The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game shows the difficulties Black can get into if his Knights do not know their proper responses for defense. Sometimes it is necessary to return material to ward off the attack.
DutchLiLi - DoctorChess333
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Ng6
This makes sense at a superficial level. The best move, however, was 8...Kc6, walking away from protecting the Knight.
9.Qd5+ Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qf2 Nh6
The Knights are standing guard, but they do not prove effective in their work.
12.d4 Rf8 13.f5 Nh8
The correct line of play again requires sacrifice, as Stockfish 13 shows: 13...Ke8 14.Bxh6 gxh6 15.0–0 Qh4 16.Qxh4 Nxh4 17.Nc3 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Rxf5 Nxf5 and White has a small edge.
14.Bg5+ Black resigned
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