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| ethanaaron - KlassAct, standard, FICS, 2012 |
In the above diagram, from a recent Jerome Gambit game, we can see that Black's pieces are active and that he is a piece ahead.
Upon closer examination, however, it appears that White can simply advance his Queen, and then take back the piece on the following move.
The game continued:
31.Qe7
Threatening the Bishop.
"No problem," thinks Black. "There is a defense to that nasty Queen!"
31...R2-c7
However, after
32.Rd8+ Rxd8 Black resigned
It is suddenly clear that White will collect three pieces (33.Qxd8+ Kf7 34.Qxc7+ and 35.Qxb7) and be a Rook ahead.
Black should have tried something like 31...Qc5 or 31...h6, after which White would have snapped off the Bishop with 32.Qxb7 with a roughly equal game.
