In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, Black is on his way to repeating the immortal destruction of the opening attack when he takes a mis-step which undoes all of his hard work.
Sometimes it can be harder than you think to refute a refuted opening.
Cavete - mjmb
5 8 blitz, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6
This can lead to Whistler's defense (7...Qe7) or Blackburne's defense (7...d6).
7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Qh4 9.O-O
Black is on the road to the crush of the Jerome Gambit, best shown in Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1884 (0-1, 14).
9...Qxe4
The two parts of Blackburne's defense are the attack on the White King and the trapping of White's Queen. This pawn grab addresses neither.
Almost a decade ago I touched on this move in "Commit It To Memory". Apparently not everyone has.☺
Things fall apart quickly for the defender.
10.Qxh7+ Kf8 11.d3 Qe2 12.Bh6+ Nxh6 13.Qxh6+ Ke7 14.Nc3 Black resigned
White's Queen has escaped, and he is ahead the exchange and 2 pawns. Black's Queen and King are in grave danger.
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