Jerome Gambit: Bishop Opening Trap

I stopped by the Chess Only website the other day. It has a lot of interesting chess content, including instruction about the game, as well as a variety of Openings and Opening Traps. There are also games of the top chess masters.

What caught my eye was the post on the "Bishop Opening Trap (Don't Touch My Bishop!)", featuring 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Na5 Bxf7+. There are six game examples given, and the themes in the game should be familiar to Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) players.

I have looked at the line in the early blog posts "Eric Schiller Doesn't Play the Jerome Gambit" and "Not Playing the Jerome Gambit Either". They are worth checking out for some background on the opening.

Here is short, violent affair presented at Chess Only.

Boros, Laszlo - Saller, Imre

Hajduboszormeny op, 1995

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.d3 Na5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Qh5+ Ke6 

6.Qf5+ Kd6 7.d4 Qf6 8.dxe5+ Qxe5 9.Bf4 Black resigned

Ouch.