Sometimes the recipient of a gambit is skeptical. Free material? Why not grab all I can get?? The gamiteer adds: It will cost you.
In the following game Black happily receives a Bishop and then a pawn. When offered a Knight, he scarcely resists the temptation.
White then shows that his "generosity" should have been taken seriously, as well.
Philidor 1792 - NN
2015
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3
Combining Jerome Gambit ideas with the Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit!
I have only seen this once, mentioning the idea in a note in an earlier post about an earlier Philidor 1792 game, referencing Jirotka,S - Super Expert, 1990; but The Database is incomplete concerning 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+.
We have seen 5.Nxe5+ in a number of White's games: Philidor 1792 -guest2044, www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1-0, 45); Philidor 1792 - guest213,www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1-0, 41); Philidor 1792 - guest564, www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1-0, 56); and Philidor 1792 - guest45, www.bereg.ru, 2013 (1-0, 28).
5...Nxc3 6.dxc3 d6
A typical mistake against the B-K.
7.Nxe5+ Ke6 8.0-0 Kxe5
I was not being frivolous, thinks White, believe me.
9.Qh5+ Ke6 10.Re1+ Kd7 11.Bg5 Black resigned
Putting Black's Queen on f6, with the idea of exchanging Her Majesty, is a common anti-Jerome Gambit strategy. In the following game, Black introduces the plan, then wavers - and the game ends quickly.
Philidor 1792 - guest1862
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+
Another example of the Abrahams Jerome Gambit.
As far as I can tell, Alonzo Wheeler Jerome did not play the Bishop sacrifice out of the Bishop's Opening, but Gerald Abrahams attributed the gambit to him nonetheless.
4...Kxf7 4.Qh5+ Ke6 5.Qf5+
Houdini judges the Abrahams Jerome less harshly than it does the Jerome proper, suggesting that here 5.Nf3, instead, equalizes. This bears further examination, as this blog has in the past presented only two losses by White with 5.Nf3 - see "The Abrahams Jerome Gambit (Part II)".
5...Kd6 6.Nf3 Qf6 7.d4 Bxd4
Black overlooks the reason behind his 6th move, that of exchanging Queens, and is subsequently severely punished.
Some contrasting examples: 7...Qxf5 8.dxc5+ Kxc5 9.exf5 (9.Be3+ Kd6 10.exf5 Nf6 11.0-0 [11.Nc3 Re8 12.0-0-0+ Ke7 13.Nd5+ Nxd5 14.Bg5+ Nf6 15.Nxe5 Kf8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Nxd7+ Bxd7 White resigned, Geeeman - ludonix, FICS, 2014] 11...Nd5 12.Rd1 c6 13.Nc3 Rf8 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.b4 Rxf5 16.Bc5+ Ke6 17.Re1 d6 18.Be3 Nc6 19.b5 Nb4 20.Re2 Bd7 21.Rd1 Bxb5 22.Ree1 Nxc2 23.Rf1 Bxf1 24.Kxf1 d4 25.Bd2 d5 26.Rc1 d3 27.g4 Rxf3 28.Kg2 Rff8 29.f3 Nd4 30.Rf1 e4 31.f4 Rac8 32.Bc3 Rxc3 White resigned, KevinSI - fedand, FICS, 2014) 9...d5 10.Nxe5 Ne7 11.0-0 Nxf5 12.Nd3+ Kd6 13.Bf4+ Kd7 14.Nc5+ Kc6 15.b4 b6 16.Nd3 Nd4 17.Ne5+ Kb7 18.Nc3 Nxc2 19.Rac1 Nxb4 20.a3 N4c6 21.Nxd5 Be6 22.Nxc6 Nxc6 23.Rfd1 Rhd8 24.Nxc7 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Nxd8 27.h3 Bb3 28.g4 a6 29.Kg2 Nf7 30.h4 h6 31.h5 a5 32.Nb5 Bd5+ 33.Kg3 Kc6 34.Nd4+ Kc5 35.Nf5 Kc4 36.Nxg7 Kb3 37.Nf5 Kxa3 38.Nd4 a4 39.g5 hxg5 40.Be3 Kb4 41.Kg4 Kc4 42.f4 gxf4 43.Kxf4 a3 44.Nc2 a2 45.Bd4 Kb3 46.Ne3 Be6 47.Nd1 b5 48.Ba1 b4 49.Nb2 Kc2 50.Na4 b3 51.Bb2 Bd7 52.Nc5 Kxb2 53.Nxd7 a1Q White resigned, KevinSI - lavaprut, FICS, 2014.
8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qd5+ Ke7 10.Bg5 Black resigned
White faced a tough opponent in the following game, and was not able to score the full point.
It happens.
Philidor 1792 - Arslanov,S
casual blitz game Moscow, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6
10.0-0
A slight improvement over 10.Nc3 c6 11.0-0 Kf7 12.f4 Re8 13.f5 Ne5 14.d4 Nc4 15.Qf3 Kg8 16.b3 Nb6 17.Bg5 Qe7 18.Rae1 Qf7 19.e5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Nfd5 21.e6 Qf8 22.Ne4 Bxe6 23.fxe6 Qxf3 24.Rxf3 Rxe6 25.c4 Rae8 26.cxd5 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 Rxe4 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.Rc3 Re6 30.Kf2 h6 31.Bh4 Nd5 32.Rc5 g5 33.Bg3 Ne3 34.Bb8 Ng4+ 35.Kf3 Nf6 36.Bxa7 Nd5 37.Rc2 Kf7 38.Bc5 Kg6 39.a4 h5 40.a5 g4+ 41.Kf2 Nf4 42.a6 Nd3+ 43.Kg3 Kg5 44.h4+ gxh3 45.Kxh3 Nxc5 46.Rxc5+ Black resigned, Philidor 1792- guest2498, www.bereg.ru, 2014.
10.d4 is Houdini's choice.
10...Kf7 11.Nc3 Re8
Or 1...c6 12.f4 Rf8 13.f5 Ne5 14.d4 Nc4 15.Qd3 Nb6 16.Bg5 Kg8 17.g4 Nbd7 18.Rae1 Qb6 19.Na4 Qb4 20.b3 Nxg4 21.Bd2 Qa3 22.Bc3 b5 23.Bb2 Qb4 24.Bc3 Qa3 25.Bb2 Qb4 26.Bc3 Qa3 27.Bb2 drawn, perrypawnpusher - joejox, FICS, 2009.
12.f4
Or 12.d3 Kg8 (12...d5 13.Qf3 Bg4 14.Qg3 dxe4 15.dxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Rxe4 17.f3 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Bxf3 19.Qxf3+ Kg8 20.c3 Qe5 21.Qf7+ Kh8 22.Bd2 Rd8 23.Rae1 Rxe1 24.Bxe1 Qe7 25.Qxe7 Nxe7 26.Bh4 Rd7 27.Bxe7 Black resigned, mrjoker - vishal-here, Internet Chess Club, 2008) 13.f4 Bd7 (13...Ng4 14.Qf3 Nf6 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.Qf2 c6 17.h3 Bd7 18.Rae1 Rf8 19.Qd4 Be8 20.g4 Bf7 21.g5 Nd7 22.Qxd6 Nb6 23.Qc5 Nd7 24.Qe3 Re8 25.f5 Nge5 26.Qg3 g6 27.h4 b5 28.Bf4 b4 29.Ne2 c5 30.c3 bxc3 31.bxc3 c4 32.d4 Nd3 33.Rb1 Nxf4 34.Qxf4 Rb8 35.Rbe1 Rf8 36.Ng3 Rb2 37.e5 Bd5 38.Rf2 Rxf2 39.Kxf2 Qb8 40.Re2 Qb1 41.f6 Qd3 42.h5 gxh5 43.Nxh5 Bf7 44.Ng3 Bg6 45.e6 Qxc3 46.f7+ Bxf7 47.exf7+ Rxf7 48.Re8+ Kg7 49.Nf5+ Rxf5 50.Qxf5 Qxd4+ 51.Kg2 Qd2+ 52.Qf2 Qxf2+ 53.Kxf2 Black forfeited on time, Petasluk - bergsteiger, FICS, 2007) 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.b3 a6 16.Bb2 Rg8 17.Rae1 Bb5 18.a4 Bc6 19.e5 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.f5 Nxe5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Qxe5 Bf7 24.f6 g6 25.Qf4 Re8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Re7 Qf8 28.Rfe1 Qxh6 29.Rxf7 Black forfeited on time, shugart - transitman, FICS, 2013.
12...d5 13.e5
A last chance to mix it up 13.f5 Ne7 14.e5 Nxf5 15.Qf4 g5 16.Qxg5 Rxe5 17.d4 Re8.
13...d4 White resigned
Chessfriend Philidor 1792 has sent another collection of Jerome Gambit, reversed Jerome Gambit, and Jerome Gambit-inspired games.
The game below is an interesting mix of opening systems. White combines the "Abrahams Jerome Gambit" - 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ - with the "Scholar's Mate" - 1.e4 e5. 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Qxf7+ - and plays it all in a 3-minute game. Black holds on for a while, but, in the end, either nerves or shortage of time lead to his downfall.
Philidor 1792 - guest1433
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qh5
We have seen this hybrid before. See "A Scholarly Abrahams Jerome Gambit".
3...Qf6 4.Bxf7+ Qxf7 5.Qxe5+
5...Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Nxe7 7.c3 d5 8.d4 Bb6 9.e5 c5 10.Be3
An earlier game continued: 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.f4 Nbc6 12.Nf3 Be6 13.Na3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 0-0-0 15.Be3 Rhf8 16.Ng5 Bf5 17.Kf2 h6 18.Nf3 Be4 19.h4 Nf5 20.Rad1 b6 21.h5 Na5 22.Bc1 Nc4 23.Rh3 Kb7 24.g4 Ne7 25.e6 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Rd6 27.f5 Rfd8 28.Re1 d4 29.cxd4 Rxd4 30.f6 gxf6 31.Rxf6 Nd6 32.Rf4 Rd3 33.Rf7 Re8 34.Bxh6 Kc6 35.Rf8 Rxa3 36.Rxe8 Nxe8 37.Bf8 Rxa2+ 38.Kg3 Nd5 39.h6 Ra3+ 40.Bxa3 Black resigned, Philidor 1792 -guest124, www.bereg.ru, 2014.
10...Nf5 11.Na3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.0-0-0
Blitz games are often about development and King safety. If White loses this game, it won't be because of the extra pawn he invested.
14...Ndc6 15.Nb5 Na6 16.Rxd5 Be6 17.Rd6 Ke7 18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Ng5 Rxd6 20.exd6+ Kd7 21.a3 Rf8 22.Ne4 Bc4 23.Nbc3 Nab8 24.Rd1 Na6
White's advanced "Jerome pawn" is not enough compensation for the sacrificed piece, but his knowledge of this kind of play, and advantage on the clock may well be.
25.b4 b5 26.f3 Ne5 27.Rd4 Nd3+ 28.Kd2 Nb2 29.Nf2 Rf6 30.Nce4 Rg6 31.Ng4 Re6 32.f4 Kd8 33.Ne5 Rh6
White's pieces have come together, while Black's are scattered.
34.d7 Be6 35.Nc6+ Kc7 36.d8Q+ Kxc6 37.Rd6+ Kb7 38.Rxa6 Kxa6 39.Nc5 checkmate
Golly, I was minding my own business, calmly defending against an Evans Gambit (I like the Lasker Defense) in the new Italian Game tournament at Chess.com, when suddenly I was Jeromed!
majimba - perrypawnpusher
Chess.com Italian Game tournament, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
The Evans Gambit.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 Bb6
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bxf7+
Kapow! A Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit!
Where did my opponent get the idea? If I had to guess, I would say it could have been from an old post at Chess.com by someone called skiingisfun69 (I have edited lightly for clarity):
...Only played in one grandmaster game that I could find. Is this a mistake? If so, how? It appears that no matter what Black does, his position is completely losing...
I just played this on Yahoo chess against a friend, 7 minute / 7 second increments...I was very surprised to find out we had played grandmaster chess up until move 8. I had no idea there was such a thing as the Evans Gambit - I assumed my pawn sacrifice on b4 was no longer a standard line.
On move 9 in my game I played Bxf7+. Is this move a mistake? According to the Chess.com database, it was only played in one game. Grandmasters usually choose 9.Qb3 or 9.Qxd8. How are these moves better than 9.Bxf7+? I only found one game where 9.Bxf7+ was played http://www.chess.com/games/view.html?id=144868. White won quickly.
It appears to me that no matter what Black does, his position is clearly losing. If he doesn't take the bishop his position is losing. When I then offer the knight, if it he takes it he's simply down a queen for two minor pieces - losing. If he doesn't take it, he just loses.
What a discovery! Who wouldn't want to try out 9.Bxf7+?
9...Kxf7 10.Nxe5+ Ke8!
Not according to White's plan.
Painful for Black is 10...Ke6: 11.Qg4+ Kxe5 12.Bf4+ (12.Qf4+ Ke6 13.Qf5+ Ke7 14.Ba3+ Nb4 15.Bxb4+ c5 16.Bxc5+ Bxc5 17.Qxc5+ Kf7 18.Na3 Nf6 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Nd6+ Kg6 21.e5 Rd8 22.Qe3 Ng8 23.Qd3+ Kh6 24.Nf7+ Qxf7 25.Qxd8 Qe6 26.Qh4+ Kg6 27.f4 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 h6 29.f5+ Kh7 30.Qe7 Black resigned, Wilson,P - Wilson,J, correspondence, 1921) 12...Kxe4 13.Re1+ Kd3 (13...Kd5 14.Qd1+ Nd4 15.Re5+ Kc4 16.Na3+ Black resigned, Ford,E - Vorrath,A, Manhattan Chess Club Handicap Tournament, New York, 1891) 14.Qe2 checkmate, skiingisfun69 - NN, 7 7 blitz, Yahoo Chess, 2008;
or 10...Kf8: 11.Ba3+ Nge7 12.Qf3+ Black resigned, Eckl,J - Schoenewald, correspondence, 1967.
But I was out to disappoint my opponent.
11.Qh5+ g6
12.Nxg6
Actually, better is 12.Nxc6 gxh5 13.Nxd8 Kxd8-+ 14.Bg5+ (14.Nd2 Nf6 15.e5 Ng4 16.Nc4 Be6 17.Nxb6 axb6 18.Bg5+ Kd7 19.a3 Ra5 20.f4 Rha8 21.f5 Bc4 22.e6+ Ke8 23.Rf4 Bd3 24.h3 Ne3 25.Rf3 Bxf5 26.Rxe3 Rxa3 27.Rxa3 Rxa3 28.e7 b5 29.Re5 Bd7 30.Re4 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Ra2+ 32.Kg3 Bc6 33.Rf4 Rxg2+ 34.Kh4 Re2 35.Rf8+ Kd7 36.Rd8+ Ke6 37.e8Q+ Black resigned, Philidor 1792 - guest343, www.bereg.ru, 2013) 14...Ne7 15.Nd2 Rg8 16.Bh4 Bh3 17.Bg3 h4 White resigned, Girard - Corbat, IECC TH-T email 2000.
You might have noticed in the paragraph above that one of the games was played by Jerome Gambit Gemeinde member Philidor 1792. That is one reason to why majimba's Bishop sac wasn't a surprise to me.
Longtime Readers may remember that there were 4 posts to this blog on the "Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit" in October and November of 2013. That is another reason I was not fooled.
12...Nf6 13.Bg5
Overlooking my reply.
A stronger alternative, still giving Black the advantage, is 13.Qh6: 13...Rg8 14.Nh4 (14.Nf4 Ne5 15.Nd5 Rg6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qxh7 Bg4 18.Be3 Rd8 19.Nd2 Rd7 White resigned, Kurpnieks,V - Kovacs,A, LSS email, 2008) 14...Ne5 15.g3 Neg4 16.Qf4 Nh5 17.Qf3 Qxh4 White resigned, Kopel - Grocescu, correspondence, 1989.
13...Nxh5 14.Bxd8 Rg8
Black will remain two pieces up.
15.Nh4 Kxd8 16.Nd2 Be6 17.Rfd1 Ke7 18.a3 Rad8 19.Nhf3 Nf4 20.g3 Nh3+ White resigned
(My apologies to the Gemeinde, but a true Jerome Gambit player must know how to play against the gambit, too.)
The following game shows Philidor 1792 giving the "Jerome treatment" to the Berlin Defense of the Bishop Opening... The final position is worth bringing in a not-exactly-Jerome-Gambit line.
Philidor 1792 - guest63
3 0 blitz,www.peshka.me, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Bxf7+
3...Kxf7 4.Qe2 d5
Alternatives:
4...d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Qc4+ Ke8 8.Qb5+ Nc6 9.Qxb7 Ne7 10.Qb5+ c6 11.Qe2 g5 12.d4 Ng6 13.Nbd2 Bg7 14.O-O Kf7 15.Qc4+ d5 16.Qxc6 dxe4 17.Nxe5+ Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Qxe4 Bxe5 20.Qxg4 Qf6 21.Qxd7+ Kg6 22.Nf3 g4 23.Qxg4+ Kf7 24.Qh5+ Ke7 25.Nxe5 Rhf8 26.Ng6+ Black resigned, Philidor1792 - Stranger, Chess-samara.ru. 2014;
4...Bc5 5.Qc4+ d5 6.Qxc5 Na6 7.Qe3 Nxe4 8.Nf3 Qf6 9.d3 Nd6 10.Nxe5+ Kg8 11.Nc3 Nb4 12.Kd1 Be6 13.a3 Nc6 14.Re1 d4 15.Qe2 dxc3 16.Nxc6 cxb2 17.Bxb2 Qxb2 18.Qxe6+ Kf8 19.Qe7+ Kg8 20.Qe6+ Kf8 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Nxe5 Re8 23.Rb1 b6 24.Rb4 Re6 25.Rf4+ Ke7 26.d4 Rd8 27.d5 Nb5 28.Nc6+ Black resigned, Philidor 1792 - guest52, www.peshka.me, 2014.
4...Nc6 5.Nf3 h6 6.c3 d6 7.h3 (7.b4 a6 8.h3 g5 9.a3 Qe8 10.Bb2 Bg7 11.d3 Rf8 12.Nbd2 Kg8 13.O-O-O b5 14.d4 Bd7 15.c4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 c5 18.Bc3 cxb4 19.axb4 Rc8 20.f3 a5 21.bxa5 b4 22.Bxb4 Be6 23.Bxd6 Qa4 24.Bxf8 Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Rxc4+ 26.Kb1 Bxf8 27.Qa2 Qb5+ 28.Ka1 Kh8 29.Rb1 Qe5+ 30.Rb2 Bg7 31.Qxc4 Nd5 32.Qc8+ Kh7 33.Qf5+ Qxf5 34.exf5 Nb4 35.Kb1 Black resigned, Philidor 1792 - guest83, www.bereg.ru, 2014) 7...Be6 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.O-O Be7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Rf8 14.Qb5 Rb8 15.Nh2 Kg8 16.f4 a6 17.Qb3 Na5 18.Qd1 Nc4 19.g4 g6 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.f5 gxf5 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Rxf5 Qd7 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Ng4 Bg5 26.Bxg5 hxg5 27.Nf6 Rxf6 28.exf6+ Kxf6 29.Rf1+ Kg7 30.Qf5 Qxf5 31.Rxf5 Kg6 32.Rxd5 Nb6 33.Re5 Kf6 34.Kg2 Na4 35.c4 Nc3 36.a3 Nb1 37.a4 Nd2 38.Rc5 c6 39.d5 Nb3 40.dxc6 Nxc5 41.c7 Black resigned, Philidor 1792 - guest164, www.peshka.me, 2014
5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nd4 7.Nxe5+ Kg8
Black has a piece for two pawns, but must continue to monitor the safety of his King.
8.Qd3 dxe4 9.Qc4+ Be6 10.Qa4 Qd6 11.Nc4 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Bxc4
This is a slip, as White will recapture with check.
13.Qxc4+ Nd5 14.Nxd5 h6 15.Nf6 checkmate
Ouch!
More reversed mayhem from Philidor 1792.
guest241 - Philidor 1792
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Bxf2+ 4.Kxf2
4...Qe7
Or 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Ng4+ 6.Kf1 d6 7.d4 c6 8.dxe5 Qb6 9.Qe2 dxe5 10.h3 Nf6 11.Bb3 Nh5 12.Be3 Ng3+ 13.Kf2 Nxh1+ 14.Rxh1 Qc7 15.Bc5 b6 16.Ba3 c5 17.Nb5 Qe7 18.Bd5 a6 19.Bxa8 axb5 20.Bd5 0-0 21.b3 b4 22.Bb2 Ba6 23.Qe3 Nd7 24.Qg5 Qxg5 25.Nxg5 h6 26.Nxf7 Rxf7+ 27.Bxf7+ Kxf7 28.Rd1 Ke6 29.Ke3 Nb8 30.a3 bxa3 31.Bxa3 Nc6 32.c3 Bb7 33.Rf1 Na5 34.b4 Nc4+ 35.Kd3 Nxa3 36.bxc5 Ba6+ 37.c4 Bxc4+ 38.Kc3 Bxf1 39.Kb3 bxc5 40.Kxa3 Bxg2 White resigned, ghazaleh_little - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com, 2014;
4...d6 5.d4 (5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Rf1 c5 9.Kg1 Nc6 10.c3 0-0 11.Bg5 Qb6 12.b3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Kh1 Nh5 15.Bh4 e4 16.dxe4 dxe4 17.Qd5+ Kh8 18.Ng5 Rxf1+ 19.Kh2 Qc7+ 20.g3 Raf8 21.Qxe4 R8f2+ 22.Qg2 h6 23.Ne4 Rxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Re1 25.Ned2 g5 26.g4 Nf4+ 27.Kh2 gxh4 0-1. 0-1 Guest131089 - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com 2014) 5...Nf6 6.dxe5 Ng4+ 7.Kf1 0-0 8.exd6 cxd6 9.h3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.Bb3 Qb6 12.Bg5 Nh5 13.Bh4 Nc6 14.Bf2 Qa6+ 15.Qe2 Qa5 16.Qe3 Qa6+ 17.Kg1 Rad8 18.Nd5 Rfe8 19.Qg5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nf6 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Kh2 Ne4 23.Qh4 d5 24.Bd4 c5 25.Bg1 Qd6+ 26.g3 Nxg3 27.Qxg3 Re2+ 28.Bf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kg1 Qxg3 checkmate, Guest835012 - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com. 2014
5.d4
5.Rf1 Qc5+ 6.d4 Qxc4 7.Nxe5 Qe6 8.Bf4 d6 9.d5 Qe7 10.Nxf7 Qxf7 11.Kg1 Nf6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Qg6 15.Qd4 Bh3 16.Rf2 Nbd7 17.Bg3 Bf5 18.Raf1 Bxc2 19.Ne2 Ne4 20.Nf4 Qg4 21.Rxc2 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Qxg3 23.Rcf2 Nf6 24.Ne6 Rf7 25.d6 Qxd6 26.Qxd6 cxd6 27.Ng5 Rd7 28.Rd2 d5 29.Rfd1 Rad8 30.Rd4 Rd6 31.Nh3 Kf7 32.Nf4 g5 33.Nd3 Ke6 34.Nc5+ Ke5 35.Nxb7 R8d7 36.Nxd6 Rxd6 37.Ra4 Ne4 38.Rxa7 d4 39.Rxh7 d3 40.Re7+ Kf4 41.Rf1+ Ke3 42.Rxe4+ Kxe4 43.g4 d2 44.Rd1 Ke3 White lost on time, Guest394059 - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com, 2014;
5.Qe2 Nf6 6.c3 Ng4+ 7.Ke1 c6 8.b4 0-0 9.d3 h6 10.h3 Nf6 11.Be3 d5 12.Bc5 Qe8 13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bxf8 dxc4 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 17.Nxe5 cxd3 18.Kd2 Bf5 19.Re1 Nc6 20.g4 Bh7 21.Na3 Ne4+ 22.Kd1 Nxe5 23.Nb5 Nf3 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.Nd6 Bg6 26.a4 Rd8 27.Nxb7 Re8 White resigned, Guest269333 - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com, 2014;
5.d3 Nf6 6.h3 (6.Rf1 Qc5+ 7.Kg3 Nh5+ 8.Kh3 d5+ 9.g4 dxc4 10.d4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Nf6 13.Bf4 c6 14.Nc3 Nxg4 15.Kg3 h5 16.h3 h4+ 17.Kg2 Nf6 18.Bg5 Be6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Rxf6 Ke7 22.Raf1 Nd7 23.Rf7+ Kd6 24.Rd1+ Kc5 25.Rdxd7 Rhg8+ 26.Rg7 b5 27.a3 Raf8 28.e5 a5 29.Ne4+ Kb6 30.Rb7+ Ka6 31.Nc5 checkmate, Kotarrak - Philidor1792, Chess.com, 2014) 6...c6 7.a3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.Ba2 e4 10.Nh2 exd3 11.Qxd3 Ne4+ 12.Kf1 Be6 13.g4 0-0 14.Kg2 Qc5 15.Rf1 Nc6 16.b4 Qd6 17.c4 Ne5 18.c5 Qc7 19.Qe2 Ng6 20.Qd3 Qe5 21.Nc3 Qxc3 22.Qxc3 Nxc3 23.Nf3 Nxa2 24.Rxa2 Rfd8 25.Nd4 Ne5 26.Re2 Nc4 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 d4 29.Rd1 d3 30.Re4 b5 31.cxb6 Nxb6 32.Re3 Rac8 White resigned, guest123 - Philidor 1792, Peshka.me 2014;
5.Nc3 Qc5+ 6.d4 Qxc4 7.Nxe5 Qe6 8.Rf1 Nf6 9.Kg1 0-0 10.Bg5 Ne8 11.Nd5 f6 12.Qf3 Nc6 13.Nxc6 dxc6 14.Nc3 Qg4 15.Bf4 Qxf3 16.Rxf3 Bg4 17.Rf2 Rd8 18.d5 cxd5 19.Nxd5 c6 20.Ne3 Bc8 21.Rd1 Rxd1+ 22.Nxd1 g5 23.Be3 Nd6 24.Nc3 b6 25.b3 Kg7 26.h3 Kg6 27.Bd4 h5 28.e5 Nf5 29.Ne2 Rd8 30.Bc3 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 fxe5 32.Bxe5 Be6 33.c4 Rd2 34.Nf4+ gxf4 35.Rxd2 Kg5 36.Rf2 Ne7 37.Bxf4+ Kg6 38.Be3 Bf5 39.Bd4 Bb1 40.a3 Nf5 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Nxd4 43.Rd2 Nf3+ White resigned, Ccm - Philidor1792, PlayChess.com, 2014
5...Nf6 6.Re1
6.Nc3 Ng4+ 7.Kg1 d6 (7...Nc6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.h3 Nf6 10.Bg5 d6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxf6+ gxf6 13.Qxd8+ Nxd8 14.Bxf6 Rg8 15.Bxe5 Be6 16.Bb3 c6 17.Nd4 Bxb3 18.Nxb3 Ne6 19.Rd1 Ng5 20.Re1 Nf3+ 21.Kf2 Nxe5 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Nf3 Nc4 24.b3 Nd6 25.e5 Nf5 26.Rd1 Ng3 27.Rhe1 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Ne4+ 29.Kf1 Ng3+ 30.Ke1 Ke7 31.Rd2 Ne4 32.Re2 Nc3 33.Rf2 Nd5 34.Kd2 Rd8 35.Kc1 Nf4 36.c4 Nd3+ White resigned, Guest130574 - Philidor 1792, PlayChess.com 2014) 8.h3 (8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bb3 Qc5+ 10.Nd4 exd4 11.Na4 Qe5 12.h3 Nf6 13.c3 Nc6 14.cxd4 Nxd4 15.Be3 Nxb3 16.Qxb3 0-0 17.Qc3 Qxe4 18.Nc5 Qc6 19.Bd4 Nd5 20.Qg3 Qg6 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Kh2 c6 23.Rhe1 b6 24.Ne4 Be6 25.Rad1 c5 26.Bf2 Nf6 27.Ng5 Bxa2 28.Re7 Bb3 29.Rd3 Bc4 30.Rc3 Nd5 White resigned, Kotarrak - Philidor1792, Chess.com 2014) 8...Nf6 9.Bg5 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Kh2 Nbd7 12.Rf1 h6 13.Be3 g5 14.Qe2 b5 15.Bb3 g4 16.Ng1 gxh3 17.Nxh3 Bb7 18.a3 0-0-0 19.Rad1 Rdg8 20.Rd2 Kb8 21.Qf3 Bc8 22.Kh1 Rg6 23.Ne2 Rhg8 24.Rg1 Nf8 25.Bf2 Bg4 26.Qd3 Bxh3 27.gxh3 Rxg1+ 28.Bxg1 Ne6 29.Bh2 Nh5 30.Bxe6 Qxe6 31.Qd6+ Kb7 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Rd7+ Kb6 34.Bxe5 Rf8 35.Kg2 Rg8+ 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Ke3 Rf1 38.b4 c5 39.bxc5+ Kxc5 40.Nd4 Re1+ 41.Kd3 Rd1+ 42.Kc3 a5 43.Nb3+ Kb6 44.Rxd1 b4+ 45.axb4 a4 46.Rd6+ Kb7 47.Nc5+ Kc8 White resigned, Kotarrak - Philidor1792, Chess.com 2014
6...Nc6 7.dxe5
7.d5 Qc5+ 8.Be3 Qxc4 9.dxc6 dxc6 10.Nxe5 Qe6 11.Nf3 0-0 12.e5 Ng4+ 13.Kg1 Nxe3 14.Rxe3 Qc4 15.b3 Qc5 16.Qd4 Qxc2 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Rd1 h6 19.Rd2 Qf5 20.Qb4 b6 21.Nd4 Qg5 22.Rde2 c5 23.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 24.Rxe3 cxb4 25.Nxf8 bxc3 26.Nd7 c2 27.Rc3 Rd8 28.Rxc7 c1Q+ 29.Rxc1 Rxd7 30.Rc2 Kf8 31.Kf2 Ke7 32.Ke3 Ke6 33.Ke4 f6 34.exf6 Kxf6 35.h4 Rd6 36.g4 g5 37.hxg5+ hxg5 38.Rf2+ Kg6 39.Ke5 Rc6 40.Rd2 Rc5+ 41.Kd6 Ra5 42.a4 b5 43.Rd5 Ra6+ 44.Kc7 bxa4 45.b4 a3 46.Rd1 a2 47.Ra1 Ra4 48.b5 Kf6 49.Kb7 Ke5 50.b6 axb6 51.Kxb6 Kf4 52.Kb5 Ra8 53.Kb4 Kxg4 54.Kb3 Kf3 55.Kc2 g4 56.Kc3 g3 57.Kd4 g2 58.Ke5 Kf2 59.Rxa2+ Rxa2 60.Kf4 g1Q White resigned, q-zma - Philidor1792, www.bereg.ru, 2014.
7...Ng4+ 8.Kf1 Qc5 9.Qe2 Ncxe5 10.Nxe5
10.Bb3 b6 11.Nbd2 Ba6 12.c4 d5 13.exd5 0-0-0 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Bf4 Rxd5 16.Kg1 Rhd8 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rxe5 19.Qg4+ f5 20.Qh3 Kb8 21.Qxh7 fxe4 22.Re3 Qc5 23.Rae1 Rd3 24.Qh8+ Kb7 25.Qh3 Bxc4 26.Bc2 Rxe3 27.Rxe3 Bd3 28.Bb3 Qc1+ 29.Kf2 Qf1+ 30.Kg3 Rg5+ 31.Kh4 Qf4+ 32.g4 Rg6 33.Rxd3 Rh6 checkmate, guest32 - Philidor 1792, www.bereg.ru, 2014.
10...Nxh2 checkmate
I have a Google "alert" set for "Jerome Gambit". It rarely returns anything, and when it does, it mostly gives me a link to one of the posts on this blog - not always a current one.
The other day, however, it linked me to the following game at lichess.org. The game is given there as an example of "Bishop's Opening, Jerome Gambit," which is a bit of a misnomer, in that Alonzo Wheeler Jerome did not play or analyze the line (as far as I have been able to discover in 13 years of research into the Jerome Gambit).
I have called the line the "Abrahams Jerome Gambit" (see Part 1 and Part 2 among several references), after the British chess player and author Gerald Abrahams (1907 - 1980) who referred to it as the Jerome Gambit in at least two of his books.
In the following game, White is not able to develop an attack worthy of the piece sacrificed, and eventually loses on time in an undermanned endgame.
vitula - Pigmalion
5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7
"Bishop's Opening, Jerome Gambit" according to the site.
4.Qh5+ Kf8 5.Nc3
From The Database:
5.Qxe5 d6 (5...Qe7 6.Qf4+ Qf6 7.Qg3 Ne7 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Qh3 Ng6 10.g3 White resigned, Eveque - igigfufu, FICS, 2011) 6.Qg3 Qf6 (6...Nf6 from Philidor 1792 - guest543, www.bereg.ru, 2014 [1/2-1/2, 42]) 7.Nc3 c6 8.Nge2 b5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Bg5 Bxc3+ 11.Nxc3 Qg6 12.0–0–0 h6 13.Qxd6+ Qxd6 14.Rxd6 Bb7 15.Rd8+ Kf7 16.Bf4 g5 17.Bxb8 Rh7 18.f4 Ne7 19.Rf1 g4 20.f5 Kf6 21.e5+ Kg5 22.Ne4+ Kh4 23.e6 Ng8 24.Bg3+ Kh5 25.h3 Rxd8 hg+ Kxg4 26.Rf4 Kh5 Rh4, checkmate, Philidor 1792 - guest321, www.lichess.org; or
5.Qf5+ Nf6 6.Qxe5 Bd6 7.Qd4 Nc6 8.Qc3 Nxe4 9.Qf3+ Nf6 10.d3 Kf7 11.Nh3 Re8+ 12.Be3 Bc5 13.0-0 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Ne5 15.Ng5+ Kg8 16.Qf4 d6 17.d4 Nh5 18.Qe4 Qxg5 19.Rf5 White resigned, rnlgnd - PeterBondurant, FICS, 2011.
5...Qf6 6.Nf3 d6 7.0-0 g6 8.Qg5 Qxg5 9.Nxg5 h6 10.Nf3 Nf6
11.d3 Bg4 12.Nd2 Nbd7 13.h3 Be6 14.Nb5 Bb6 15.Nc3 Ke7
16.a4 Bd4 17.Nb3 Bxc3 18.bxc3 b6 19.Ba3 g5 20.Nd2 c5 21.d4 Rhg8 22.d5 Bf7 23.f3 Bg6 24.c4 Nh5 25.Rfb1 Nf4
26.Kf2 Nf6 27.a5 Rgb8 28.Rb5 bxa5 29.Rxa5 Rb7 30.Bc1 Nd7 31.Rb5 Rxb5 32.cxb5 Nb6 33.Ra6 Be8 34.g3 Ng6 35.c4 h5 36.Bb2 Bd7
37.h4 g4 38.Kg2 gxf3+ 39.Nxf3 Bg4 40.Ng5 Nf8 41.Bc1 Nxc4 42.Rc6 Nd7 43.Rc7 Ncb6 44.Ne6 a5 White lost on time
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