The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game features a defense that always brings a smile to my face - because of its creativity, because of its audacity, and because, according to The Database, White scores 90% against it.
Wall, Bill - Elviejoben
Internet, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4
6...Nf3+
Simple and elegant: Black has to give a piece back, so he decides to break up White's Kingside with this sacrifice before retreating his Bishop.
What comes to mind is the quote by H.L. Mencken
There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong.
7.Qxf3+
This is not the only time in this game where Black overlooks the fact that a move will be played with check.
The text leads to an advantage for White, as he will have time to capture a second piece. The alternative, 7.gxf3, would lead to Black's advantage after he moved his Bishop.
7...Nf6
Bill has also seen 7... Qf6 8.Qb3+ (8.dxc5Qxf3 9.gxf3 Nf6 10.Nc3 Re8 (10...Rf8 11.Bf4 Ne8 12.Nd5 c6 13.Nc7 Nxc7 14.Bxc7 Ke6 15.Ke2 a5 16.a4 Rf6 17.Rag1 g6 18.h4 Black resigned, Wall,B - Guest5649018, PlayChess.com, 2018) 11.Nb5 Re7 12.Nxc7 Rb8 13.Bf4 b6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.Bxb8 bxc5 16.Bd6 Re8 17.Bxc5 Black resigned, Wall,B - Guest151963, PlayChess.com, 2011) 8...d5 9.Qxd5+ Be6 10.Qxc5 Nh6 11.Qxc7+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.f4 Rhg8 15.g3 Rac8 16.Nc3 a5 17.d5 Bg4 18.e5 Bf3 19.Rf1 Bg2 20.Rf2 Bh1 21.O-O-O Black resigned, Wall,B - Gian, PlayChess.com, 2017.
8.dxc5 Qe7 9.Nc3 Qxc5 10.O-O d6
White is a solid pawn ahead, and his King is safe. He doesn't have a smash-and-crash attack, but he does have a position that he can improve slowly and steadily. (I guess you can say that Black sacrificed a pawn to frustrate White's ambitions, similar to the Counter-Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Bxf2+)
11.Be3 Qc4 12.Qg3 Bg4 13.f3 Nh5
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