Some chess positions seem to call for "ordinary" or routine moves, and it is very tempting to just make a move, rather than dig for something more striking.
In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, both I and my opponent have a tendency to play routine moves, and the game is significantly shorter, because of that.
perrypawnpusher - F0nix
3d/move, Chess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Qe7
Whistler's defense. In our earlier game, when I had the Black pieces, I played the same defense against F0nix. See "Jerome Gambit: Don't Take The Rook".
8...Nf6
Instead, I faced 8...Kg7 in perrypawnpusher - tmarkst, 6 10 blitz, FICS, 2009 (1-0, 43).
I faced the more frequently played 8...Qf6 in perrypawnpusher - Yaku, 5 5 blitz, FICS, 2011 (1/2-1/2, 26); perrypawnpusher - alvarzr, 2 12 blitz, FICS, 2014 (1-0, 49); perrypawnpusher-Tacotopia, 1 day/move, Chess.com, 2020 (1/2-1/2, 61); and perrypawnpusher - MeisterBob, blitz, 1 day/move, Chess.com, 2021 (1-0, 32).
9.e5
The position is trickier than it looks at first glance. Probably best for Black at this point is 9...Re8, when 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxe5+ 12.Qxe5 Rxe5+ 13.Be3 Ng4 gives Black (who has given back a piece for a couple of pawns) an edge.
9...Kg7 10.Qxf6+ Qxf6 11.exf6+ Kxf6
Black has executed a strategy similar to that of the Counter Jerome Defense, in that the Queens are off the board and White's attack has disappeared - all at the cost of a pawn.
12.O-O b6
Black wants both of his Bishops on diagonals pointed at White's King. In addition, there is a tactical measure that White immediately overlooks.
13.c3
Too routine, planning to kick the Bishop at c5, but not paying attention to Black's last move.
13...Bb7
As expected, but he also had 13...Ba6!?, followed by 14.d3 Bxd3 15.Rd1 Bc2 16.Rxd7 Rad8 17.Rxd8 Rxd8 with plenty of compensation for his pawn.
14.d4 c5
Missing my response
16.Be5+ Kf7 Black resigned
White will win the exchange.
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