Too Clever (or not clever enough) for My Own Good

The following game is mostly the result of preparation and my understanding of a particular line in the Jerome Gambit: my opponent dismissed my chances and fell into a tactical shot that put me a piece ahead. Then I refused to allow him a paltry pawn in return (temporarily) – and I got clobbered! The final position is a wonderful tribute to mconst's creativity and counter-punching!

perrypawnpusher - mconst
blitz, FICS, 2011

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

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

Last year our game continued 6...Kf6, perrypawnpusher - mconst, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 42 ).

7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6

Earlier this year my opponent was successful with the provocative 9...Ne5 in perrypawnpusher - mconst, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 25).

10.0-0 Kf7 11.f4 Re8 12.f5 Rxe4

The same oversight that bnxr made against me earlier this year. 

13.fxg6+ Kxg6

It was better to retreat with 13...Kg8, when White will only be slightly better.

14.Rxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qxe4+

I was hammering out my moves, and, except for all those Queenside pieces still parked in the garage, I was feeling fine.

15...Bf5

Now all that is necessary is for me to see that after 16.Qe3 Bxc2 White can regain the pawn with 17.Na3 Bf5 18.Nb5 and "the rest is a matter of technique".

Some piece development would help, too.

16.Qc4 Rf8

Here 16...Re8 would have been crushing. 

17.Qf1 Qd4+ 18.Qf2

Clueless as to what is coming.

18...Bd3

White resigned

Really nice. Which I could think of such stuff.

Reminds me of a cartoon I used to watch as a kid, when Quickdraw McGraw would say to his sidekick, "I'll do the thin'in' around here, BabaLouie, and don't you forget it!"