I just can't help myself. As soon as I see 3...Bc5 I just have to play 4.Bxf7. I told myself not to play it and work on other Italian variations. But oh no. I see 3...Bc5, I have to play 4...Bxf7+. It must be a Jerome addiction.
Anyway, I played a nice Jerome on FICS, my first Jerome of the year. He got his knight trapped, forgetting to make an exit for himself, and I later mated him. He had a good game up to 16...c6, blocking a pawn I might have taken, but overlooking his knight can't move anywhere safe after 17.h3.
Wall,B - CMSK
FICS, 2015
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Qxe5 Qe7
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The Jerome Gambit, Jerome variation, first outlined in the Dubuque Chess Journal, July 1874.
Three of Bill's games continued 7...d6: Wall,B -GoldCoinCollector, Chess.com 2010 (1-0, 17); Wall,B - GuestZCLK, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 15); and Wall,B - Schichua,S, FICS, 2013 (1-0, 22).
8.Qf4+ Nf6
Instead, Black continued with 8...Qf6 in Wall,B - Guest340293, PlayChess.com, 2012, (1-0, 41), Wall,B - Josti, PlayChess.com, 2013, (1-0, 26), and Wall,B - Guest4644930, PlayChess.com, 2014 (1-0, 26).
9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.0-0 h6
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Black is feeling aggressive!
13.Qf3 Kg7 14.e5
Bill notes better may be 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Qxb7.
14...Ng4 15.Bxc5
Not 15.Qxb7? Nxe3.
15...dxc5 16.Rae1
Still, Bill cautions,16.Qxb7?! Rab8 17.Qxa7 Rxb2.
16...c6?
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As Bill mentioned in the note above, this strands the Black Knight. Better: 16...Rhf8 17.Qe2 (17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qxa7 Rxb2) 17...h5;
16...h5 17.Qxb7 Rab8 18.Qxa7 Rxb2 19.Re2.
17.h3 Raf8 18.Qg3
Or 18.Qd1 Nxf2 19.Rxf2 Rxf2 20.Kxf2 Rf8+ 21.Kg1.
18...h5
If 18...Nxf2 19.Rxf2 Rxf2 20.Qxf2 Rf8 21.Qe3.
19.hxg4 h4
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Black's attack looks dangerous, but it will become clear that White is in control.
20.Qh3 Qd7 21.Ne4 Bxg4 22.Qe3 Rh5
Admitting his Kingside pawn structure needs reinforcing, but this allows a fork.
23.Nf6 Rxf6 24.exf6+ Kxf6 25.Qxc5
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25...h3 26.Qf8+ Kg6 27.Re7 hxg2 28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Qg7 checkmate
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