The following game wanders off the Yellow Brick Road that leads to the Jerome Gambit - but only for a short time. Upon its return, White proves himself enough of a wizard to collect the full point in under ten moves.
BenSomeone - DanielMaeng
2 1 blitz, Chess.com, 2020
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Nxe5
I was surprised to find over 200 games with 4.Nxe5 in The Database.
4...Nxe5
Now Komodo 11 recommends either 5.Be2 Ng6 6.d4 Bb6 or 5.d4 Bb4+ 6.c3 Nxc4 7.cxb4 d5.
5.Bxf7+
The Database has 18 previous examples, with White scoring 10 - 8. Only four of those games featured the best response, 5...Nxf7 - Black has two pieces for two pawns, and his King can castle to safety in a few moves - and, somewhat surprisingly, White scored 2 - 2.
5...Kxf7
Suddenly, White is on the safe path of the Jerome Gambit.
6.Qh5+ Ng6 7.Qxc5 b6
Seen in five previous games; tempting, but losing.
8.Qd5+
Recently seen, but not as accurate: 8.Qf5+ Nf6 9.e5 d6 10.e6+ Kg8 11.d3 Nh4 12.Qg5 Nf5 13.Qxf5 Qe7 14.0–0 Bxe6 15.Qf4 Nh5 16.Qf3 Rf8 17.Qe3 Nf4 18.Qe4 d5 19.Qe5 Nxg2 20.Kxg2 Rf5 21.Qe3 Kf7 22.Re1 Qh4 23.Qxe6+ Kf8 24.Qe8 checkmate, Akash_12345 - S_P_Kushwaha, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2020)
8...Ke8 9.Qxa8 Black resigned
White is up two pawns and the exchange.
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