Talk about "psychology" in the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) usually focuses upon White's play, but the following game shows Black willing to go down a pawn in order to eliminate White's usual smash and crash attack.
Instead of losing interest in the game, White summons up his next line of attack - the "Jerome pawns" - and crashes through.
Wall, Bill - Guest380145
PlayChess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4
6...Bb4+
Yesterday's post looked at 6...Bd6, and also noted
The simplest response is to give back a piece immediately with 6...Bxd4. A complicated, but promising response, is 6...Qh4!?
7.c3 Nc6
Black has a plan: he has to give up a piece, so chooses the Bishop. White's capture with a pawn is away from the center, lessening its support. Also, the capturing pawn becomes a target.
8.cxb4 Nxb4
This move, consistent with Black's plan, overlooks something. That kind of thing can happen when the defender is unimpressed with the Jerome Gambit, and decides that White's further play is also unrelaible - hence, pruducing an insufficiently deep assessment.
9.Qb3+ Ke8
White's move comes as a surprise, Black responds reflexively. The defense would have been helped by 9...d5, instead.
10.Qxb4 Qe7 11.Qxe7+ Nxe7
This position fits into the class of defensive strategies (such as the Counter-Jerome Gambit) where Black gives up a pawn to be able to exchange Queens and disrupt White's planned attack.
12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O h6
Stockfish 14 prefers 13...d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Bf4 which - at least for human club players - takes another step closer to a draw.
White's next move shows that he wants to use his pawns to get more than a draw.
14.f4 Rf8 15.Bd2 d6
White may no longer have his rampaging Queen, but his "Jerome pawns" are ready to make a difference.
16.f5 b5 17.g4 Bb7
The attack from the wings on the enemy pawn center will not be enough.
18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5 Rd8
Black mobilizes his last defender, but it is not enough. His King is too exposed.
20.Ne4 Nc8 21.f6 g5 22.Bc3 Rf7 23.Rad1 Rd5 24.e6
24...Rxd1 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Rxd1 Black resigned
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