9.Re1 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Qf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Qe6 14.Bf4 Nxf2 15.Qc2 Nd3+ 16.Kh1 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Rad8 18.b4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.f5 Qd5+ 21.Re4 Rxe4 22.Qd1 Rd4+ 23.Kg1 Qg2 checkmate
gbjames (1416) - Ponderable (1280)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Kf8 4.Qh5 Ne5 5.Nxh7+ Rxh7 6.Qxh7 Qf6 7.Nd2 d3 8.f4 Qxf4 9.Nc4 Qf2+ 10.Kd1 Qe2 checkmate
Ponderable (1280) - gbjames (1416)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013
1...Kf8 2.Bc4 Nd4 3.d3 h6 4.0-0 d6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.Bb2 Nh5 8.Qe1 Nxc2 9.Qc1 Nxa1 10.Bxa1 Nf4 11.h3 Qd7 12.Bxe5 Nxd3 13.Qc3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qe8 15.Nxg4 h5 16.Nf6 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Nf4 Rh6 19.Qf3 Ke7 20.Nd5+ Ke8 21.Re1 c6 22.Nf4 Kd8 23.Nxh5 Kc7 24.Nf4 Rf8 25.g3 Rfh8 26.Be6 Qe7 27.Nc4 g5 28.Nd5+ cxd5 29.exd5 Qg7 30.Qg4 Qb2 31.Bf7 Qxf2+ White resigned
