Jerome Gambit: Scaring the Daylights?!

 

My first game to finish in the Chess.com tournament "Piano Piano"(time control: 1 move / 3 days) went something like this:

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ White won on time

In fact, it went exactly like that.

I would love to say that the Jerome Gambit simply scared the daylights out of my opponent, but a glance at the tournament standings - which show other timeout losses - suggests that the demands of the real world may have intruded upon his playing at this time. I wish him well.

By the way, the Chess.com computer analyzed my game and was a bit skeptical, rating my moves with 53.7 accuracy (not sure what that means) against my opponent's 99.7 accuracy, while noting You outlasted your opponent even after making a mistake.You outlasted your opponent even after making a mistake.

Jerome Gambit: Rage Quit

The following game arrived with the note: jerome gambit made my opponent rage quit!! won in less then 17 moves

Oh, my.

It can be hard to sit down to a game that features an opening known as the "quiet game", only to face the wild attacking Jerome Gambit - especially when it disrupts your play and enlivens your opponent.

Hard to continue in those circumstances.

Ommanipadmehum - NN

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

7.Qxe5 Bd6 

In blitz you have to move quickly, which means you have to think quickly - and one of the quickest thoughts is When in doubt, attack the Queen. In this case, the result is not good.

What is involved in Black playing 6...g6 - the offer of a major piece - was discussed in "Jerome Gambit: What About the Rook?"

8.Qxh8 Qg5 9.Qxh7+ Kf8 10.O-O 

White's Queen has escaped after capturing the Rook, and his King has castled. He is ahead the exchange and 3 pawns. This isn't exactly what Black had planned.

10...Be7 11.d4 Qf6 12.e5 Qf5 13.Nc3 b6 14.Bh6+ 

Develop a piece, exchange off a defender, check with the Queen - this move does a lot.

14...Nxh6 15.Qxh6+ Ke8 16.Nd5 Bb7 

A final slip.

17.Nxc7+ Black left the game

JG: The New (Part 5)

 

JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 5)   

  

(by Yury V. Bukayev) 

 

 

As a development of my Part 2, this continuation of my theoretical research on the Italian Game, Jerome Gambit (JG) is about another White’s good way after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qh3+! Ke7 8.Qc3!? Bxf2+!. Thus, White can play 9.Ke2!? N too (this my invention allows to get an extraordinary position of JG). After 9…d6!? the best White’s move is 10.Kxf2. [It maybe, your too cautious opponent as Black will be afraid of your possibility to play 10.d4 Bxd4!? 11.Qxd4 too, although Black wins here, in fact. The way 9.Ke2 d6 10.Kxf2 isn’t weaker than 9.Kxf2, because the move d7-d6 permits to make the blow Qc3xc7+! (if Black’s Queen isn’t on the line “d” already) and then Nb1-c3!] 10…Qf8+!? [Black tries to attack similarly to the way of the Part 2. But the simplest way is 10…Nf6 11.d3 with a more calm play.] 11.Ke1! Qf4!? 12.Qxc7+! Ke8 [12…Bd7 13.Nc3] 13.Nc3. [It creates White’s very active playing, there are no simple ways for Black here. It should be noted that after 13…Ne7?? White stands better: 14.Qxe7+! Kxe7 15.Nd5+.] 13…Qh4+!? 14.g3. The move 14…Qh3 is probably the best, but it leads to a very sharp play which is difficult for Black’s mental analyzing, evaluating on the 7th move. White keeps enough chances to fight, and it’s a new serious argument for your too cautious opponent to prefer 7…Kf7 to 7…Ke7.  

 

Jerome Gambit: More Pawns

Sometimes the attacker with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) rains pawns down on the enemy position.

Wall, Bill - XGZD

FICS, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 Nf6 

This always looks like a good move: three pieces against the Queen! But it is not. It returns two pieces, leaving White simply two pawns ahead. The Database has 75 games with this position. White scores 77%.

8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5 Qe7 10.Qxe7+ Kxe7 

The attraction for Black to exchange Queens is understandable, as he doesn't want his displaced King to become a victim of an attack. Yet, in doing so, he simplifies White's task. True, it may take more time to convert the win, but it is less complicated.

11.Nc3 c6 12.d4 Rf8 13.g4 

The "Jerome pawns" plan to over-run the enemy. White sees 13...Nxg4 as a dangerous waste of time and a move that can be ignored or answered by Rg1, immediately or some time later. 

13...h6 14.h4 d6 

The proper counter was 14...d5, hitting the center and pressuring the wing pawns.

15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Ne8 

White's uncastled King is safe, in part because of the earlier exchange of Queens.

Now White combines pawn moves with Kingside pressure. 

17.f5 Bd7 18.d5 c5 19.Bf4 a6 20.Rh7 

20...Bxf5 

Hoping to slow things down by returning the sacrificed material.

21.exf5 Rxf5 22.Bg3 Rxg5 

A slip.

23.Bh4 Black resigned

The Rook will be lost.

Jerome Gambit: Piano Piano

The first round of the "Piano Piano" tournament at Chess.com has started, and I will be facing in my group: Bossferreira, DaniyarManat, dmarkg, frogonatwig, PasayDefence, Roland_Bollinger, ShakthiTheGreat, sincondrosis, and ZlikoM.

Of course, I will try for as many Jerome Gambits (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7) as I can. I will share them, win, lose or draw.

I wish best chess for my opponents, as well.

Jerome Gambit: The "Jerome pawns" Will Win the Day

The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game is a good example of the suggestion that if you take good care of your pawns, they will take good care of you. White's "Jerome pawns" are happy to show their appreciation.

Wall, Bill - Guest1713462

PlayChess.com, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 d6 

Black takes a reasonable position: rather than choose to move (and save) a piece, he opens a line for development, and lets White choose.

7.dxc5 Nf6 8.cxd6 Qxd6 9.Qxd6 cxd6 

White has 2 pawns for his sacrificed piece. The pawn at d6 is a target.

10.Nc3 Be6 11.Be3 a6 12.O-O-O Rhd8 

13.f4 Nc4 14.Bd4 d5  

The central break that often signals success for Black - but not this time. White does not have to exchange off his "Jerome pawn".

15.f5 Bc8 16.e5 

16...Ne4 17.e6+ Ke7 

A slip.

18.Bxg7 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 b5 

Black has a piece for 3 pawns, and a well-supported Knight outpost, but the "Jerome pawns" will win the day.

20.g4 Ne3 21.f6+ Kxe6 22.Rhe1 d4 23.Bxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxd4 Kxf6 25.Rxe3 Black resigned

Down the exchange and two pawns, without counterplay - except for the glorious a8-h1 diagonal for his Bishop - is discouraging enough for Black.