Jerome Gambit: Sometimes Everything Goes Your Way

Sometimes everything seems to go your way in a Jerome Gambit bullet (one minute, no increment) game. Check out the following online game from angelcamina

angelcamina - MaynakmasteR
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

Interesting. Does Black plan to play the Blackburne Defense (7...d6), or the Whistler Defense (7...Qe7)?

7.Qxe5 Qf6

Ooops. Neither. Black is probably unfamiliar with the Jerome Gambit, and plays a move that protects his Rook - and even offers to exchange Queens.

8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Ne7 10.O-O Rg8 11.f4 g5 

Aggressive - key to bullet game success - but White has seen further.

12.fxg5 Nf5 13.exf5 Qxg5 14.Qxg5 Rxg5 

White is up a piece and some pawns. He just has to bring the game home. His opponent helps.

15.d4 Bxf5 16.Bxg5 Kg6 17.Bd2 Bxc2 18.Nc3 Re8 19.Rae1 Bd3 20.Rxe8 Bxf1 21.Kxf1 Kf7 22.Re2 Kg6 

Now, don't let the clock trip you up!

23.d5 Kf6 24.Re6+ Kf7 25.g4 c6 26.Re2 cxd5 27.Nxd5 Kg6 28.h4 Kg7 29.Re7+ Kf8 30.Rxb7 h6 31.g5 hxg5 32.h5 Kg8 33.h6 Kf8 34.h7 Black resigned