King of Bxf7+

The key move in the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) of course is 4.Bxf7+, sacrificing material to upset Black's King -- and possibly Black, himself.

A few years back I discovered a player at RedHotPawn who surely must be familiar with the work of Alonzo Wheeler Jerome, perhaps by way of Andres Clemente Vazquez, Mexican chess champion in the last quarter of the 19th century, who also played the gambit.

Veijoasquerosos of Mexico has played over 1100 games at RedHotPawn (although he's been inactive for about a year and a half now). It seems that he likes to play Bxf7+ as often and as soon as possible. I've compiled some of his openings to show you what I mean.

Such play tends to make the Jerome Gambit look like a tame variation of the Exchange Slav!

1.e4 c5

1...b6 2.Bc4 a5 (2...Nf6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-jjthjet 2005; 2...g6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-stevsheppard 2005) 3.Nf3 Ba6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-MikeGfres 2004;

1...Nc6 2.Bc4 Nf6 (2...d6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-cut2it 2004; 2...a6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-WhatDoings 2005; 2...Nb4 3.c3 Nc6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-master 007 2006) 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-AIMaster 2004;

1...e5 2.Bc4 Nf6
a) 2...d6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-CliffLandin 2004; (3.d4 Nd7 {3...exd4 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Ruprecht 2005; 3...Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-ajm132 2005} 4.Bxf7+ 0–1 viejoasquerosos-kristvoir 2004);
b) 2...c6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Jamaal Burden 2004;
c) 2...Bc5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Jeman 2004;
d) 2...Qh4 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-ashuats1 2004 (3.d3 a6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Teqilaman 2005);
e) 2...Nc6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-demolisher 2004 (3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-spike94wl 2005);
f) 2...b6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb7 5.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-flykiller 2004;
g) 2...d5 3.Bxd5 Nf6 (3...Bb4 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-jeromescaturro 2004) 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-foxmolder 2004;

h) 2...h6 3.Qh5 (3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Armil1980 2006) 3...Qe7 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-toffee 2004;
i) 2...g6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Carlos19 2005;
j) 2...a6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-SleppityInfresh 2005;
k) 2...h5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-kellsy 2005;
l) 2...Bb4 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-lulupuss 2005;
m) 2...Qg5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-sammba 2005;
n) 2...Bd6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-filler13 2006;
o) 2...f6 3.Bxg8 viejoasquerosos-heatstardwade3 2006;
p) 2...Ne7 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-jphan 2006;
q) 2...b5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-tshrapez 2006; (3.Nf3 {3.d3 Bc5 (3...c5 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-CrocDundee 2005; 3...c6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-GM DairoBG 2005; 3...Bd6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Wingover 2005; 3...h6 4.Nf3 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-captnd 2005; 3...g6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c3 Bg7 6.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-the7tidlys 2005) 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-GibaW 2004; 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Jeman 2004} 3...Nxe4 {3...Bc5 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Devinator3000 2004; 3...Nc6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Killyourking 2004} 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-AntiDentite 2004);

1...Nf6 2.Bc4 (2.e5 Ne4 {2...Nd5 3.Bc4 Nf4 (3...Nb6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-FcFightr 2005) 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Extraterrestre 2005} 3.Bc4 Nc6 {3...d6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-jkuli 2005} 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-topulan 2004) 2...Nxe4 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-ChessMaster1344 2004;

1...g6 2.Bc4 Bg7 (2...a6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Dontuo 2005) 3.Nf3 (3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-dmnelson84 2006) 3...c6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Doffy 2004;

1...a5 2.Bc4 d5 3.Bxd5 c6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Elina 2004;

1...g5 2.Bc4 Bg7 (2...Nf6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-gordozilla 2005) 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-magnas 2004;

1...d6 2.Bc4 Nf6 (2...g6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Lircos 2005; 2...b5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-superfast 2006) 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-AMarek 2005;

1...d5 2.c4 (2.d4 dxe4 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Vengal 2005; 2.e5 d4 3.Bc4 Nc6 {3...h5 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-pCiaran 2005} 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-dave1810 2005)2...dxc4 3.Bxc4 Qd4 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Phadreus 2005;

1...a6 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Tampines 2005 (3.Bd5 c6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Tampines 2006);

1...c6 2.Bc4 b5 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-drumcorps 2005;

1...h6 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Montoid 2006;

2.Bc4

2.d4 cxd4 3.Bc4 Nc6 (3...Nf6 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-topulan 2005) 4.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-CenterNut 2005;

2...e5

2...Nc6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-caissa100 2004; 2...Na6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-fizan2003 2004; 2...g6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-KingHun 2005; 2...d6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-Longh 2005; 2...Nf6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-cheesechess 2006; 2...a6 3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-vinylrock 2006

3.Nf3 (3.Bxf7+ viejoasquerosos-adam hallsworth 2005);

3...d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Bxf7+