The following Jerome Gambit game is another example of a defender doing well, objectively, until he gets lost in the weeds, off the beaten path...
Wall, Bill - Guest4241
ChessTempo, 2019
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. d4 Bxd4
Simple and straight forward.
7.Qxd4 Qf6
Funny: the threat is 8...Nf3+, winning White's Queen. It is as old as Jerome - Norton, correspondence, 1876 (unfinished). The move is no surprise, though, to Bill: he has faced it 20 times.
8.Nd2 d6 9.O-O Ne7 10.f4 N5c6
Black is doing well. He needs a plan. The plan should be based on the needs of the position. White should mess with all that assessment and calculation.
11.Qc4+
This is something new, according to The Database. Sometimes, Bill likes to take the game even further off the beaten path.
11...Be6 12.Qb5 Qd4+ 13.Rf2 b6
Just the kind of thing that White has been looking for.
Of course, Black could have played 13...Qb6, protecting his b-pawn and offering to exchange Queens, but he probably skipped that line because he saw himself as being on the attack, so having his Queen would be valuable. (Besides, White would have responded with 14.Qe2.)
The thing is, Black's b-pawn is not really in danger, as 13...a6 14.Qxb7? Ra7 would show. A more measured response by White would still show that Black is better: 14.Qe2 Kg8 15.Nf3 Qf6.
14.Nf3 Qxe4
Throwing the game away. It is humorous to see that Stockfish 10 recommends as best, instead, the Queen swap 14...Qc4 15.Qxc4 Bxc4 - something Black has been avoiding.
15.Ng5+ Kg6 16.Nxe4 Black resigned
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