Jerome Gambit: I Am Not Encouraging "Perfect Chess"

By promoting the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) I am not encouraging "perfect chess" for masters and grandmasters. Rather, I am supporting enjoyable and educational chess for amateur and club players.

The following game shows that while Black might be able to "solve" the Jerome Gambit, if he has enough time - a 3-minute blitz game is often not enough time. jamezad's attack flows like running water.

jamezad - loganwrites
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ Ke8 9.d4 

According to The Database, this is a novelty - at move 9.

9...d6 10.Qc4 N8e7 11.O-O Qd7 12.Nc3 Rf8 13.Bg5 Nc6 14.e5

White offers a pawn to open central lines against Black's King and Queen.

14...dxe5 15.dxe5 Ncxe5 16.Rfe1 Rf5

Both protecting the Knight and attacking the enemy Bishop, but he begins to let the game slip away. 

17.Qg8+ Nf8 

Instead, the Rook needed to return, but it can be hard to undo what we have already done. White now completes the lesson.

18.Rad1 Qc6 19.Rd8 checkmate