Showing posts with label apropes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apropes. Show all posts

Friday, October 25, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Quick Disappointment

Image result for free clip art disappointment



In the following 1-minute game, it is clear that things did not go as planned, for Black.

angelcamina - Master1615
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5
5.Bxf7+ 



The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit. Black was looking for a balanced, quiet game, but this changed things.

4...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4 



Black has two extra pieces that he can return. He leads in development. Surely he is better? No, actually the game is about even. Nobody ever said that the Jerome Gambit made sense.

8.dxe5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxe4

Sad. Best for Black was 9...Re8 10.exf6 Rxe4+ 11.Be3 Qxf6 12.0-0 d6, with an even game.

10.Qd5+ 



An improvement over 10.Qf3+, which still won, in angelcamina - puffy04, lichess.org, 2019 (1-0, 20) 

10...Kf8 11.Qxe4 d6 12.Ba3 Qg5 



Lashing out. Black tried 12...Be6 in angelcamina - apropes, lichess.org, 2019 (1-0, 21).

Black's King is at risk, and his defense fails. 

13.exd6 cxd6 14.Bxd6+ Kg8 15.O-O Bf5 16.Qd5+ Be6 17.Qxe6 checkmate

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Improved Crunch

In the following game, White improves his play, and quickly ushers his opponent into checkmate. Of course, in bullet chess, everything happens quickly. 

angelcamina - apropes
1 0 bullet, lichess.org

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ 




The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4 8.dxe5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Qd5+ 

Improving over his recent win against Puffy04.

10...Kf8 11.Ba3+ d6 12.Qxe4 Be6 13.O-O-O 



It certainly looks like White is enjoying himself.

13...Bd7 14.exd6 cxd6 15.Bxd6+ Kg8 16.Rhe1 Qg5+ 17.Bf4 Qa5 18.Rd7 Qxc3 

Last gasp.

19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Bd6 checkmate