Abridged

In "A Bridge To... Somewhere?" I suggested that Alonzo Wheeler Jerome might have taken inspiration for his gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) from the following games. Take a look, and see for yourself...




La Bourdonnais,L - Haxo
Gilvoisin, 1837
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qc4+ Be6 11.Qe2 Ne5 12.f4 Bc4 13.Qf2 Nc6 14.c3 dxc3 15.Nxc3 Re8 16.b3 Ba6 17.Bb2 Nb4 18.0-0-0 Nd3+ 19.Rxd3 Bxd3 20.Qf3 Ba6 21.f5 Qg5+ 22.Kb1 Kg8 23.h4 Qd8 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.h5 Qg5 26.hxg6 Qxg6 27.Nd5 Qxe4+ 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Nf6+ Kf7 30.Nxe4 Bd3+ 31.Kc1 Bxe4 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.g3 ½-½




Shumov,I - Jaenisch,C
St Petersburg, 1850
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qb5 Re8 11.0-0 Rxe4 12.Qd5+ Re6 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.f4 Kg7 15.f5 Re5 16.f6+ Kh8 17.f7 Kg7 18.fxe8N+ Rxe8 19.Qf7+ Kh8 20.Bf6#




NN - Harrwitz,D
Paris, 1852
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qd5+ Be6 11.Qb5 Ne5 12.f4 Bc4 13.Qb4 Qh4+ 0-1




Meek,A - Morphy,P
Alabama, 1855
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qb5 Re8 11.Qb3+ d5 12.f3 Na5 13.Qd3 dxe4 14.fxe4 Qh4+ 15.g3 Rxe4+ 16.Kf2 Qe7 17.Nd2 Re3 18.Qb5 c6 19.Qf1 Bh3 20.Qd1 Rf8 21.Nf3 Ke8 0-1




Kennicott,H - Morphy,P
New York, 1857
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qxc5 d6 10.Qb5 Re8 11.0-0 Rxe4 12.Qd5+ Re6 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.f4 Kg7 15.f5 gxf5 16.Qxf5 Rg6 17.Bf6+ Kg8 18.Qf4 Bh3 19.Bg5 Qe3+ 20.Qxe3 dxe3 21.gxh3 Rxg5+ 22.Kh1 e2 23.Re1 Nd4 24.Na3 Re8 0-1






Steinkuhler,A - Blackburne,J
Manchester, 1861
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd5+ Kg7 10.Qxc5 d5 11.exd5 Re8+ 12.Kd1 Qf6 13.f3 Qe5 14.Qc4 d3 15.Qxd3 Bf5 16.Qc4 b5 17.Qf1 Nd4 18.Na3 b4 19.g4 Bxg4 20.fxg4 Qxd5 21.Bd2 bxa3 22.Bc3 Kg8 23.Bxd4 axb2 24.Rb1 Qxd4+ 0-1




Ranken,C - Staunton,H
London consult, 1866
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.Nxf7 Nxf7 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qh5+ g6 9.Qd5+ Kg7 10.Qxc5 Re8 11.0-0 Rxe4 12.b4 b6 13.Qc4 Bb7 14.f4 d5 15.Qb3 Qd6 16.b5 Na5 17.Qd3 Nc4 18.Na3 Ne3 19.Rf3 Rae8 20.c3 Nc4 21.Nxc4 dxc4 22.Qxc4 d3 23.Qxd3 Re1+ 24.Kf2 Bxf3 0-1