Jerome Gambit: Even With the Lack of Queens

Here is another Jerome Gambit game by CasualGames4ever. As he mentioned in a recent email

So recently, just now, I played a nineteen game match against a similarly rated opponent in 3+0 blitz. As white in all but one game I played the jerome gambit, linking them all would make this email ridiculously long, so I will only link the ones I thought are the best 

My opponent managed to get a very strong position out of the opening seemingly with a piece for two pawns, yet despite the lack of queens his king proved very unsafe, an aspect I quickly exploited and soon I won material and quickly converted. 

CasualGames4ever - Alanvarela10
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Kf8

Like the game in the previous post. The move is as old as Jerome - Brownson, Iowa, 1875 (1/2-1/2, 29).

6.O-O  Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Qf6 

The same threat to win White's Queen as we have seen.

9.Qc5+ Qd6 10.Qxd6+ cxd6 11.f4 Nc4 

11...Nf7, as we have seen earlier, but which was actually played later, is safer.

12.b3 Nb6 

13.Ba3 Kf7 14.Bxd6 Nf6 15.Nc3 Re8 

Black has an extra piece (for two pawns) but White's Bishop block's his pawn, which blocks his Bishop, which hems in his Rook...

16.Rae1 a5 

One way to activate the Rook.

17.e5 Nfd5 18.Ne4 h6 19.f5 a4 20. Bc5 axb3 21.Nd6+ Kf8 

22.Nxc8+

This works. 22...f6 was even more explosive.

22...Kg8 23.Nxb6 Nxb6 24.Bxb6 Rxa2

Black misses his chance to make things a bit muddy with 24...bxc2.

25. cxb3 Rb2 26.Re3 d6 27.Bd4 Rd2 28.Bc3 Rc2 29.e6 d5 30.Rd1 b5 31.Rxd5 Rc1+ 32.Kf2 Ra8 

33.e7 Kf7 34.Rd8 Ra2+ 35.Kg3 Rg1 36.Rf8 checkmate