Jerome Gambit: Home-Made Defense

If the Jerome Gambit comes as a surprise, the defender has to construct some kind of defense, even if it is home-made. In the following bullet game, Black's efforts lead to a quick disaster.

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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+ g6 7.Qxe5 Be7 

With one minute (and no increment) for the whole game, it is difficult to create a defense from scratch.

Instead, 7...d6 would have been the Blackburne defense, while 7...Qe7 would have been the Whistler defense. Both lead to lively play.

8.Qxh8 Bf6 

Black's idea, but it doesn't work. He could have kept his deficit at the exchange and a couple of pawns with 8...Nf6 9.Qxd8 Bxd8 10.Nc3 d5, but he would still face the prospect of being ground down.

9.Qxh7+ Bg7 10.O-O d6 11.f4 Nf6 12.Qh4 Qe7 

13.Nc3 Be6 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Rh8 16.Qg3 Black resigned

Black will lose the Knight, leaving him a Rook and a couple pawns down.