The Jerome Gambit

The Jerome
Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ...and related lines
(risky/nonrisky lines, tactics & psychology for fast, exciting play)
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Jerome Gambit: Faux Defense

In the Jerome Gambit, White sacrifices a couple of pieces. Most
of Black's defenses are based upon returning a piece. Sometimes
Black just develops a piece, saying, in effect "You choose the
piece that you want back, I'm too busy with my other pieces."
The following game follows that defensive scenario, although

Black's choice at move 7 gives back 2 pieces - leaving White up
a couple of pawns. There are some interesting tactics following,
but the defender's overwhelming advantage at move 4 has
become a significant advantage for the attacker, three moves
later.
Bullet chess - and the Jerome Gambit - is like that.
angelcamina - alphastar
1-0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Nf6
At first glance - if only a glance - this move looks fine. In bullet

chess you don't always get more than a glance. Still, this is not
an effective defense, and The Database points out that in 62
games, White scores 72% against it.
8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qe3

A bullet chess game is truly an event that took less time than it
takes to tell...
The next time angelcamina plays this line, though, he might

try 10.Qb5 here, instead, as against the move in the game, Black
can grab back a pawn with10...Nxe4, since the lined-up White
Queen and King on the e-file do not allow the first player to
recapture.
It is no big deal that White did not see that tactic, playing at that
speed - Jerome Gambit regulars such as blackburne, MrJoker,
and Petasluk, among others, playing much more slowly, missed
it, too; and none of the defenders found10...Nxe4!?, any way.
(Hmm... This should be added to my series of "Jerome Gambit
Secrets".)
10...Qe7 11.d3 Re8 12.O-O Ng4

When in doubt, or at a loss for an idea, harass the enemy Queen.
13.Qg3 Qd7 14.h3 Nf6 15.e5
Standard Jerome Gambit attacking motif. Black gets to snap off

a pawn (more solid, but less incisive, was 15.b3 followed
by 16.Bb2), but that takes thinking time to figure out, and time is
precious.
15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Rxe5

My preference is to capture with the Queen, but perhaps Black
wanted to keep the piece on the board and not allow it to be
exchanged.
18.Nc3 Be6 19.Bf4 Rf5 20.Bxc7 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rc8
22. Be5 Qe3
An oversight that ends the game. Time pressure?
23.Qxe3 Black resigned

Even without the slip, Black was in a bad way, faceing a 2-pawn
deficit and very uncomfortable pressure on his Knight (and the
King behind it).
alpha
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Labels: alphastar, angelcamina, Blackburne, Jerome Gambit, lichess.org, mrjoker, Petasluk
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Jerome Gambit: Sometimes the Wheels Come Off
One of my biggest concerns about bullet chess (1 minute, no

increment) is that I simply can't think that fast. I am afraid that
my attention will wander, too, and suddenly my game will look
like the faltering car, above.
In the following Jerome Gambit game, White is the recipient of

a handful ofHuh? moves by his opponent, and all that is left to
do, then, is safely drive home the full point.
As I cheer on angelcamina, I am also sympathetic toward
billylaw, as my fate could have been his.
angelcamina - billylaw
1 0 bullet lichess.org, 2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6

So far, so normal.
10.O-O Bg4 11.h3 Be6 12. f4 Qd7 13. f5 Bc4 14. d3 Nd5
Before the "Jerome pawns" fall upon Black.
15.exd5+ Kd8 16.dxc4 Re8 17.Qg5+ Kc8 18.fxg6 hxg6

After.
19.Nc3 b6 20.Bd2 Kb7 21.Rae1 Re5 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.Qxe5

Rh8 24.Bf4 Rh5
25.Qxc7+
Beginning a few quick moves to return some material and take

the danger (for White) out of the picture.
25...Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Kxc7 27.Rf7+ Kd6 28.Rf3 Kc5 29.b3 Kd4
The King wants to be active and make up for the missing piece.
30.Ne2+ Ke4 31.c3 Rxh3

Likely time-frantic.
32.Rxh3 Ke5 33.Re3+ Kd6 34.Re6+ Kc5 35.Nf4 g5

36.Nd3 checkmate
Nice.
Labels: angelcamina, billylaw, Jerome Gambit, lichess.org
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Jerome Gambit: A Complex, Violent Affair
The latest Jerome Gambit game from Angel Camiña is a

complex, violent affair - the kind of thing you
might expect if both players arrived at the board fully prepared
for battle.
angelcamina - davidbrooklyn2
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8
The Jerome Defense to the Jerome Gambit, a practical response

that seeks to keep Black's King out of danger, while it returns
one of the two sacrificed pieces. One downside is that the King
may have to move to let the Rook out, something that often
turns into castling-by-hand.
7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qc3 Qh4

Black is not intimidated, he is ready for a fight.
9.O-O Nf6 10.d4 Bb6 11.e5
Attack!, the watchword of both the Jerome and bullet chess.
It is interesting, and somewhat amusing, to see the computer's

recommendation, where Black eventually returns the second
piece, and things wind down to an endgame where the defender
is up a pawn (plus a Bishop for a Knight): 11.f3 Kf7 12.a4 a5
13.Be3 Be6 14.Nd2 Rhc8 15.f4 Kg8 16.f5 Bd7 17.Qd3 Qh5
18.h3 Kh8 19.Rf3 g6 20.g4 Nxg4 21.hxg4 Qxg4+ 22.Kf2 gxf5
23.d5 Bxe3+ 24.Qxe3 Rg8 25.Qc3+ Rg7 26.Rg3 Qxg3+
27.Qxg3 Rxg3 28.Kxg3 fxe4 29.Nxe4.
11...dxe5 12.dxe5 Ng4 13.h3
13...Nxf2
Brutal, but Black has overlooked the fact that there is one
response that turns the game around. He should have tried the
other capture, 13...Bxf2+, and, after14.Kh1 Be6 15.Nd2 Kg8
16.Nf3 Qg3 17.hxg4 h5!? the attack continues, for
example 18.g5 Rf8 19.Rxf2 Qxf2 20.Be3 Qg3 21.Rf1 h4.
14.Be3
Does the trick.
14...Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxh3

This move would be unplayable at any normal time control, but
at bullet, it is a stroke of psychological genius - or grim dispair.
16.Rxf2+ Ke7 17.Qxh3 Qd4
Black does not wish to exchange Queens - but, soon, he goes in

for mass exchanges, perhaps influenced by the clock..
18.Nc3 Raf8 19.Raf1 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Rf8 21.Qg3 Rxf2 22.Qxf2

Qxe5 23.Qe2 Qxe2 24.Nxe2 Kf6 25.Kf2 Black resigned
Whew! Likely Black was behind on the clock, and figured that
resistance was, therefore, futile.
Labels: angelcamina, davidbrooklyn2, Jerome Gambit, lichess.org
Friday, March 1, 2019
Jerome Gambit: More Bullets
Bullet chess: know your openings, watch out for tactics, punish
your opponent's errors.
Quickly.
angelcamina - sugerlove
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

The Jerome Gambit, not the "quiet game".
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Ng6
Black realizes he has to give back a piece, and "volunteers" the

Bishop. The computers suggest that White take the offer,
although the (limited) practical results of The Database back the
next move in the game: 8.Qxc5 scored 3 - 2; 8.f5scored 2 - 0.
In bullet chess, there has to be extra value in distressing the

enemy King.
8.f5+ Ke7 9.fxg6 Nf6
It is tempting to follow C.J.S. Purdy's advice to find a move that

"smites", but it is always best to check your own situation, first.
10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qe3 Kf8 12.gxh7 Rxh7 13.O-O Kg8

Both sides have castled (one, by hand), and White has a 2 pawn
edge.
14.d4 Bg4 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Bd2 Re8
Taking time to build their positions.
17.Qg3 Nh5 18.Qf2 Nf6 19.Rae1
White declines the offer to pursue a draw with 19.Qg3 Nh5, etc.
He is almost immediately rewarded.
19...Qc6 20.e5 Nd5 21.Qf7+ Black resigns

After 21...Kh8 the Queen sac finishes: 22.Qf8+ Rxf8
23.Rxf8 checkmate.
Labels: angelcamina, Jerome Gambit, lichess.org, Purdy, sugarlove
Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Jerome Gambit: Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
If Alonzo Wheeler Jerome played bullet chess - one minute a

game, no increment - his gambits would probably look
something like the following game from Angel Camiña...
angelcamina - zorosyria00
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+

The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6
9.Qc4+ d5 10.exd5 Nxd5
A slip - perhaps Black was counting on his next move to regain

the piece. If so, at the speed he was playing, he didn't see that
White could slip out of trouble.
11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Qf4+ Ke8
13.Nxc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa8 Qxa8
White is up the exchange and a couple of pawns, but he wants

more.
15.Be3 Rf8 16.O-O-O+ Ke7 17.Bc5+ Ke8 18.Qxf8 checkmate

Labels: angelcamina, Four Knights, Italian Game, Jerome Gambit, lichess.org, zorosyria00
Monday, February 25, 2019
Jerome Gambit: The Pawns, Again
In the Jerome Gambit, White may get "only" a couple of pawns

in exchange for his sacrificed piece, but, if he gives his pawns a
chance, they can prove very helpful in the outcome of the game.
The following contest is an example.
White's calmness in the face of aggression at the end of the

game is exciting, too - why become upset, if you can checkmate
your opponent, first?
vlastous - ADELAZIZ
internet, 2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8
The Jerome Defense, presented by Alonzo Wheeler Jerome in

his earliest published analyses.
7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qf4+ Qf6
This is a perfectly logical move, offering to exchange Queens to

blunt White's attack; and although it does not show up in early
Jerome Gambit analyses, The Database points out that it is
played twice as often as 8...Nf6.
9.d3 Qxf4 10.Bxf4 Nf6

11.Nc3 Kf7
This looks like a slight improvement over 11... a6, which was
seen in vlastous - Nyanyiwa, internet 2017, (1-0, 34)
12.h4 Rf8 13.f3 Nh5 14.Bh2 Bb4 15.g4 Nf6 16.O-O Be6
The "Jerome pawns" already take on a menacing look, but Black

is still doing fine. His problem will be finding and executing a
successful defense and counter-attack.
17.Bg3 a6 18.Ne2 Rad8 19.Nf4 Rfe8 20.c3 Bc5+ 21.d4 Bb6

22.Kg2 d5
The move ...d5 is frequently good against the Jerome Gambit
(and 1.e4 e5openings in general) but here the move gives
White's Kingside ambitions encouragement. Stockfish 10
suggests the quieter 22...g6.
23.e5 Ng8 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.f4 c5
The right idea, hitting back at the growing center.
26.f5 Rc6 27.e6+ Ke8 28.Be5 cxd4

This move looks like a slip, according to Stockfish 10, which
suggests, instead,28...Kf8 29.dxc5 Bxc5 30. g5 Bd6 31.Bd4
Bc5 and a draw by repetition.
The computer is not yet impressed by the "Jerome pawns", but

the problem with the text move is that White does not have to
recapture at d4 - he can take the g7 pawn, instead, opening the
way for the connected passed pawns that have suddenly grown
fierce.
29.Bxg7 dxc3 30.bxc3 d4
To open lines, but his King's castle has already been breached.
31.g5 dxc3 32.f6 Rd2+ 33.Kh1 Rc4

Black's counter-attack looks scary, but White has one move at
his disposal that brings home the point - by implementing his
own mating attack.
34.f7+ Ke7 35.f8=Q+ Kxe6 36.Rae1+ Kd7 37.Qe8+ Kc7

38.Be5+ Black resigned
Beautiful!
Labels: ADELAZIZ, Jerome Gambit, Nyanyiwa, Stockfish, vlastous
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Jerome Gambit: Noticing A Tactic

Here we have another 1-minute bullet game from Angel
Camiña, who notices a common tactic in the Jerome Gambit -
the Queen check that also attacks an unprotected minor piece.
Black could
have continued in the game, but he would have done so a pawn
down.
angelcamina - hpmck
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+
The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.O-O Rf8 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc4+ Be6 12.Qe2 Kg8

13.f5 Bd7 14.Bf4 Nd4
Black can not resist harassing the Queen.
15.Qc4+ Black resigned

Labels: angelcamina, Four Knights, hpmck, Jerome Gambit, lichess
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The Jerome

Jerome Gambit: Faux Defense

The following game follows that defensive scenario, although

Bullet chess - and the Jerome Gambit - is like that.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

At first glance - if only a glance - this move looks fine. In bullet

8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qe3

The next time angelcamina plays this line, though, he might

10...Qe7 11.d3 Re8 12.O-O Ng4

13.Qg3 Qd7 14.h3 Nf6 15.e5

Standard Jerome Gambit attacking motif. Black gets to snap off

15...dxe5 16.fxe5 Qd4+ 17.Kh1 Rxe5

18.Nc3 Be6 19.Bf4 Rf5 20.Bxc7 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Rc8

22. Be5 Qe3

An oversight that ends the game. Time pressure?

23.Qxe3 Black resigned

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Sometimes the Wheels Come Off

One of my biggest concerns about bullet chess (1 minute, no

In the following Jerome Gambit game, White is the recipient of

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6

7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6

Before the "Jerome pawns" fall upon Black.

15.exd5+ Kd8 16.dxc4 Re8 17.Qg5+ Kc8 18.fxg6 hxg6

19.Nc3 b6 20.Bd2 Kb7 21.Rae1 Re5 22.Rxe5 dxe5 23.Qxe5

Beginning a few quick moves to return some material and take

25...Qxc7 26.Bxc7 Kxc7 27.Rf7+ Kd6 28.Rf3 Kc5 29.b3 Kd4

30.Ne2+ Ke4 31.c3 Rxh3

32.Rxh3 Ke5 33.Re3+ Kd6 34.Re6+ Kc5 35.Nf4 g5

Sunday, March 3, 2019

Jerome Gambit: A Complex, Violent Affair

The latest Jerome Gambit game from Angel Camiña is a

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

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

The Jerome Defense to the Jerome Gambit, a practical response

7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qc3 Qh4

9.O-O Nf6 10.d4 Bb6 11.e5

Attack!, the watchword of both the Jerome and bullet chess.

It is interesting, and somewhat amusing, to see the computer's

Does the trick.

14...Bxe3 15.Qxe3 Bxh3

16.Rxf2+ Ke7 17.Qxh3 Qd4

Black does not wish to exchange Queens - but, soon, he goes in

18.Nc3 Raf8 19.Raf1 Rxf2 20.Rxf2 Rf8 21.Qg3 Rxf2 22.Qxf2

Friday, March 1, 2019

Jerome Gambit: More Bullets

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Ng6

Black realizes he has to give back a piece, and "volunteers" the

In bullet chess, there has to be extra value in distressing the

8.f5+ Ke7 9.fxg6 Nf6

It is tempting to follow C.J.S. Purdy's advice to find a move that

10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qe3 Kf8 12.gxh7 Rxh7 13.O-O Kg8

14.d4 Bg4 15.Nc3 Qd7 16.Bd2 Re8