As Philidor 1792 continues to expand his creativity in developing the Evans Gambit / Jerome Gambit hybrid, I struggle to keep up with names for the lines...
Here's another 3 0 smasher.
Philidor 1792 - guest2019 [C50]
3-minutes blitz www.bereg.ru (1), 20.10.2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bb6
Declining the pawn.
5.b5 Na5 6.Bxf7+
White will have his gambit, anyway!
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Kf8 8.d3
White's attack began to run down after 8.Qf3+ Qf6 9.Qxf6+ Nxf6 in Castled - perrypawnpusher, blitz 3 0, FICS, 2008 (0-1, 42).
In the current game, 8.Bb2 was probably best.
8...Qf6
Here and on the next move Black misses a chance to cause mischief with ...Bd4.
9.Qf3 d6 10.Qxf6+ gxf6 11.Nf3 Ne7
Black has a piece for two pawns, but he is in unfamiliar territory, and soon loses that advantage in a Queenside skirmish.
12.Bh6+ Kf7 13.Nc3 a6 14.a4 Bd7 15.Ke2 axb5 16.axb5 c6 17.Na4 Bc5 18.b6 Nc8 19.Nxc5 dxc5 20.Bd2 Nxb6 21.Bxa5
21...Ra6 22.Rhb1 Nc8 23.Rxb7 Ke6 24.Bc3 Rxa1 25.Bxa1 Nd6 26.Rb3 Ra8 27.Bc3 Ra2
As time winds down, Black's harassing Rook will trap itself.
28.Rb2 Ra1 29.Nd2 Rh1 30.h3 Rh2 31.Kf3 Nf7 32.Rb1 Ng5+ 33.Kg3 Black resigned
While I enjoyed the earlier examples of the wild Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit, part of me was thinking "Needs more cowbell" - a phrase rather hard to explain - so I was delighted when Philidor 1792 added a Nxe5+ to the already-Jerome-ish Bxf7+ in the following game.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 Bb6 8.dxe5
Something new.
8...dxe5 9.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
9...Kxf7 10.Nxe5+
This is funny. Of course, if Black now blindly plays the Jerome-ish 10...Nxe5 he loses his Queen to 11.Qxd8.
10...Ke8 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Nxc6 gxh5 13.Nxd8 Kxd8
White's "Jerome pawns," Black's uneasy King, and the ever-ticking clock are what Philidor 1792 will count on.
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
Going after the advanced "Jerome pawn" but a better way was 34...Rxg5 35.Kxg5 Kxe7 36.Kxh5 Be8 37.Kh6 Bg6 when Black still has chances to hold on.
35.Rf8+ Kd7 36.Rd8+ Ke6 37.e8=Q+ Black resigned
Black has to give up his Bishop with 37...Bxe8, only to drop his Rook, as well, after 38.Rxe8+. Ouch.
In the following game, the third Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit played by Philidor 1792 against his opponent, Black comes up with an improvement, getting the Queens off of the board and stifling much of the danger of White's attack.
Alas, Black's game improves at the cost of time on his clock, and that can be critical in a 3-minute game.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.b4
The Evans Gambit.
5...Bxb4 6.c3 Ba5 7.d4 d6 8.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
8...Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb6 12.Bb2 h6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Bxd4+
Something new, and an improvement over the previous 14...Nxe5.
15.Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Qxd4 Nxd4 17.exf6 hxg5 18.fxg7 Rg8
19.Nc3 c5 20.Nd5 Rb8 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Nxg8+ Kxg8 23.Rfe1 Be6 24.Rac1 b6 25.a3 Kxg7 26.h3 Rb7
Black's situation on the board is fine, but his situation on his clock is lethal. Here Black lost on time.
In this rematch between opponents, in another Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit, Black is better able to control his time usage. When White misses a drawing chance - or, maybe, he was going for the win - Black is able to pull his game together and bring the danger to White's King.
There is a whole lot of chess for 3 minutes a side.
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4 d6 8.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
8...Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb6 12.Bb2 h6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Qh5+ Ke7
In the previous game Black elected to put his King on d7.
17.Ba3+ Kd7 18.Qh3+ Kc6 19.Qc3+ Kd7
It is likely that Black did not realize that his strongest line of play was the scary 19...Kd5 20.Qb3+ Kxd4.
20. Qh3+ Ke8 21.Qh5+ Kd7 22.Qh3+ Kc6 23.Qc3+ Kb5
Black's chance to avoid the draw came with 23...Kd5.
24.Qb4+
Instead, 24.Qb2+ Kc6 25.Qc3+ and White could claim a draw by
threefold repetition. Black's King can not escape the checks by 24...Ka6, and he loses his Queen with 24...Ka5 25.Bb4+ Kb5 26.Be7+ etc., although in the latter case the game is still relatively balanced.
24...Ka6
Now, despite the storm, Black's King will be able to find shelter, and eventually he will counter-attack.
25.Qa4+ Ba5 26.Ne4 b5!?
27.Nc5+ Kb6 28.Qd1 Ng4 29.Bb2 Qd5 30.a4 b4 31.Nd2 Bb7
32.Qe2 a6 33.Nc4+ Ka7 34.Nxa5 Rae8 35.Qf1 Ne3
36.Qf2 Qxg2+ 37.Qxg2 Bxg2 38.Re1 Bh3 39.Nc6+ Kb6 40.Nxb4 Rhg8+ 41.Kh1 Bg2+ 42.Kg1 Bd5+ 43.Kf2 Rg2 checkmate
Wow.
Chessfriend Philidor 1792 is back with another set of Jerome Gambit / Evans Gambit hybrids - this time, a delayed one.
Played at 3 0, the following game is an earth-shattering example of how time - not the rapid development of pieces, but the number of minutes or seconds left on the clock - can be a critical factor in blitz success.
As the guy in the picture above says, "Hulk smash!"
Philidor 1792 - guest343
blitz 3 0, www.bereg.ru, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
The Evans Gambit.
4...Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.0-0 Nf6 7.d4 d6 8.Bxf7+
The Delayed Evans Jerome Gambit.
Sure, Houdini can poke holes in it. Sure, you could take it down, given three minutes a move. But - how about three minutes a game??
8...Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Ke8 10.f4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bb6 12.Bb2 h6 13.e5
The name of the game is "attack or go home."
13...dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxf6
Hulk not want to exchange Queens after 15.dxe5.
15...gxf6 16.Qh5+
16...Kd7 17.Ne4 Nc6 18.Qf7+ Qe7 19.Qd5+ Ke8 20.Nbd2 Be6 21.Qh5+ Bf7 22.Qf3 Nxd4 23.Nxf6+ Kf8 24.Qxb7
24...Ne2+ 25.Kh1 Rd8 26.Nde4 Qe6 27.Rf1 and here Black's flag fell.
Wow. Ask not for whom the chess clock tolls, it tolls for thee...
Yes, Snoopy, we know how you feel...
Wall,B - Guest3789034
PlayChess.com, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 d6
Again.
The so-called "annoying defense" (see "Philidor1792 vs the Annoying Defense" Parts 1, 2 and 3; "Further Exploration" and "Theory from the Thematic Tournament" Parts 3 and 4), the refutation choice of most computers, which has even given Bill trouble from time to time.
8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Qh3+ Kf7 g6 11.Qxe5 Bd4
12.Rf1+ Nf6 13.Qf4
Threatening 14.e5.
13...Re8 14.d3 Kg8 15.Nc3 Be5 16.Qh4
Threatening 17.Bg5.
16...Qd6 17.Bd2
Bill suggests, instead, 17.Bf4 Bxc3+ 18.bxc3 Qc6 19.Kd2 Nxe4+ 20.dxe4 Qxe4.
17...Ng4 18.0-0-0 Bxh2
19.Rh1
A suggestion from Bill: 19.Rf7 Kxf7 20.Qxh7+ Ke6 21.Qxg6+ Kd7 22.Qxg4+ which is very unclear; although advancing the center "Jerome pawns" from here might give White equal chances.
19...Rf8 20.d4 Qg3 21.Qe7 Qxg2 22.Nd5 Rf7 23.Qe8+ Kg7 24.Rde1
24...h5 25.Ne7 Be6 26.Qxa8 Rf2 27.Qe8
27...Bf7!
Precise to the end. Not 27...Rxd2? 28.Qxg6+ Kf8 29.Qxe6 Rxc2+ 30.Kb1 Rxb2+ 31.Ka1; and spoiling things would be 27...Nf6?! 28.Rxh2 Nxe8 29.Rxg2 Rxg2 30.d5.
28.Qa4 Rxd2 29.d5 Re2 30.Qc4 Rxe1+ 31.Rxe1 Ne5 32.Qb4 Nf3 33.Rd1 Qe2 34.Rh1 Qe3+ 35.Kb1 Bd6 White resigned
I am always learning something new from Yury V. Bukayev (Букаев Юрий Вячеславович). The other day he emailed me, pointing out that, "based on the importance of the win for tournament places, the importance of the tournament and the fame of both participiants of this game, it maybe, makes this win THE MOST IMPORTANT JEROME-ISH WIN IN HISTORY."
It is quite possible that if either player were alive today, one or the other might punch me in the nose for publishing this encounter on this blog - but, hey, Jerome Gambit players are imaginative and brave, right?
Robert James Fischer - Samuel Reshevsky
US Championship 1958/59 New York USA (6), 12.1958
1.e4 c5
Okay, okay, it's a Sicilian Defense. Work with me.
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0
Yes, it's an Accelerated Dragon. Time for a little imagination.
8.Bb3
Earlier in the year, at Portoroz, Fischer had continued against Oscar Panno 8.f3 Qb6 9.Bb3 Nxe4 10.Nd5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Nc5 12.Nxc6 dxc6 13.Nxe7+ Kh8 14.Nxc8 Raxc8 15.O-O Rcd8 16.Qc2 Qb5 17.Rfd1 Kg8 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Rd1 Re8 20.Bf2 a5 21.Bxc5 with a draw.
8...Na5
Frank Brady's Profile of a Prodigy states
'When Reshevsky played 8...Na5 the whispers in the tournament room at the Marshall Chess Club grew to a barely suppressed uproar. The move [from Bastrikov,Georgy - Shamkovich, Leonid, Sochi, 1958] had been analyzed just a few weeks earlier in Shakmatny Byulletin and many of the stronger players in the club were thoroughly familiar with it.'
9.e5 Ne8 10.Bxf7+
You have to love that Bishop sac!
10...Kxf7 11.Ne6
What is Black to do? If he captures the Knight with his King, he will get checkmated, starting with 12.Qd5+. If he resigns, he will be humiliated - Fischer was a young teenager at the time, Reshevsky was United States champion several times over.
Instead, the former child prodigy dragged his feet for another 30 moves before resigning.
11...dxe6 12.Qxd8 Nc6 13.Qd2 Bxe5 14.0-0 Nd6 15.Bf4 Nc4 16.Qe2 Bxf4 17.Qxc4 Kg7 18.Ne4 Bc7 19.Nc5 Rf6 20.c3 e5 21.Rad1 Nd8 22.Nd7 Rc6 23.Qh4 Re6 24.Nc5 Rf6 25.Ne4 Rf4 26.Qxe7+ Rf7 27.Qa3 Nc6 28.Nd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 Bf5 30.b4 Rff8 31.b5 Nd8 32.Rd5 Nf7 33.Rc5 a6 34.b6 Be4 35.Re1 Bc6 36.Rxc6 bxc6 37.b7 Rab8 38.Qxa6 Nd8 39.Rb1 Rf7 40.h3 Rfxb7 41.Rxb7+ Rxb7 42.Qa8 1-0
