Jerome Gambit: Little Surprises

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While the Jerome Gambit might, on the surface, appear to be a "simple" chess opening - so brutal as to be completely transparent - it can have its little surprises, which is part of what makes it attractive. Take the following game...

procyk - deriver69
Jerome Gambit Tournament, RedHotPawn.com, 2016

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

4...Kxf7 5.c3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.cxd4 Bb6 9.Qb3+ Ke7 

It is interesting that Stockfish 7 prefers 9...d5 here, while a couple of other computers in game situations preferred 9...Kf8, e.g. 10.Qd3 (10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Nc3 Ng4 13.h3 Bxf2+ 14.Rxf2+ Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Qh4+ 16.Kg1 Qg3 17.Nb5 Qxb3 18.axb3 c6 19.Nc7 Rb8 20.Be3 Bd7 21.Bxa7 Rd8 22.Rf1+ Kg8 23.Bc5 cxd5 24.exd5 h6 25.Re1 Rc8 26.d6 Rh7 27.b4 g6 28.Nd5 Rf8 29.Rxe5 Rhf7 30.Re1 Re8 31.Ne7+ Kh7 32.Ra1 Ref8 33.b3 Rf4 34.Ra7 Rb8 35.Bb6 Rf7 36.Bc7 Rbf8 37.Rxb7 Bxh3 38.Bb6 Bc8 39.Ra7 Be6 40.d7 Rf1+ 41.Kh2 Rd1 42.d8=Q Rdxd8 43.Bxd8 Rxd8 44.b5 Rd3 45.Nc6+ Kg8 46.b6 Rxb3 47.b7 Bc4 48.b8=Q+ Rxb8 49.Nxb8 Be6 50.Nc6 h5 51.Kg3 Kf8 52.Kf4 Bd5 53.Ne5 Bxg2 54.Nxg6+ Ke8 55.Kg5 Bf3 56.Nf4 Kd8 57.Nxh5 Kc8 58.Rg7 Be4 59.Kf4 Bc6 60.Ke5 Bf3 61.Nf4 Bc6 62.Ne6 Kb8 63.Kd6 Be4 64.Nd4 Kc8 65.Rc7+ Kb8 Black resigned, Rybka 2.3.2a - DrunkenMaster 1.2, 2009) 10...Qe7 11.Nc3 Bg4 12.Be3 Nb4 13.Qd2 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Kg8 15.Na4 Nc6 16.Rac1 Qf7 17.b4 Qg6+ 18.Kh1 Qh5 19.Qd1 Rc8 20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Rg1 Nxb4 22.Qb3+ Kf8 23.Qxb4 Qxf3+ 24.Rg2 Qxe4 25.Bg5 Qd5 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Qd2 h5 28.Qf4 f5 29.f3 Rh7 30.Rg6 Ra8 31.Rf6+ Ke8 32.Rxf5 Qg8 33.Qe4+ Kd8 34.Qxb7 Rc8 35.Rf6 Ke7 36.Rf4 Kd8 37.Re4 Qf7 38.f4 Rg7 39.Rce1 Rg8 40.Qc6 Qd7 41.Qd5 Qg4 42.Re7 Qg6 43.Qc6 Qg1+ 44.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 45.Kxg1 Kxe7 46.f5 Kf6 47.Qg2 Re8 48.Qg6+ Ke7 49.Qg7+ Kd8 50.f6 Kc8 51.f7 Black resigned, SOS 5.1 - DrunkenMaster, 2009.

In any event, Black appears to be doing well, having an extra piece for the cost of a pawn. True, his King has not found safety, but isn't that a trivial thing?

7.Bg5

White pins the Knight, setting up a hit on it with the e-pawn. It turns out that he can make the advance right away: 7.e5 dxe5 8.dxe5 Ne4 9.Ng5!? Here's a shocker; White recovers his piece. Stockfish 7 recommends 9...Qg8 10.Qxg8 Rxg8 11.Nxe4 h6 and White has a small edge.

7...Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 

9.Nxe5 

Deviating from the foretold 9.dxe5. Maybe he can still get a pawn to e5?

9...Nxe5 

Black believes he has an antidote to all the mischief regarding the e5 pawn's attack on the pinned Knight at f6, but he should have played it - 9...Be6 - right away, as after 10.Nxc6+ bxc6 11.Re1 Qd6 he would be doing fine.

10.dxe5 Be6 11.exf6+ gxf6 12.Qa3+ Kf7 

White has recovered his piece, and Black's King remains slightly exposed. If the first player can safeguard his Bishop, he should be able to keep the game level.

13.Bh4 

This looks fine, but Stockfish 7 recommends the pin, 13.Qf3, instead, i.e. 13...Qd4 14.Nd2 Bg4 15.Qb3+ Be6 16.Qf3 and an invitation to draw by repetition. Existential anxiety?

13...Rg8

This proves to be the winning idea, but the computer prefers 13...Qd4 14.Bg3 h5 15.Qc3 h4 16.Qxd4 Bxd4 17.Bxc7 Bxb2 18.Nd2 Bxa1 19.Rxa1 Bd5 when Black is clearly better.

14.Nc3 Bd4 15.Ne2 Qd5 16.Rad1 

Suddenly realizing that he had overlooked something, here White resigned

Is A Draw Enough For White in the Jerome Gambit?

Given that the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) is a "refuted" opening, should White grab the chance for a draw if he sees one? Or does this go against the whole idea of playing a wild, destabilizing and gambling opening?

Is there a point where the Gambiteer should realize that things have gotten difficult enough that he should save a half point, rather than surrender the whole thing?

The following game is an interesting example of these issues.

deriver69 - golddog2
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit Tournament
RedHotPawn.com 2016.

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

4...Kxf7 5.O-O Nd4

An odd move, reminiscent of the Blackburne Shilling Gambit; but perhaps not too odd: there are 10 previous examples in The Database, and White won 6, lost 4.

6.Nxe5+ Ke7

Better was 6...Kf8 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.d4 Bb6 which is about equal according to Stockfish 7.

7.d3

Instead, after 7.c3 Ne6 8.d4 Bb6 Stockfish 7 says White has the advantage.

7...d6 8.Bg5+ Nf6 9.Ng4 Bxg4 10.Qxg4 Nxc2

Here we have a typical messy Jerome Gambit position. Stockfish suggests that Black should take the time to get his King out of the pin, with 11...Kf8.

11.Nc3 Nxa1 12.Rxa1

White overlooks (or ignores?) the fact that his sacrifice allows him now to draw with 12.Bxf6+ Kxf6 13.Nd5+ Kf7 14.Qf5+ Kg8 15.Qe6+ Kf8 16.Qf5+ etc. But - was he even looking for a draw?

12...c6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Re1 Bd4 15.Ne4

White continues to pressure the Knight at f6.

Black would do well to further consolidate with something like 15...Qd5. Instead, he decides to be a bit more aggressive - and this gives White an opportunity that he does not miss a second time.

15...Qb6 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.Qg7+ Ke6 18.Qxf6+ Kd7 19.Qg7+ Ke6 20.Qf6+ Kd7 21.Qg7+ Ke6 22.Qf6+ Kd7 23.Qg7+ Ke6 24.Qf6+ Kd7 25.Qg7+ drawn by repetition

Sang Froid

The ongoing RedHotPawn.com Jerome Gambit tournament continues to produce interesting and educational games.

Be sure to follow the games in the notes, too, for extra excitment!


golddog2 - deriver69
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit Tournament
RedHotPawn.com, 2016

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Qh4 7.Nc3 

Sang froid. White answers Black's wild counter-attack (which leaves two pieces en prise; see "A Pie-in-the-Face Variation") with a rare, but simple developing move. Anything is worth a try in such a precarious position.

For the adventurer with White, despite what a computer player might say about the position, it is reassuring to know that in 222 games in The Database, White scored a scintillating 67%!

7...Bb4

Instead, 7...Nd3+ was the odd idea of the coputer Milobot, in a crazy game that veered all over the place: 8.cxd3 (8.Qxd3) 8...Bf8 (8...Bxd4) 9.Qf3+ (9.Qb3+ or 9.O-O) 9...Qf6 10.Qh5+ Qg6 11.Qd5+ Ke8 12.O-O a6 13.f3 Ra7 14.Bf4 b5 15.Bxc7 Nh6 (15...Rxc7 16.Qe5+ Kd8) 16.f4 Qf7 (16...Rxc7) 17.Rae1 (17. Qe5+) 17...Qg6 (17...Rxc7) 18.f5 Qg4 $18 19.Qe5+ Be7 20.Bd6 Qxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Kf8 22.Qxe7+ Kg8 23.Qf8 checkmate, LeoJustino - MiloBot, FICS, 2012. Wow.

7...Ng4, like the text in the game, also preserves Black's advantage 8.Qf3+ (8.g3 Qf6 9.Qxg4 Bxd4 10.Nd5 Qxf2+ 11.Kd1 d6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Qh4 Qf3+ 14.Kd2 Qxh1 15.c3 Qg2+ 16.Kd3 Be5 17.Bh6 Qh3 18.Qd8 Qxh6 19.Qxc7+ Ke8 20.Rf1 Qg7 21.Qc4 Be6 22.Nc7+ Kd7 23.Qxe6+ Kxc7 24. Rf7+ Qxf7 25.Qxf7+ Kc6 26.Qc4+ Kd7 27.Qf7+ Ne7 28.Qb3 b6 29.Qb5+ Nc6 30 b4 Rhf8 31.Qd5 Rf3+ 32.Ke2 Raf8 33.b5 Rf2+ 34.Ke1 Bxc3+ 35.Kd1 Rd2+ 36.Ke1 Rxd5+ White resigned, CoachCrupp - mathgk, FICS, 2010) 8...N8f6 9.dxc5 Nxh2 10.Qh3 Qxh3 11.gxh3 Nf3+ 12.Ke2 Nd4+ 13.Kd3 Nc6 14.a3 b6 15.Be3 Ba6+ 16.Kd2 Ne5 17.Rad1 Rhe8 18.Kc1 Nc4 19.cxb6 cxb6 20.Bf4 Nxe4 21.Nxe4 Rxe4 22.Rxd7+ Ke6 White resigned, Darthnik - picator, FICS, 2011. 

8.dxe5 

The wildness continued after 8.O-O with 8...Ng4 9.h3 h5 10.Qf3+ Qf6 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Qxg4 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qh4 14.Qf5+ Nf6 15.f3 d6 16.Qf4 Qxf4 17.Bxf4 b6 18.e5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Ba6 20.Rf2 dxe5 21.dxe5 Rae8 22.f4 g6 23.Re1 Ke6 24.g4 Rhf8 25.Kg2 Ne7 26.Kg3 Bb7 27.c4 c5 28.Bc3 Ba6 29.Re4 Rd8 30 a4 Rd1 31.Rh2 Rg1+ 32.Kf3 Bb7 33.Ke3 Rxg4 34.Rf2 Black forfeited on time in a winning position,  PLURkidIT - CEZRUN, FICS, 2007.

8...Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxe4+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Ne7 

A lot of the tension has been taken out of the position, and with only a pawn for his sacrificed piece, White needs to find a way to make use of his open lines and Black's slightly unsafe King.

This time, he is not successful.

12.c4 b6 13.g4 Bb7 14.f3 Rae8 15.Bb2 Ng6 

16.Kf2 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Rxe5 18.Rad1 d6 19.Rd3 Rhe8 20.Rf1 Re2+ 21.Kg3 Rxc2 22.Rd4 Ree2 23.h3 g5 24.f4 Re3+ 25.Rf3 Rxf3 checkmate

Gambling With the Gambler

It is not for nothing that Gary K. Gifford coined the nickname "The Jerome Gamble" for 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+. White takes a big risk with "Jerome's Double Opening".

Defenders must be warned, however, as they were in the American Supplement to Cook's 'Synopsis'  (1885) that it is "not an attack to be trifled with".

Both players in the game below threw fortune to the wind. Each will no doubt learn from their insights and oversights.

rigidwithfear - deriver69
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit Tournament
RedHotPawn, 2016

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

4...Kxf7 5.d4 Nxd4 

Black's two alternatives for capture, 5...exd4 and 5...Bxd4, are stronger. Leaving the pawn at e5 open for capture gives Whites' ideas - and chances.

6.Nxe5+ 

6...Ke6

Feisty - and foolish. The equivalent to drawing to an inside straight.

Instead, 6...Kf8 is the safest and leaves Black with the advantage.

7.f4

White does not realize his good luck. Instead, he had 7.Qg4+!? which promises good things:  7...Kxe5 (Forced; 7...Kf6 leads relentlessly to checkmate: 8.Qf4+ Nf5 9.Qxf5+ Ke7 10.Qf7+ Kd6 11.Nc3 Bxf2+ 12.Ke2 c6 13.Nc4+ Kc5 14.Kd3 Qa5 15.Qxf2+ Kb4 16.a3+ Qxa3 17.bxa3#;  there is little hope in 7...Ke7 8.Qxg7+ Kd6 9.Nf7+ Kc6 10.Nxd8+ or 7... Kd6 8.Nf7+ Ke7 9.Nxd8 Nxc2+ 10.Kd1 Bd4 11.Kxc2 d6 12.Qg3 Kxd8) 8.Bf4+ Kf6 (8...Kxe4 9.Nc3 checkmate, Darrenshome - WildErmine, blitz, FICS, 2006 [1-0, 9]) 9.Bg5+ Kf7 7.Bxd8 and the Black Queen is gone, anyway.

7...d6

Black is not familiar with this gambit, and so he defends. His best chance was to counterattack with 7...Qh4+ 8.g3 Qh3 and he would be better.

8.Qg4+ Ke7

Avoiding 8...Kf6 9.Qg5+ Ke6 10.f5+ Kxe5 11.Bf4+ Kxe4 12.Nc3 checkmate, similar to Darrenshome - WildErmine, blitz, FICS, 2006, mentioned above.

9. Qg5+

Ouch. He had 9.Qxg7+ Ke6 10.Qf7 checkmate

9...Ke8

The "only" move, but a saving one. Now the odds turn against the Gambler again.

10.Qxg7 dxe5 11.Qxh8 Nxc2+ 12.Ke2 Bg4+ 13.Kf1 Qd1 checkmate

New Jerome Gambit Tournament

I will be following the progress of the upcoming (to start this month) Jerome Gambit Tournament at RedHotPawn.

The list of players signed up so far includes SeinfeldFan91, who won last year's Jerome Gambit tournament. Playing as well will be rigidwithfear, who played in one RedHotPawn Jerome thematic in 2014 as well as last year's; and ZorroTheFox, deriver69, and BigD00, who played in another RedHotPawn Jerome thematic in 2014.

The tournament is open to subscribers, not just RedHotPawn members, so I will not be joining in the fun.

Another RHP Jerome Gambit Tournament - Game 3

The following game is in some ways the opposite of the previous one. The game slides down the slippery slope from move 4, toward a Black win. White misses a chance to complicate the game, and perhaps take the advantage, at move 21. The game then continues to slide slowly toward the "inevitable" "0-1".

deriver69 (1401) - musirapha (1874)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit tournament, RedHotPawn, 2014

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qxc5 d6 8.Qe3 Nf6

Over 300 games in The Database reach this position, with White scoring 46%.

9.O-O Re8 10.d3 Kg8 11.Nc3 c6 12.f4 Qb6 13.Qxb6 axb6

The game has gone its own way, with Black wisely castling-by-hand and White delaying the advance of his "Jerome pawns" until after the Queens have been exchanged.

14.Be3 Bd7 15.f5 Ne5 16.Bxb6 Ra6 17.Bf2 c5 18.Be3 Neg4 19.Bf4 b5 20.Ne2 Bxf5

The position is a bit more complicated than either player appreciates.

White realizes that 21.exf5 Rxe2 would be clearly to Black's advantage, so he moves his Knight to a safer square; but in doing so he misses a chance to mix it up.

Challenging is 21.h3!? as now Black's Bishop is in an uncomfortable position, e.g. 21...Ne5 22.Bxe5 or 21... Nh6 22. Bxh6 in each case followed (if Black recaptures) by 23.Rxf5 with an edge for White.

It looks like after 21. h3!? White has an edge after 21...d5 (or 21...Bxe4 22. dxe4 Ne5) 22.hxg4 Bxg4. 

21.Ng3 Bg6 22.h3 Ne5 

23.Bg5 Nh5 24.Nxh5 Bxh5 25.Rf5 Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rf1+ Ke8 28.a3 Ra7 29.g4 Bg6 30.Kg2 Rf7 31.Ra1 h5 32.gxh5 Bxh5 33.a4 b4 

34.a5 Ra7 35.a6 Nc6 36.h4 Nb8 37.Bf4 Kd7 38.e5 Rxa6 39.Rxa6 Nxa6 40.exd6 Nb8 41.Kf2 Nc6 42.Ke3 Bg6 43.Kf3 Nd4+ White resigned

Another RHP Jerome Gambit Tournament - Game 2

When should you actually win a won game? If your opponent blunders in the opening - and, dear Readers, that is an objective assessment of the Jerome Gambit, after all - should you redouble your efforts and finish him off quickly? Or should you wait and use your extra piece in middle-game tactics? Maybe you should wait for the piece vs pawns endgame?

Whatever your choice, you should not shilly-shally, but get about the business of using your advantage in some way - instead of frittering it away. In the following game White is objectively lost after four moves - but Black is objectively almost as  bad off after four more moves. The game is effectively over after another four moves.

musirapha (1874) - deriver69 (1410)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit tournament, 2013

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.d4 Nxd4 

Black would do better with either of the other two available captures, with 5...Bxd4 for choice. 

6.Nxe5+ Ke8 

One attraction of playing unusual openings is that your opponent can be lulled into playing "just any old move." The right retreat  was 6...Ke7. 

7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6 Nf6 

Black does well not to get involved in an excursion into foreign lands such as 8...Nxc2+ 9.Kd1 Nxa1? since what follows is sharp retribution: 10.Ne5+ Ke7 11.Qf7+ Kd6 12.Nc3 Qg5 13.Nc4+ Kc6 14.Qd5+ Qxd5+ 15.exd5 checkmate.

9.Qe5+

For a moment, White slips. This is the right kind of move when playing similar positions in the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit, but in the current position the prosaic capture 9.Qxc5 is better.

9...Kf7

Too cooperative. With 9...Ne6 Black would rescue two pieces.

10.Nxh8+ Qxh8 11.Qxc5

Now everything is fine for White, and his opponent's next move makes it "finer."

11...Nxe4 12.Qd5+ Kf8 13.Qxe4 

A Rook is a Rook is a Rook.

13...d6 14.Bh6+ Kf7 15.0-0 Bf5 16.Qd5+ Be6 17.Qh5+ Ke7 18.Qh4+ Kd7 19.Nc3 Rg8 20.Kh1 Nf5 21.Qh5 Nxh6 22.Qxh6 Bd5 23.Nxd5 Rg6 24.Qh3+ Kc6 25.Ne7+ Black resigned

Another RHP Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 1)

As I mentioned earlier, 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 tourney, I thought it would be nice to present all the games. (I have selected a few for individual attention.)

Here is the first round of the second tournament (won by ), starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

ZorroTheFox (1447) - BigD00 (973)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nd4 3.Nxd4 exd4 4.d3 a6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Qxc5 b6 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.e5 Nh5 9.Bh6 d6 10.exd6 c5 11.Qd5+ Be6 12.Qf3+ Nf6 13.Qb7+ Bd7 14.Nc3 Rb8 15.Qxa6 Ng4 16.Be3 Qh4 17.h3 Ne5 18.f4 Nc6 19.Ne4 Nb4 20.Qc4+ Be6 21.Qc3 Rhc8 22.Ng5+ Ke8 23.Nxe6 Nd5 24.Qd2 Rc6 25.Nc7+ Nxc7 26.dxc7 Rxc7 27.Rae1 Rd8 28.Bxc5+ Kf7 29.Bxb6 Rcd7 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Rf3 Qf6 32.c3 Kg7 33.Qe3 Qf7 34.Qe5+ Kh6 35.Qg5+ Kg7 36.Re7 Rf8 37.Rxf7+ Rxf7 38.f5 Kf8 39.fxg6 hxg6 40.Qxg6 Black resigned


BigD00 (973) - ZorroTheFox (1447)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.c3 Nh6 3.Ng5+ Kg6 4.h4 d6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Nxd4 7.Rh3 Bxh3 8.gxh3 Qe7 9.Qd3 Nhf5 10.Nd2 Nxh4 11.b4 Bb6 12.f4 Rae8 13.Bb2 h6 14.Ngf3 Nhxf3+ 15.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Qxe4+ 17.Qxe4+ Rxe4+ 18.Kd2 Rg8 19.Rf1 Kf5 20.a4 g6 21.a5 Be3+ 22.Kd3 Bxf4 23.Ba1 Rge8 24.Bc3 Re3+ 25.Kd2 Rf3+ 26.Kc2 Rxf1 27.Kb3 Re3 28.h4 Be5 29.Kc4 Rxc3+ 30.Kb5 a6+ 31.Ka4 Ra1 checkmate


jankrb (2055) - eagleswing (1096)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.Nxe5+ Nxe5 3.Qh5+ Ng6 4.Qd5+ Ke8 5.Qxc5 N8e7 6.d4 d6 7.Qc4 d5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Qxd5 Nxd5 10.c4 Nb4 11.Kd2 b6 12.Na3 a6 13.Kc3 a5 14.Nb5 Kf7 15.Nxc7 Ra7 16.Nb5 Re8 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Nxe8 Kxe8 19.a3 Nc6 20.Be3 Bb7 21.Rae1 Kf8 22.d5 Nce5 23.Bxb6 Ra6 24.Bd4 Ng4 25.f3 Nf6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Re3 f5 28.Rhe1 Kg7 29.g3 f4 30.Re7+ Nxe7 31.Rxe7+ Kh6 32.Rxb7 fxg3 33.hxg3 Rg6 34.c5 Rxg3 35.Rf7 Rg1 36.c6 Kg6 37.Rf4 Kg5 38.Rf8 Rf1 39.Kd4 Rd1+ 40.Kc5 a4 41.c7 Rc1+ 42.Kd6 Rc2 43.c8Q Rxc8 44.Rxc8 h5 45.Ke5 Black resigned


eagleswing (1096) - jankrb (2055)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(0-1) This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


musirapha (1874) - deriver69 (1410)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(1-0)This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


deriver69 (1410) - musirapha (1874)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

(0-1) This game will be covered in a subsequent post.


Red House (1588) - Marko Krale (1562)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.Nc3 Bd6 3.d3 h6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nxd6+ cxd6 7.c3 Rf8 8.Re1 Kg8 9.d4 Re8 10.d5 Ne7 11.h3 Ng6 12.g3 Qb6 13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qd2 b5 15.Bxh6 Qd8 16.Bg5 Rf8 17.Kg2 Qe8 18.a4 Bb7 19.Qc2 Nh7 20.Be3 Qf7 21.Qe2 bxa4 22.Rxa4 Qf6 23.Rb4 Bc8 24.Ra1 Nh8 25.Rc4 Nf7 26.h4 Nd8 27.Nh2 Qe7 28.Ng4 Nb7 29.Rc7 Nc5 30.f3 Nf6 31.Bg5 Qd8 32.Rxc5 dxc5 33.Nxe5 d6 34.Nc6 Qc7 35.Qd2 Bd7 36.Na5 Qb6 37.Nc4 Qc7 38.Bf4 Ne8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Bxe5 Qd8 41.Qe3 Qe7 42.Re1 Bb5 43.Nd2 Nd6 44.c4 Nxc4 45.Nxc4 Bxc4 46.d6 Qa7 47.Qg5 Rf7 48.Qg4 Bb5 49.Rd1 Rd8 50.Qe6 Qd7 51.Qd5 c4 52.Bf4 Qc6 53.Qe6 Qd7 54.Qg6 Qf5 55.Qxf5 Rxf5 56.Bg5 Rd7 57.Be7 Kf7 58.g4 Rc5 59.Kg3 c3 60.bxc3 Rxc3 61.g5 Bc6 62.Rf1 a5 63.Kg4 a4 64.f4 a3 65.h5 a2 66.g6+ Ke6 67.h6 gxh6 68.f5+ Kd5 69.g7 h5+ 70.Kh4 Kc5 71.g8Q Rc2 72.Qg1+ Kb5 73.Rb1+ Black resigned


Marko Krale (1562) - Red House (1588)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.d3 Re8 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Kg8 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nd5 Rf8 8.Bxf6 Rxf6 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.h3 Qg6 11.Kh2 Be6 12.c3 d5 13.Re1 Bxf2 14.Re2 Qg3+ 15.Kh1 Bxh3 16.Rxf2 Qxf2 17.gxh3 Rf8 18.Nh2 d4 19.Rb1 Ne7 20.cxd4 Qxd4 21.Qe2 Ng6 22.Rd1 Nf4 23.Qc2 c5 24.Nf3 Qe3 White resigned