RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 4)

While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Here is the fourth round of one of them, starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

buddhaboy (1472) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kf8 2.Bxg8 Kxg8 3.0-0 h6 4.c3 d6 5.b4 Bb6 6.a4 a6 7.a5 Ba7 8.d4 Bg4 9.h3 Be6 10.d5 Bxh3 11.gxh3 Ne7 12.Nbd2 Kh7 13.Nh4 Rf8 14.Qe2 Nxd5 15.Qg4 Rf6 16.Bb2 Nf4 17.Kh2 Nd3 18.Nf5 Rg6 19.Qf3 Qg5 20.Rg1 Qf4+ 21.Qxf4 Nxf4 22.Rxg6 Kxg6 23.Rg1+ Kf6 24.Rxg7 Nd3 25.Ba1 d5 26.Rxc7 dxe4 27.Nxh6 e3 28.Ng4+ Black resigned

buddhaboy (1472) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.h4 Ke7 3.d4 Nxd4 4.Bg5+ Nf6 5.Nxe5 d6 6.Ng4 Nxc2+ 7.Qxc2 Bd4 8.Nd2 Bxg4 9.f3 Be6 10.0-0-0 Qd7 11.Nf1 c5 12.Kb1 Kf7 13.Ng3 h6 14.Bxf6 Kxf6 15.Nh5+ Kf7 16.Nf4 Rhf8 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.f4 Kg8 19.f5 Qe5 20.Rhe1 b5 21.g4 a5 22.g5 hxg5 23.hxg5 a4 24.Rh1 b4 25.Qc4+ d5 26.exd5 Bxb2 27.d6+ Rf7 28.g6 a3 29.Qxf7 checkmate

gbjames (1416) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Kf8 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 dxc3 7.Qb3 d5 8.Qxc3 Be7 9.Re1 dxe4 10.Qc4 Qd5 11.Ngxe4 Qxc4 12.Nxc4 Bf5 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.b3 Bd4 15.Be3 Bxa1 16.Rxa1 b6 17.Na3 a6 18.Rc1 Bd7 19.h3 b5 20.g4 Rc8 21.Rd1 Be6 22.Bc5+ Kf7 23.Nc2 Rhd8 24.Re1 Rd2 25.g5 Rxc2 26.b4 Nd5 27.h4 Re8 28.a3 Bf5 29.Rd1 White resigned

gbjames (1416) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d4 Bb6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.0-0 Nxd4 5.Nc3 c6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 h6 8.Qh5 Be6 9.f5 Ne2+ 10.Nxe2 Bxe3+ 11.Kh1 Bxg5 12.fxe6 Kxe6 13.Qf7 checkmate

Andy Spry (1303) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kxf7 2.d3 Nf6 3.h3 d5 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.0-0 Qe8 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ncxe4 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.a3 Bf5 10.Re1 Bxe4 11.Rxe4 Bf6 12.Qg4 Rd8 13.Be3 Qg6 14.Qe6+ Qf7 15.Qg4 Qg6 16.b4 Qxg4 17.Rxg4 Kf7 18.Rb1 Nd4 19.Rb2 h5 20.Rg5 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Rd7 22.c3 Ne6 23.Be3 Rxd3 24.Bd2 Rhd8 25.Be3 Rd1+ 26.Kh2 g5 27.c4 R8d3 28.Bxa7 b6 29.c5 bxc5 30.bxc5 Rxa3 31.c6 Rxa7 32.Rb5 h4 33.Rxe5 Raa1 34.Rf5+ Kg6 35.g4 Nf4 36.Re5 Rh1 checkmate

Andy Spry (1303) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2014

1...Kf8 2.Bxg8 Kxg8 3.c3 d6 4.h3 Be6 5.0-0 Kf7 6.Ng5+ Ke7 7.d3 h6 8.Qf3 Rf8 9.Nxe6 Kxe6 10.Qg4+ Kf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Qg4 Qf6 13.Na3 a6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 Ne7 16.b4 Bb6 17.Bb2 Ng6 18.Nd5 Qf7 19.Nxb6 cxb6 20.a3 Rae8 21.Rad1 Re6 22.d4 exd4 23.Rxd4 Rf6 24.f3 Ne5 25.Qg3 Rg6 26.Qe1 Nxf3+ 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Rd2 Qxh3 29.e5 Rf5 30.Qe4 Rxe5 31.Qa8+ Kh7 32.Rd1 Qe3+ 33.Kf1 Qe2+ 34.Kg1 Qxd1+ 35.Kf2 Rf6+ 36.Kg3 Qe1+ 37.Kh3 Qh1+ 38.Kg3 Rg5 checkmate

RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 3)

While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Here is the third round of one of them, starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

buddhaboy (1472) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 h6 3.d4 d6 4.d5 Nd4 5.Ne1 Nf6 6.c3 Bg4 7.f3 Nxf3+ 8.Kh1 Nxh2 9.Kxh2 Bxd1 10.Nd3 Be2 11.Nxc5 Bxf1 12.Ne6 Qe7 13.Kg1 Ba6 14.Nd2 Ng4 15.Nf3 Be2 16.Bd2 Qf6 17.Re1 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qxf3 19.Rf1 Qxf1+ 20.Kxf1 h5 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Nb5 Ke7 23.Bg5+ Kf7 24.Nxd6+ Kg6 25.Nxc8 Kxg5 26.Nxa7 h4 27.d6 Nf6 28.Ke2 h3 29.c4 h2 White resigned

buddhaboy (1472) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.0-0 d6 5.Nf3 h6 6.b3 Be6 7.Bb2 Qf8 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Bb6 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Nb3 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Kd7 13.Rc1 Kc8 14.Re1 g5 15.Nxd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4 17.Qxd4 Ne7 18.Qa7 Nc6 19.Qa8+ Nb8 20.f3 g4 21.fxg4 Qf6 22.Rf1 Qd4+ 23.Kh1 Qxe4 24.h3 Kd7 25.Rce1 Qh7 26.Qxb7 Rde8 27.Rd1 Re6 28.Rc1 Qe4 29.Qxc7+ Ke8 30.Qxb8+ Kd7 31.Rc7 checkmate

gbjames (1416) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.0-0 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.Re1 Ne5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Nxf3+ 8.Qxf3 g5 9.Bg3 Kg6 10.Nd2 Rf8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Ne4 Bd6 13.Qd3 Nxe4 14.Rxe4 Bf5 15.Rae1 Bxe4 16.Rxe4 Kg7 17.h4 Qf6 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Qb5 b6 20.Rxe5 Kg6 21.Qd3+ Kh5 22.Qxd4 Bxe5 23.Bxe5 Qf5 24.Bg3 Rad8 25.Qc4 c5 26.Kh2 Kg6 27.f3 Rd4 28.Qe2 Rh8+ 29.Kg1 Rd7 30.Be5 Re8 White resigned

gbjames (1416) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.c3 Nf6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.d3 h6 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Be6 7.Nh4 Kd7 8.Nf3 g5 9.Re1 Qf8 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 g4 12.Ne5+ dxe5 13.dxe5+ Bd4 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be3 Rad8 16.Nc3 Kc8 17.Bd2 g3 18.Kh1 Bxf2 19.Nd5 Qh4 20.h3 Bxh3 21.Nf4 Bg4+ 22.Nh3 Bxd1 23.Raxd1 Bxe1 24.Rxe1 Rxd2 White resigned

Andy Spry (1303) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.h3 d6 4.d3 Be6 5.a3 Ne7 6.b4 Bb6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 c6 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.Nxe6 Qd7 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nf3 Rf8 13.b5 c5 14.Be3 g5 15.Nxg5 Ng6 16.Nf3 Kf7 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ke8 19.c3 Qg7 20.c4 axb5 21.cxb5 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.a5 Ba7 24.a6 b6 25.Nd2 Rg8 26.g3 Rh4 27.Kh2 Rb4 28.Nc4 Ke7 29.Na3 Qf7 30.Qe1 Rb2 31.Qe3 h5 32.Nc4 Rb4 33.Nxe5 dxe5 34.Qxe5+ Kf8 35.Rae1 h4 36.Qd6+ Kg7 37.Re7 Bb8 38.Rxf7+ Kxf7 39.Qe6+ Kf8 40.Qf6+ Ke8 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.Re7+ Kc8 43.Qc6+ Black resigned

Andy Spry (1303) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 h6 3.0-0 d6 4.h3 Nf6 5.a3 Nh5 6.b4 Bb6 7.c3 Nf4 8.Bxf4 exf4 9.d4 Rf8 10.Qb3+ Kg6 11.Nbd2 Kh7 12.Qc2 Kh8 13.Nc4 Ne7 14.a4 c6 15.Nh4 Be6 16.e5 Bxc4 17.Rfe1 Qd7 18.Re4 g5 19.Nf3 Bd5 20.exd6 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Qxd6 22.c4 Qxb4 23.Ne5 f3 24.Nd7 Qd6 25.Nxf8 Rxf8 26.c5 Qd5 27.Qxe7 Rf7 28.Qe1 Bc7 29.g3 Qxd4 30.Qe8+ Kg7 31.Re1 Bxg3 32.Rf1 Bc7 33.Rc1 Qf4 34.Kf1 Ba5 35.Kg1 Qxc1+ 36.Kh2 Bc7+ White resigned

RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 2)

While wandering around the RedHotPawn.com website I ran into a couple of Jerome Gambit thematic tournaments from 2013. Here is the second round of one of them, starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

rigidwithfear (1528) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Bg5 Nce7 4.Ne5+ Ke8 White forfeited on time

rigidwithfear (1528) - Ponderable (1280)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Bg5 Nf6 White forfeited on time

Andy Spry (1303) - rigidwithfear (1528)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.h3 Re8 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.d3 Black forfeited on time

Andy Spry (1303) - Ponderable (1280)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 Nf6 3.h3 Rf8 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.Nd2 Nh5 6.Qxh5 h6 7.Ndf3 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.0-0 Ne2+ 10.Kh1 Rf5 11.Qg6 Kf8 12.Nh7+ Kg8 13.Bxh6 Qe7 14.Nh4 Nf4 15.Qg4 Rf6 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Nh5 19.c3 Bd7 20.Rad1 Kh7 21.Rde1 Re8 22.Re4 Bd6 23.Nf3 c6 24.Rh4 g6 25.Bf6 Rf8 26.Bg5 Kg7 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 cxd5 29.a3 Bb5 30.Rb1 a6 31.b4 Re8 32.Be3 Bd3 33.Rc1 Rf8 34.Ne5 Bxe5 35.dxe5 Bf5 36.Kh2 Re8 37.g4 Rxe5 38.Bd4 Black resigned

Ponderable (1280) - rigidwithfear (1528)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.Nxe5+ Nxe5 3.0-0 Bb6 4.Qh5+ Ng6 5.Nc3 Black forfeited on time

Ponderable (1280) - Andy Spry (1303)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.Nc3 Re8 4.Ng5+ Kg8 5.d3 d6 6.b3 h6 7.Nh3 Bxh3 8.gxh3 Bd4 9.Bb2 Qd7 10.Rb1 Qxh3 11.Nb5 Ng4 12.Qxg4 Qxg4+ 13.Kh1 Bb6 14.Rg1 Qf3+ 15.Rg2 Re6 16.Rbg1 Rg6 17.Bc1 Bxf2 18.Rf1 Qxg2 checkmate

buddhaboy (1472) - gbjames (1416)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kf8 2.Bxg8 Kxg8 3.0-0 d6 4.c3 h6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb6 7.h3 h5 8.Bg5 Qe8 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nc3 Bg4 11.hxg4 hxg4 12.Nh2 Qh5 13.Bf4 Nxd4 14.Qxg4 Qxg4 15.Nxg4 Nc2 16.Nd5 Nxa1 17.Rxa1 Rh4 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.f3 Rh5 20.Kf2 Rb5 21.Bc1 Kf7 22.b3 Rxb3 23.e5 Rc3 24.exd6 cxd6 25.Kg3 Rc2 26.a3 Re8 27.Be3 Re2 28.Bxb6 Rb2 29.Bf2 Ree2 30.a4 Ra2 31.Rb1 Reb2 32.Rxb2 Rxb2 33.a5 Ke6 34.Bb6 g5 35.Ne3 d5 36.Nf1 Rb4 37.Kh3 d4 38.Kg4 Kf6 39.Ng3 d3+ 40.Kh3 Rh4 checkmate

gbjames (1416) - buddhaboy (1472)

Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 Bxd4 3.Nxd4 exd4 4.Nd2 d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Rf8 7.Bg5 h6 8.0-0 hxg5 9.Nxg5+ Ke8 10.f4 Rh8 11.c3 dxc3 12.Qb3 Qe7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Rad1 cxb2 15.fxe5 Nxe5 16.Rfe1 Rf8 17.Qxb2 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Nfd7 19.Ne6 Qe7 20.Rxd7 Bxd7 21.Nxc7+ Kd8 22.Rxe5 Rf1+ 23.Kh2 Qd6 24.Nxa8 Kc8 25.Qe2 Rf5 26.Qc4+ Kb8 27.g3 Qxe5 White resigned

RedHotPawn Jerome Gambit Tournament (Round 1)

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, I thought it would be nice to present all the games. 

Here is the first round of one of the tournaments (won by buddhaboy),  starting from the Jerome Gambit position:

Tango421 (1296) - Andy Spry (1303)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.c3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.cxd4 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.d5 Ne5 7.a3 Bc5 8.0-0 Rf8 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.b4 Bd4 11.Ra2 Neg4 12.Nh3 Nh5 13.Nc4 Nxf2 14.Nxf2 Qe8 15.Qxd4 c6 16.Nxd6 Qg6 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Qc4+ Be6 19.Qc2 Bxa2 20.Qxa2+ Kh8 21.Nf5 Rae8 22.Nh4 Qd6 23.Nf5 Qd7 24.Qc4 Qc7 25.g4 Nf4 26.Nd3 Ne2+ 27.Kg2 Nxc1 28.Nxc1 Rf6 29.Nd3 g6 30.e5 Rfe6 31.b5 gxf5 32.Rxf5 Qb7 33.Nc5 Qe7 34.Nxe6 Qxe6 35.Rf8+ Kg7 36.Qxc6 Kxf8 37.Qc7 Qxg4+ 38.Kf1 Qf4+ 39.Kg2 Kg8 40.Qxa7 Kh8 41.Qf2 Rg8+ 42.Kf1 Qxe5 43.a4 Qa1+ 44.Ke2 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Qc1+ 46.Ke2 Qc2+ 47.Kf1 Qd1+ White resigned


Andy Spry (1303) - Tango421 (1296)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 Bxf2+ 3.Kxf2 Nf6 4.Rf1 h6 5.Kg1 d5 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.dxe4 Nd4 8.Nxe5+ Ke8 9.Nd5 Be6 10.Qxd4 Bxd5 11.exd5 Qd6 12.Re1 Qe7 13.Bf4 Rd8 14.Ng6 Nxd5 15.Nxe7 Nxe7 16.Qxg7 Kd7 17.Qxe7+ Kc6 18.Qxc7+ Kb5 19.Re5+ Black resigned


rigidwithfear (1528) - Ger Conran (1276)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 Bxd4 3.Nxd4 Nxd4 4.Be3 c5 5.c3 Nb5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Ke6 9.Qxh7 Ne7 10.Bg5 Qe8 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qxg6+ Kd7 13.Nd2 d5 14.0-0 dxe4 15.Qxe4 Qg5 16.Nf3 Black resigned


Ger Conran (1276) - rigidwithfear (1528)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Rf8 4.Nxe5+ Nxe5 5.h3 Kg8 6.Nc3 c6 7.0-0 Qe8 8.d4 Bd6 9.dxe5 Bxe5 10.Qf3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qd3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Qd2 Qg6 15.c4 Nf6 16.Rfe1 Ne4 17.Qf4 Nxg5 18.c3 Nxh3+ White resigned


buddhaboy (1472) - gav the great (1408)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.0-0 Nf6 3.Ng5+ Ke7 4.c3 h6 5.Nf3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 Be6 8.a5 Bxf2+ 9.Rxf2 Nxe4 10.Rf1 Bg4 11.d3 Ng5 12.b5 Nb8 13.Ba3 Nxf3+ 14.gxf3 Bh5 15.Qe1 g5 16.d4 Nd7 17.dxe5 Kf7 18.e6+ Kg7 19.exd7 Qxd7 20.c4 Qh3 21.Bb2+ Kh7 22.Qe7+ Kg6 23.Qf6+ Kh7 24.Qg7 checkmate


gav the great (1408) - buddhaboy (1472)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d3 h6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.a3 Bb6 8.c3 Bh3 9.Re1 Ng4 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Qf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Qe6 14.Bf4 Nxf2 15.Qc2 Nd3+ 16.Kh1 Nxf4 17.gxf4 Rad8 18.b4 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Rxd4 20.f5 Qd5+ 21.Re4 Rxe4 22.Qd1 Rd4+ 23.Kg1 Qg2 checkmate


gbjames (1416) - Ponderable (1280)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kxf7 2.d4 exd4 3.Ng5+ Kf8 4.Qh5 Ne5 5.Nxh7+ Rxh7 6.Qxh7 Qf6 7.Nd2 d3 8.f4 Qxf4 9.Nc4 Qf2+ 10.Kd1 Qe2 checkmate


Ponderable (1280) - gbjames (1416)
Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit, RedHotPawn.com, 2013

1...Kf8 2.Bc4 Nd4 3.d3 h6 4.0-0 d6 5.b3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.Bb2 Nh5 8.Qe1 Nxc2 9.Qc1 Nxa1 10.Bxa1 Nf4 11.h3 Qd7 12.Bxe5 Nxd3 13.Qc3 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qe8 15.Nxg4 h5 16.Nf6 Qe7 17.Nd5 Qd7 18.Nf4 Rh6 19.Qf3 Ke7 20.Nd5+ Ke8 21.Re1 c6 22.Nf4 Kd8 23.Nxh5 Kc7 24.Nf4 Rf8 25.g3 Rfh8 26.Be6 Qe7 27.Nc4 g5 28.Nd5+ cxd5 29.exd5 Qg7 30.Qg4 Qb2 31.Bf7 Qxf2+ White resigned

Giuoco Fortissimo

The following game reminds of a "tale that took less time than it takes to tell". It starts quietly, but does not stay that way.

Philidor 1792 - guest581
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6

Looking like a regular Giuoco Piano. But, wait...

5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kg6

The King hunts the Knight, but soon becomes the hunted.

7.h4 h6 8.h5+ Kxg5 9.d4 checkmate.

[This post is #1,900 for the blog. Many thanks to Readers for their continued interest and support - Rick]

Slow Motion chess

Philidor 1792 has sent another collection of Jerome Gambit and Jerome-inspired games. The following game shows the progress of "Jerome pawns" as if in slow motion. I find it humorous that it all occured in a 3-minute blitz game.

Philidor 1792 - DerAndere
3 0 blitz, PlayChess.com, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

The Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8

7.Qxe5 Qe7 8.Qxe7+ 

Philidor 1792 is always game to play his extra pawns against his opponent's extra piece.

8...Bxe7 9.0-0 Nf6 10.d3 d6 11.Nc3 Kf7 12.h3 c6 13.Be3 Rf8 14.f4 Kg8 

Black has castled-by-hand as a protection against the "Jerome pawns".

15.g4 Nd7 16.Ne2 Bf6 17.c3 Be7 18.Kg2 d5 19.e5 Nc5 20.Rad1 h5 21.Kg3 hxg4 22.hxg4 Ne6

23.d4 Kf7 

Black decides to undo his castling, perhaps in response to the dangerous h-file - which he opened.

24.Rh1 Ke8 25.Rh7 Rg8 26.Rdh1 Bd7 27.f5 Ng5 28.Bxg5 Bxg5 29.e6 Bc8 

30.R1h5 Be7 31.Rh1 b6 32.Nf4 Bd6 33.g5 Ba6 34.Kg4 Bxf4 35.Kxf4 Bd3 36.Ke5 

White is already better, but here he missed the cooperative shot 36.Rxg7, e.g. 36...Rxg7 37.Rh8+ Ke7 38.f6+ Kxe6 39.fxg7 Kf7 40.Rxa8 Kxg7 41.Rxa7+ winning.

36...Rd8 37.Rh8 Kf8 38.f6 gxf6+ 39.gxf6 Re8 40.f7 Rxh8 41.Rxh8+ Kg7 42.fxe8Q Bg6 43.Rg8+ Kh6 44.Qxg6 checkmate

It Happens...

Concerning the following game, I have already written...

If you play the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) long enough, you will eventually play the 6.d4 variation (4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4) and one day you will come face-to-face with the best in-your-face variation for Black since J.H. Blackburne offered his Rook...

Sometimes, when you play the Jerome Gambit, you encounter an opponent who knows one of the refutations and who plays very well against you. It happens.

Wall,B - Guest6296711
PlayChess.com, 2014

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Qh4 

This line doesn't have a name attached to it, but I have referred to it in earlier posts as "A Pie-in-the-Face Variation". The earliest example that I have of it in The Database is Sorensen - Anonymous, Denmark, 1888 (1-0, 27).

It is interesting to note that The Database has 1213 games reaching the position after 6.d4, with White scoring 50%. Of those games, only 17% of the time does Black continue with 6...Qh4 - but he scores 70% with it.

7.0-0 Qxe4 

The weaker alternative, 7...Ng4, was seen in Sorensen,S - X, Denmark, 1888 (1-0, 27), Sir Osis of the Liver - perrypawnpusher, JG3 thematic, ChessWorld.net, 2008 (0-1, 38) and Wall,B - Rajiv, Chess.com, 2010 (1-0, 33). 

8.dxc5 Nf6 9.Nc3 Qc4 

Instead, Black played 9...Qc6 in Wall,B - Gorodetsky,D, Chess.com, 2010 (1-0, 18) and Wall,B - felineMMXI, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 18). 

10.Be3 

This is a small improvement over 10.Re1 Qxc5 11.Be3 Qc6 in Deep Sjeng 1.5 - Junior 7, The Jeroen Experience, 2003 (0-1, 46).

Black's extra piece outweighs White's two extra pawns. 

10...Re8 11.Bd4 d6 12.b3 Qa6 13.cxd6 Qxd6 14.Nb5 Qc6 15.Nxa7 Rxa7 16.Bxa7 b6 

17.Qd4 Ba6 18.c4 Nf3+ 

Black finishes off with sacrificial flair.

19.gxf3 Qxf3 20.Qd1 Re2 21.Qd8 Qg4+ 22.Kh1 Bb7+ White Resigned