Speaking of "Discouragement", I have to report that the second round of the Chess.com "Italian Game" tournament has started (two sections, one with 6 players, one with 7) and I have 4 games with the black pieces, 2 games with the white pieces - and no Jerome Gambits.
At least, not yet.
Not every one of my opponents in this round will defend with the Two Knights, will they??
I hope not.
In the meantime, some things to think about: "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)".
Blitz games tend to be less strategic subtleties and more tactical tricks and turns. If you are planning on checkmating someone, it is best to be sure that he can't do the same to you, sooner.
Wall,B - Mydrik,M
PlayChess.com, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
Black would like to take a detour into the Two Knights Defense. One way for White to hold out for a Jerome Gambit is now 4.Nc3, planning on meeting 4...Bc5 with 5.Bxf7+. Bill tries something else.
4.0-0
It is worth taking a minute to go back to the post "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense (Part 4)"
4...Bc5 5.Bxf7+
5...Kxf7
White has transposed to a "modern" variation of the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0 Nf6. Bill has 11 examples in The Database, all wins. He decides to throw Nxe5+ in, anyhow.
6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4
It is the pawns (White has two extra) vs the pieces (Black, temporarily, has two more), a typical Jerome Gambit imbalance. Bean counters look elsewhere.
7...Nxe4
Black probably would have done better with 7...Bxd4.
8.Qh5+ Ng6 9.Qd5+
Bill stays true to his Jerome Gambit roots and "nudges" the enemy King to the back row.
9...Kf8 10.dxc5 Nf6 11.Qd4 d5 12.Nc3
12...c6 13.Bg5 Kf7 14.Rae1 Rf8 15.Re2 Kg8
Black has castled-by-hand, a practical decision in light of White's lead in development.
16.Rfe1 Bf5 17.f3 Qd7 18.g4 Nxg4
Black believes his return of the extra piece is exactly what he needs to press the attack. He is almost right here, but the correct move, leading to a complicated position, was 18...Ne4!.
Now White grabs the initiative.
19.fxg4 Bxg4 20.Re7
This had to come as a surprise.
20...Nxe7 21.Rxe7
Best for the defense now is 21...Rf7, when, after 22.Rxd7 Rxd7 White would have the advantage of a Queen and Knight against two Rooks and a pawn, but there would be plenty of play left in the game.
Instead, Black threatens mate - and receives it in turn.
21...Qf5 22.Qxg7 checkmate
I guess not.
All of my games with White in first round of the ongoing Chess.com Italian Game tournament found opponents who did not want to allow the Jerome Gambit.
Four were Two Knights Defenses 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 that refused to turn into Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambits (4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+) but stayed by the book with 4.Nc3 Nxe5 5.Nxe5 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6.
The fifth game was a Semi-Italian game 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 that refused to go Jerome (with 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Bxf7+).
(The sixth game didn't happen, as the player lost on time in both games without a piece moved.)
Maybe next round.
I guess I will console myself with the knowledge that the readership of blog posts this month is likely to set a new record for jeromegambit.blogspot.com. Thanks for stopping by!
I suppose that at least a few of the players defending against the Jerome Gambit figure that the game is over after the sacrificed Bishop is captured. Certainly, many believe that the game is over after the second piece is sacrificed and captured.
As more than a few discover, "it's not over until it's over."
soulman - Pamswam
standard, FICS, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7
By transposition, via the Two Knights Defense, the game has reached a "modern" variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Not-Nxe5+) of the Jerome Gambit. White decides to "modernize" it after all.
6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Re8 8.dxe5 Rxe5
Black has the better development and a piece for a pawn.
White has the pluck and the luck of the Jerome Gambiteer.
9.Kh1 d6 10.Nc3 Ng4 11.f4 Qh4
Black's Queen swoops in to finish off the White King with checkmate. Things do not turn out as planned.
12.fxe5+ Kg8 13.Qd5+ Kh8 14.Rf8 checkmate
Now, it definitely is over.
Lately, not a lot of opponents have answered 3...Bc5, which would give Bill Wall a chance to play the Jerome Gambit. In the following game he shows some patience, and it turns out that he is okay with the delay.
Wall,B - Marz
PlayChess.com, 31.08.2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
The Two Knights Defense.
4.0-0
This reasonable move was looked at in "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense (Part 4)".
Bill has also played 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 as in Wall,B - Samvazpr, Chess.com 2010 (0-1, 25); Wall,B - Roberts, Chess.com, 2010 (1-0, 17); Wall,B - DarkKnight, Cocoa Beach, FL 2012 (1-0, 23); Wall,B - Guest1459913, PlayChess.com, 2013 (1-0, 38); Wall,B - Hamilton,E, FICS 2011 (1-0, 22); Wall,B - Guest1872464, PlayChess.com, 2014 (1-0, 30).
Of course, Philidor1792 has played 4.Bxf7+ here, any way, in 3-minute games.
4...Bc5
Or 4...Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ as in Wall, B - NTLZ, FICS, 2010 (0-1, 42).
Now there is a chance for a Delayed Jerome Gambit.
5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6
This kind of retreat is seen by White in response to the "fork trick" in the Italian Four Knights Game. Here 7...d6 improves.
8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.f4 Nxe4
Looking for more trouble. Instead, 9...Bd6 10.e5 Bc5+ 11.Kh1 d5 12.exf6 gxf6 when White has an edge.
10.fxe5+ Nf6
Defense with 10...Ke8 is best, but after 11.Qg4 Qe7 12.Qxe4 White is a piece up.
11.exf6 g6
Now the Jerome Gambiteer finishes with style.
12.Qd5+ Kf8 13.Bh6+ Ke8 14.f7+ Ke7 15.Qe5 checkmate
I am playing my last game in the first round of the current Italian Game tournament at chess.com. To date I have scored 5/7 -- including 2/3 with the Jerome Gambit -- and need only a draw (with White) to move on to the next round of play.
Alas, my opponent was not interested in allowing the Jerome Gambit, opting for the Two Knights Defense instead: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6.
Still, I was able to maneuver things so that, after 4.d4 Nxe4 5.dxe5 d6 I was able to play the Jerome-ish 6.Bxf7+, when, after 6...Kxf7 7.Qd5+ Be6 8.Qxe4 I will be ahead material, and Black's King will be displaced. (The game continues.)
That is not quite the same thing as being in the Jerome Gambit after 8 moves (there I would be "objectively" lost) but it may be good enough to move me into the next round of play, where I can try my luck at playing a few more Jeromes.
In the following blitz game Philidor1792 shows his typical creativity, aggression and persistence in whipping up an interesting attack. Resistance is strong, however, and this time White does not win the day.
Philidor1792 - Guest292640
5 0, PlayChessbase.com, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
The Two Knights Defense, avoiding the Evans Gambit and lesser gambits like the Jerome.
4.b4
Philidor1792 wishes to have his gambit anyway!
This move makes me wonder why we haven't seen this gambit against the Hungarian Defense, i.e. 3...Be7 4.b4!? as if the pawn is captured, the game becomes and Evans Gambit after all.
In the text, White enters an Evans Gambit a move down, as Black's Bishop comes to b4 in one move, not the usual two. Philidor1792 doesn't fret over such trivialities.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.Bxf7+
Adding a dash of Jerome...
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+
...and a splash of the Halloween Gambit, to top it off.
7...Nxe5 8.d4 Nc6
9.e5 Ng8 10.f4 d5 11.f5 Bh4+ 12.g3 Bg5 13.Qh5+ g6
14.Qxg5
White is not afraid to enter an endgame with the pawns against Black's extra piece, but in this instance he might have had better chances (compared to the game) after 14.fxg6+!? Kg7 15.Bxg5 Qe8 16.0–0 hxg6 17.Bf6+ Nxf6 18.exf6+ Kf7 19.Qxd5+, although Black would still be objectively ahead.
14...Qxg5 15.Bxg5 Bxf5 16.0-0 Ke6 17.Nd2 h6 18.Be3 Nge7
19.Nb3 b6 20.a4
Looking for open lines and play on the Queenside.
20...Raf8 21.a5 Bc2 22.Nd2 Nf5 23.Bf2 Bd3 24.Rfc1 Rf7 25.axb6 axb6 26.g4 Nfe7
27.Be3 h5
Looking for open lines and play on the Kingside.
28.h3 hxg4 29.hxg4 Rh4 30.Kg2 Rxg4+ 31.Kh3 Re4 32.Re1 Rh7+ 33.Kg3 Nf5+ 34.Kf3 Rh3+ 35.Kg2 Rhxe3 36.Nxe4 Bxe4+ 37.Kf2 Rxc3 38.Rg1 Nfxd4 39.Ra8 Nxe5 40.Re8+ Kf6 41.Rc8 b5 White resigned
Alas, no victory today for the Evans / Jerome / Halloween pawns.
While it has been suggested that "the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it", there are those who prefer to go one step further, and offer their own aggressive gambit in turn.
Philidor1792 - Stranger
Casual Game, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6
About 4 years ago this blog discussed ways to approach this move (instead of 4...Bc5) in "Jerome Gambit vs Two Knights Defense" Parts 1, 2, 3, 4.
4.Bxf7+
As we have seen earlier in Philidor1792's play, after the alternative 4.Bb3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ we would have a Delayed Jerome Gambit (see "Jerome Gambit-Inspired Play (Part 4)")
An early peek at this 4.Bxf7+ line occurred in "What's Going On Here?", and an early game was presented in "Opening Tale"; but much of what is in The Database on this line is from Philidor1792's games. (In some, below, he appears as "You".)
By the way, all of the referenced games can now be found in The Database.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+
Some alternatives:
5.c3 Bc5 6.d4 in sTpny - yimansmellsbad, FICS, 2011 (0-1, 28);
5.Ng5+ in caovas - tomi36, 1 1 blitz, lichess.org, 2013 (1-0, 27) and KillerBishop - TheMentalist, 40 5, lichess.org, 2013 (0-1, 17);
5.d4 d5 (5...exd4 6.e5, yorgos - perrypawnpusher, blitz, FICS 2009, [1-0, 48]) in tomas2013 - tomi36, 1 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2013 (1-0, 22);
5.d3 d5 (5... d6 in viejoasquerosos - Killyourking, Redhotpawn.com, 2004 [0-1, 27]) cnselway - boycey, net-chess.com, 2001 (0-1, 11); and, finally
5.0-0 Bc5 6.Nc3, leobrazer - perrypawnpusher, blitz, FICS, 2009 (0-1, 48), transposes into a variation of the Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.
5...Nxe5 6.d4 Neg4
The alternative 6...Ng6 (met with 7.e5) was seen in Philidor1792 - Guest805466, 3 1 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 62); You-Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 16)) You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 17); Philidor1792 - guest1278, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 29); Philidor1792 - Guest691264, 3 0 blitz, Play.ChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 14); and Philidor1792 - Juppzupp, 3 0 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 24).
Instead, 6...Nc6 (also met by 7.e5) was seen in Philidor1792 - guest345, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 15); Philidor1792 - guest3018, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (½-½, 24); Philidor1792 - guest1334, blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014 (1-0, 20); You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 18); and Philidor1792 - Guest292640, 5 0 blitz, PlayChessBase.com, 2014 (1-0, 50).
Also seen was 6...Nc4 (also met with 7.e5) You - Stranger, blitz, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014 (1-0, 26).
7.e5 Nxf2
I hope Readers have stayed through all of the history and games above, as this game is about to get very violent. After all, Black has two extra pieces, and he can use them as he wishes.
8.Kxf2 Ne4+ 9.Ke1 Qh4+ 10.g3 Nxg3 11.Qf3+
11...Nf5+ 12.Kd1 g6 13.c3 Bh6 14.Bxh6 Qxh6 15.Nd2 Kg7
Black's counter-attack has slowed, but he still has the advantage - starting with a safer King.
16.Ne4 Ne3+ 17.Ke2 Rf8
At this point, Black's plans begin to go haywire - shortness of time?
18.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 19.Kxe3
The game is even - but not for long.
19...d5 20.Nf6 Bf5 21.Nxd5 Be4 22.Kxe4 c6
23.Nc7 g5 24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.Rhf1 h5 26.Rf6 Rh8 27.Raf1 Black resigned
Here we have another collection of blitz games by Philidor 1792, fuelled by ideas from the Jerome Gambit, but launched in some Two Knights Defenses... Beware the attack! And - if you successfully defend - ask not for whom the time clock ticks, it ticks for thee!
Philidor 1792 - guest5
3-minutes blitz www.bereg.ru, 04.03.2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bxf7+
Or 4.Bb3, offering the Delayed Jerome Gambit, but 4...a6 (4...Nxe4 5.Qe2 d5 6.d3 Nf6 (6...Nc5 7.Nxe5 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 Be6 10.Nc3 Nxb3 11.axb3 Nxe5 12.Qxe5 Bd6 13.Qh5 c6 14.Bg5 f6 15.Rxe6 fxg5 16.Rae1 h6 17.Nb1 Qc7 18.Nd2 Bc5 19.Nf3 Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.d4 Bb6 22.Re7 Raf8 23.c3 g4 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Ne5 Re7 26.f4 h5 27.Kf2 c5 28.dxc5 Bxc5+ 29.Kg3 Kh7 30.Rd1 d4 31.cxd4 Bb6 32.d5 g5 33.d6 Re8 34.d7 Rd8 35.fxg5 Bc7 36.Kf4 Bxe5+ 37.Kxe5 Kg6 38.Ke6 Black resigned, Philidor1792 - Sasha63, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014) 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Qxe5+ Qe7 9.Bf4 Qxe5+ 10.Bxe5 c6 11.c4 Be7 12.Nc3 dxc4 13.dxc4 0-0 14.0-0-0 Re8 15.Rhe1 Bg4 16.f3 Bf5 17.Bc2 Bxc2 18.Kxc2 Rad8 19.Bc7 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Kf8 21.g4 h6 22.a3 Bc5 23.Bd6+ Bxd6 24.Rxd6 Ke7 25.c5 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.Kd3 Ke7 28.Kd4 Ke6 29.b4 a6 30.h4 g6 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Ne8 33.Ke4 f5+ 34.Kd4 Ng7 35.Na4 Nh5 36.Nb6 Nf4 37.Nc4 Nh3 38.Nd6 Nxg5 39.f4 Nh3 40.Ke3 Kd5 41.Nxb7 g5 42.Nd6 gxf4+ 43.Kf3 Ke6 44.Nc4 Kd5 45.Nd6 Ke5 46.Nf7+ Kf6 47.Nd6 Ke6 48.Nc4 Kd5 49.Nd6 Ke5 50.Nf7+ Ke6 51.Nd6 Kf6 52.a4 Kg5 53.Nf7+ Kg6 54.Ne5+ Kg5 55.Nxc6 Ng1+ 56.Kg2 Ne2 57.Nb8 Nd4 58.c6 Kg4 59.c7 f3+ 60.Kf2 Ne6 61.c8Q Ng5 62.Qg8 Kf4 63.Qxg5+ Kxg5 64.Nxa6 Kf6 65.Nc5 Ke5 66.Kxf3 Kd6 67.Kf4 Kc6 68.Kxf5 Kb6 69.Ke5 Kc6 70.Kd4 Kb6 71.Kd5 Ka7 72.b5 Kb6 73.Nb3 Ka7 74.Kc6 Kb8 75.a5 Ka7 76.a6 Kb8 77.b6 Ka8 78.Na5 1-0 Philidor1792 - vlad2201, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014) 5.Nxe5 Going Halloween Gambit, after all, Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5 8.f4 Ng6 9.e5 Ng8 10.Nc3 Bc5 11.Ne4 Bb6 12.h4 Nxh4 13.Qg4 Ng6 14.f5 h5 15.fxg6 hxg4 16.Rxh8 Kf8 17.d6 cxd6 18.gxf7 Qc7 19.fxg8Q+ Ke7 20.Qxg7 checkmate, Philidor 1792 - guest1223, www.bereg.ru, 2014.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6
Or, retreating the other way 6...Nc6 7.e5 Ne8 (7...Qe7 8.0-0 Ng8 9.Nc3 Qb4 10.Nd5 Qxd4 11.Qf3+ Nf6 12.exf6 gxf6 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Bf4 h6 15.c3 Qc4 16.Nxf6+ Kg7 17.Ne8+ Kh7 18.Qf5+ Kg8 19.Qg6+ Bg7 20.Qxg7 checkmate, Philidor 1792 - guest1334, www.bereg.ru, 2014; and 7...Ng8 8.0-0 d5 9.Nc3 Be6 10.f4 g6 11.g4 Qd7 12.f5 gxf5 13.gxf5 Bxf5 14.Qh5+ Ke7 15.Rxf5 Nd8 16.Bg5+ Ke6 17.Rxf8 Qg7 18.Qg4 checkmate, You - Stranger, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014) 8.Qf3+ Kg6 9.Qe4+ Kf7 10.Qf3+ Kg6 11.Qe4+ Kh5 (11...Kf7 12.Qd5+ Ke7 13.Bg5+ Nf6 14.0-0 Ke8 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Re1+ Be7 17.Bxf6 Rf8 18.Qh5+ Rf7 19.d5 Kf8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Qg5+ Kf8 22.Qh6+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ draw, Philidor 1792 - guest3018, www.bereg.ru 2014) 12.g4+ Kh4 13.Qg2 Bb4+ 14.c3 Nxe5 15.Qg3 checkmate, Philidor 1792 - guest345, www.bereg.ru, 2014; or
charging ahead 6...Nc4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Qf3+ Ke8 9.Qxe4 d5 10.Qe2 Bb4+ 11.c3 Ba5 12.b3 Nb6 13.b4 Nc4 14.bxa5 Nxa5 15.0-0 Bf5 16.g4 Be4 17.f3 Bg6 18.Nd2 Qe7 19.f4 h5 20.f5 Bf7 21.Qb5+ Nc6 22.Qxb7 Rb8 23.Qxc6+ Kd8 24.e6 Rb6 25.Qxd5+ Rd6 26.Qa8 checkmate, You - Stranger, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014.
7.e5 d5
Two ways to resist the capture: 7...Qe7 8.0-0 Nd5 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.Bg5 h6 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Bd2 Kg7 13.Nc3 c6 14.Ne4 d5 15.Ng3 Qd7 16.h3 Be7 17.Rfe1 h5 18.Re3 h4 19.Nh5+ Rxh5 20.Qxh5 Qf5 21.Qe2 Bd6 22.Re8 Kf7 23.Re1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Bxf4 25.Qe7+ Kg6 26.Rg8+ Kh5 27.Qf7+ Kh6 28.Rh8+ Kg5 29.Qh5 checkmate, Philidor 1792 - guest1278, www.bereg.ru, 2014; and
7...Nd5 8.Qf3+ Ke7 (8...Ngf4 9.Bxf4 Nxf4 10.Qxf4+ Kg8 11.Nc3 Be7 12.0-0 Bg5 13.Qe4 Qe7 14.f4 Bh4 15.g3 Qb4 16.gxh4 Qxb2 17.Nd5 Black resigned, You - Stranger, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014) 9.Qxd5 Ke8 10.0-0 c6 11.Qe4 Be7 12.f4 Bb4 13.c3 d5 14.exd6+ Kf8 15.cxb4 Kf7 16.f5 Black resigned, You - Stranger, Chess-Samara.ru, 2014.
8.0-0 Be7 9.f4 Bg4 10.Qe1 Bf5 11.Qe2 h5 12.exf6 Bxf6
13.c3 Qe7 14.Qb5 c6 15.Qb3 Rae8 16.Nd2 Bd3 17.Rd1 Nxf4 18.Nf3 Be2 19.Bxf4 Bxd1 20.Rxd1 Qd7
21.Rf1 Rhf8 22.Bg5 Kg8 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Qd1 Qf7 25.Qd3 Qg6 26.Qxg6 Rxg6
27.Ne5 Rge6 28.Rf5 g6 29.Rg5 Kg7 30.Kf2 Rf6+ 31.Ke2 Ree6 32.Rg3 Rf5 33.Re3 g5 34.b3 b6 35.a4 c5 36.Rh3 Rfxe5+ 37.dxe5 Rxe5+ 38.Kd2 Kg6 39.Rf3 a5 40.Rf8 Rf5 41.Re8 Kf7 42.Rb8 Black lost on time
In the following 3-minute game, White only head-fakes toward a Jerome Gambit, but the resulting opening still features a piece-for-a-pawn sacrifice, and some foot soldiers who would not be out of place in Jerome's Double Opening.
Philidor 1792 - guest1132
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 15.12.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bb3 Be7 5.Nxe5
This unusual Two Knights Defense, possibly heading for a Delayed Jerome Gambit with 4.Bb3 - had Black played 4...Bc5 - now takes a Chicago Gambit or Halloween Gambit turn with this Knight sacrifice.
5...Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Ng8 8.Qf3 f6
Instead, Houdini suggests 8...d5 9.exd6 Bf6 10.Qe2+ Kf8 11.dxc7 Qxc7.
9.Qd5 d6
An improvement over 9...Nh6 10.Bxh6 Rf8 11.Bxg7 c6 12.Qc4 d5 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Bxf8 Black resigned, Philidor 1792-guest1063, www.bereg.ru, 2013.
10.Qf7+ Kd7 11.e6+
It is tempting to get after the enemy King, although Houdini prefers letting it go in exchange for winning back a piece and turning the whole board to chaos: 11.exd6 cxd6 12.h4 Nh6 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.h5 Nf4 15.g3 Rf8 16.Ba4+ Kc7 17.Qc4+ Kb8 18.gxf4 d5.
11...Kc6 12.Nc3 Nh6 13.Be3
Offering the Queen for a mate-in-one.
13...d5 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.Nxd5
15...a5 16.c4 Qf8 17.h4 a4 18.Bc2 Qxf7 19.exf7 Kd6 20.h5 Nf8 21.0-0-0 Be6
22.Rhe1 Bd8 23.Nc3 Bxf7 24.c5+ Kd7 25.Bf5+ Kc6 26.Be4+ Kd7 27.Bf5+ Draw
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