The rest of the story...?

Some time back I asked Bill Wall (see "Unorthodox Duo" and "Hip' Kat" for earlier mentions of Mr. Wall) if he had ever played the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) – and, if so, if he'd be willing to share a game or two.

His response was straight forward

Rick,

Looks like I only played one game with the Jerome Gambit. I'll have to experiment more with it.

Bill

Wall,B - Guest4395
Microsoft Internet Gaming Zone, 2001
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6



7.Qxc5 d6 8.Qd5+


I don't know how old this move is, but this game is the first time that it occurs in my database.

8...Ke7 9.d3

Or 9.f4 Nxf4?? 10.Qg5+ winning a piece.

9...c6 10.Bg5+ Nf6 11.Bxf6+ Kxf6
A gutsy move, keeping his Kingside pawns intact.
12.Qb3 Rf8 13.0-0 Kg5


Amazing! Can he actually get away with that?

14.Nd2 Kh6 15.Nf3 Qf6

With his King "castled" in a most unorthodox way, Black is ready to attack.

16.Rae1 Be6 17.Qxb7

"and later drawn"

What??? That's all???
(My guess is that Black's Kingside attack failed, White grabbed a pawn or two more, and things settled down... But it's a shame we don't know the rest of the story.)