Then You Win

Here is the latest Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) from Bill Wall, who comments modestly

I played a tough one here.  It was a 10-minute game for each side and he messed up in the end in time pressure.  He let me in the game after 38...c6 and I think he panicked on the 40th move with Nxf6 instead of Ndb6.   Up until then, I think he was winning

With all do respect to Mohandas Gandhi, who, as far as I know, never played the Jerome Gambit, the following game reminds me of something he spoke about: First they ignore... Then they laugh... Then they fight... Then you win ...

Wall,B - Tony7
blitz 10 0, Playchess.com, 2011
notes by Bill Wall [and Rick]

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

4...Kx7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6

7.Qf5+ Qf6

[An unusual move — there are only 5 examples in The Database. But, guess what? One of them is a Bill Wall game. Figures.]

8.Qxc5 Nf4

[An improvement over 8...N8e7 from Wall,B - Doantaung, Chess.com, 2010:  9.Qxc7 Rf8 10.d3 Kg8 11.0-0 Kh8 12.Nc3 Nh4 13.f4 Qd4+ 14.Rf2 d6 15.Qxe7 Ng6 16.Qg5 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Raf1 Black resigned]

9.0-0 Ne6 10.Qc4 Ne7 11.Nc3 Rf8 12.d3 Kg8 13.Be3 a6 14.f4 b5 15.Qb3 Qf7

16.f5 Nd8 17.Qb4 Ndc6 18.Qb3 d6 19.g4 Ne5 20.g5 Qxb3 21.axb3 Bb7

22.f6 gxf6 23.gxf6 N7g6 24.Bh6 Rf7 25.Bg7 Nd7 26.Rf2 Ndf8 27.b4 Ne6

28.Bh6 Kh8 29.Raf1 Rg8 30.Rg2 Ne5 31.h3 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Nd7 33.Nd5 Bxd5 34.exd5 Nef8 35.Bg7+ Kg8

36.h4 Ng6 37.h5 Nge5 38.Kh3 c6? 39.d4 Nc4 40.dxc6 Nxf6 41.Bxf6 Ne3

If 41...Nxb2 42.Rg1+ and 43.d5

42.Re1 Rxf6

Not 42...Nxc2?? 43.Re8+ Rf8 44.Rxf8+ Kxf8 45.c7 wins

43.Rxe3 Rf7 44.Re8+ Kg7 45.Rd8 Rf5 46.c7 Rxh5+ 47.Kg4 Rh1 48.c8Q Black resigned