We have seen Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) games by the following player of the White pieces, who has always requested anonymity for himself and his opponents.
He recently played a couple of online bullet games against a WGM
Anonymous - Anonymous
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
An alternative of about the same strength, 9...d5 was faced earlier by the same player, Anonymous - Anonymous, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020 (1-0, 34)
10.O-O
Choosing King safety at the cost of a pawn. Earlier in the year he had tried 10.Nc3 d5 11.exd5 Qxe3+ 12.fxe3 Kf7 13.O-O Rf8 14.e4 Kg8 15.d4 Bd7 16.e5 Ng4 17.h3 Nh6 18.Bxh6 gxh6 19.e6 Be8 20.Ne4 Rxf1+ 21.Rxf1 Ne7 22.Nf6+ Kg7 23.c4 b6 24.b4 a5 25.a3 axb4 26.axb4 Rd8 27.Rf3 Ng6 28.Nh5+ Kg8 29.g3 c6 30.Rf5 cxd5 31.Rxd5 Rxd5 32.cxd5 Kf8 33.Nf6 Ke7 34.Ne4 Bb5 35.Kf2 Nf8 36.Ke3 Nxe6 37.dxe6 Kxe6 38.Kf4 Kd5 39.Nf6+ Kxd4 40.Nxh7 Kc4 41.h4 Kxb4 42.g4 Kc3 43.g5 hxg5+ 44.hxg5 Bd3 45.Nf8 Bg6 46.Nxg6 b5 47.Ne5 b4 48.Nd3 b3 49.Nb2 White won on time, Anonymous -Anonymous, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021.
10...Qxe4 11.Qa3+ d6 12.Nc3 Qe8 13.d4 h6
14.Qb3 Be6 15.d5 Bd7 16.Be3 Kg8 17.Rae1 Kh7
Black has focused on castling-by-hand and is not worried about the fate of his b-pawn.
There was a pawn to be had now, but White's attention flows in a different direction.
18.Bd4
It was possible to step off the path for a moment and play 18.Bxh6 Qf7 19.Bg5 but he wanted his Bishop on the long diagonal.
18...Qf7 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Rxe4 Rhe8 21.Rfe1 Rxe4 22.Rxe4 Re8 23.Qe3 Rxe4 24.Qxe4 Bf5 25.Qe3 Qxd5
Black has defended well and her counter-attack has left her a piece ahead. However, it is not clear how much time this has cost her. Now, in chasing a Queen exchange, she manages to overlook a deadly threat.
26.h3 c5 27.Bc3 Qe4 28.Qd2 Qxc2 29.Qxd6 Qe4 30.Qc7 Qc6 31.Qxg7 checkmate
Well, okay, let's attribut this to the strangeness of the Jerome Gambit. I mean, nobody expects the Jerome Gambit, right?
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