As interested as I was in seeing how GM Hikaru Nakamura would play the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) I was also interested in how he would react to it. (See "Jerome Gambit: GM Hikaru Nakamura Again")
The following 3 0 blitz game is his shortest encounter as a "defender". Watch as one of the world's best blitz player takes on an opponent rated about 1,000 points below him...💀
lc6O-1 - GMHikaruOnTwitch
3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6 Qh5+ Kf8
7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qf4+ Qf6 9.Qg3 Qg6
The Grandmaster has two ideas here. He offers to exchange Queens, which will only improve his material advantage - while reducing what is left of White's attack. He also targets White's Kingside.
10.Qf4+
Perhaps he should have played 10.Nc3 directly.
10...Nf6 11.Nc3
Possibly overlooking the fact that Black can attack, too. He could have tried 11.O-O instead.
Things are about to get ugly.
11...Qxg2 12.Rf1
Only a computer would recommend 12.d3 Qxh1+ instead of this move, or Resigns.
12... Bh3 13. Ke2 Qxf1+ 14.Kf3 Qxf2 checkmate
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