Even in the Most Respectable of Settings

These days, the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), or one of its relatives, seems to show up all over the place, even in the most respectable of settings.

For example, consider the analysis of the Giuoco Piano from Yury V. Bukayev, at the Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day site, with a new, in-depth look at  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5!?

There is a lot to look at in the article, and I recommend it to those who play, or play against, the Giuoco Piano.

As a side note, the author took time to point out to me the following line, which he referred to (after 6...Bd7) as "the Jerome-Jerome exchange": 7.Nbd2 Na5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.b4 Bxf2+ 10.Kxf2 Nc6, an extremely rare tactical combination, he mentioned.

(I suspect that the "Jerome-Jerome exchange" may be rare in serious or well-played chess, but I cannot help mentioning that there are about 550 games in The Database with Bxf7+ for White and ...Bxf2+ for Black. Still that is only about 2% of the games in The Database, so I guess that is pretty rare, even among Jerome Gambits.)