Jerome Gambit-Inspired Play (Part 3)

Ever hear of the light-hearted saying "everything goes better with bacon?" In the game below we learn that Philidor 1792 might well be of the opinion that "everything goes better with Bxf2/7+!" - at least in 3-minute blitz games. The ghost of the Jerome Gambit visits, and mayhem ensues...

guest343 - Philidor 1792 
3 0 blitz, www.bereg.ru, 2013

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Bxf2+

5.Kxf2 d6 6.Nf3 Be6 7.e4 g5 

8.d4 g4 9.Ng5 g3+ 10.hxg3 Ng4+ 11.Kg1 Qf6 

12.Qf3 Qxd4+ 13.Be3 Nxe3 14.Nxe6 fxe6 

15.Qh5+ Kd7 16.Qf7+ Kc6 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.Kh2

Despite the risk of a discovered check, Houdini suggests that White's King stay put, and that he progress to a winning endgame with 18.c5 Kxc5 19.Qf2 Kc6 20.Rc1+ Nc4 21.Rxc4+ Kd7 22.Rxc7+ Kd8 23.Rhxh7 Rxh7 24.Rxh7 Qxf2+ 25.Kxf2 I suppose that's easy to see if you're a computer. 

18...Ng4+ 19.Kh3 Nd7 20.Be2 Raf8 21.Qxe6 Nf2+ 22.Kh2 Ne5 23.Rhf1 Rf6 24.Qd5+ Kd7 25.Rad1

White collapses, without knowing it.

25...Rh6+ 26.Kg1 Rh1 checkmate