My most recent Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game in the ongoing Giuoco Piano tournament at Chess.com featured a line of play that I had looked at, but had only tried once before. It led to a complicated game - but, also a win.
If you want to know more about the variation, be sure to check out the links in the notes.
perrypawnpusher - DocBrowne
3d/move, Giuoco Piano tournament, Chess.com, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6
Black is not just blocking the check and kicking the White Queen. This move leads to complications that include sacrificing the Rook at h8 - see "What About the Rook?"
7.Qxe5 d6
Most chess players, if they know anything at all about the Jerome Gambit, know about Joseph Henry Blackburne's destruction of the opening, in Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1884 (1-0, 14).
Jerome Gambit theory has progressed a lot since then. Check out the comprehensive "Updating the Blackburne Defense (Part 1)"
8.Qxh8 Qh4 9.d4
I would like first to look at the under-investigated 9.d4. After all, if 9.0-0 leads to a draw, as Chandler and Dimitrov have argued, then 9.d4 might be the better chance for White to fight for an advantage.
Also, return to "Jerome Gambit Discovery" for more ideas on 9.d4.
Instead, 9...Bb4+ 10.c3 Qxe4+ was seen in perrypawnpusher - bakker, blitz, FICS, 2007 (1-0, 33).
[to be continued]
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