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When slightly-interested people write about the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) they are usually content to present the historic game Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885 – usually with light, often outdated, notes.

I recently saw coverage in a German language wikibook that presented the game with a little bit more attention.

3. Miniatur
Gespielt in London 1880.
4.Lc4xf7+? (Dies ist das Jerome-Gambit, das durch 7. ... Dd8-e7 8. De5xh8 De7xe4+ 9. Ke1-d1 De4xg2 10. Dh8xh7+ Kf7-f8 11. Th1-e1 d5 12. Te1-e8+ Kf8xe8 13. Dh7xg8+ Lc5-f8 widerlegt wird) Ke8xf7 5.Sf3xe5+ Sc6xe5 6.Dd1-h5+ g7-g6 7.Dh5xe5 d7-d6 Dieser letzte schwarze Zug eröffnet eine Falle. 8.De5xh8 Dd8-h4 9.0-0 Sg8-f6 Und die Falle hat zugeschnappt. 10.c2-c3? (10. Da8-d8 hält das Gleichgewicht) Sf6-g4 11.h2-h3 Lc5xf2+ 12.Kg1-h1 Lc8-f5!
13.Dh8xa8 Dh4xh3+! 14.g2xh3 Lf5xe4#

The author not only points out White's better alternative, 10.Qd8, he indicates that the game is then in balance – most sources unaware of the analysis of Chandler and Dimitrov say that White has the advantage.

Also, it is heartening to see Whistler's Defense, 7. ... Dd8-e7, given as the refutation to the Jerome Gambit. The wikibook author sees Blackburne's 7...d6 as setting a trap – which snaps shut on White after 9...Nf6.