Entertaining and Educational

An email from Bill Wall, whose Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) and related games are always entertaining and usually educational, to boot:

From your last blog, I looked at my games with anyone playing 3...Na5. I have had 5 players play it against me. I delayed Bxf7 one move.

Wall - Ali
Chess.com, 2010
notes by Bill

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Na5

4.Bd5 Nf6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Ke8

6...Kg8 looks safer.

7.0-0 Nxe4? 8.Re1

8.Qh5+ looks best.

8...Nc5??

8...Qh4.

9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6+ Ne6 11.Nxh8+ Ke7 12.d4 Nc4 13.Bf4 Qe8 14.Qh4 checkmate