Showing posts with label digitalthunder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digitalthunder. Show all posts

Monday, October 4, 2010

Theory From the Thematic Tourney (2)

Looking further at some of the theoretical implications of the ChessWorld Thematic Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) Tournament, I was sure that the 5.Ng5+ line of the Jerome Gambit (after 4...Kxf7) had been finally disposed of by the game DREWBEAR 63 - Daves111 (see "Death of a Variaton").  

A quick glance at the updated New Year's Database, however, shows that this is not so: there are five games that have appeared after my "concluding" post on the topic, including two wins with White by digitalthunder, against (slightly) higher rated opponents:

digitalthunder - funkonfusion
blitz, FICS, 2010

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Qxg5 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Bxg5 Black resigned




digitalthunder - kakaStain
blitz, FICS, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Ke7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.d4 exd4 8.e5 Ne4 9.Qe2 d3 10.Qxe4 Kf7 11.Ng5+ Kf8 12.Qd5 Bxf2+ 13.Kxf2 dxc2 14.Qf7 checkmate

What can I say??

Never say Never...

graphic by Jeff Bucchino, the Wizard of Draws