Jerome Gambit: Checkmate, Of Course

The following bullet game is delightfully misleading. Black appears to be taking advantage of the open h-file, putting together a checkmating attack along it. Then, White goes and checkmates him.

Yes, the Jerome Gambit and bullet chess are like that.

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1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6 

So far, so routine.

10.O-O Kf7 11.f4 Ng4 

Always the temptation to harass the Queen.

12.Qg3 h5 

Even moreso.

13.h3 Be6 

A daring offer of a piece, but he has an extra one. Or, is he offering two pieces? That can be risky, even in bullet.

14.f5 Bd7 15.fxg6+ Kxg6 16.hxg4 hxg4 

17.Nc3 Qe7 18.d4 Rh7 19.e5 Rah8 

And now there is a forced checkmate - but White delivers it.

20.Qd3+ Kh5 21.g3 g5 22.Kg2 Rf8 23.Rh1 checkmate

Wonderful!