Jerome Gambit: What Else?

It can be educational to follow the games of a particular chess player, to see what lines he likes, and how he confronts different defensive strategies.

The following blitz game is an interesting example.

Arisaaa - YM_30

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 N8e7 9.Qc3 

Instead of retreating his Queen to e3, White places it on the a1-h8 diagonal where it can manace the pawn on g7. Should Black protect the pawn, or should he let it go? Arisaaa's opponents have tried different ideas.

9...Kf7 

Also:

9...d6 10.Qxg7 (the Rook is protected, so Black sees this move as a minor inconvenience) Be6 11.d4 d5 12.Nc3 c6 13.O-O Qc7?! 14.g3 (14.f4) 14...Kd7 15.Na4?! Rag8?! (15...b6) 16.Nc5+ Kd6? 17.Bf4+ Nxf4 18.Qe5 checkmate, Arisaaa - TreinoLevaAperfeito, 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021; and

9...Rg8 (this does not disrupt castling, as this disruption has already happened) 10.O-O d6 11.Re1 Be6 12.d4 d5 13.Qb3 b6 14.f4 Nf8?! 15.f5 Bf7 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Qxd5 Bxd5 18.Bg5 h6 19.Rxe7+ Kd8 20.Nc3 Bxg2 21.Rxg7+ hxg5 22.Rxg8 Ke7 23.Kxg2 Black resigned, Arisaaa - Diee24, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021. 

10.f4 Rf8 11.f5 Nh8 12.O-O Kg8 13.b3 

Black has castled-by-hand. Undaunted,White plans an attack along the a1-h8 diagonal.

This is a 3-minute game and things happen quickly.

13...Nf7

Preparing the Knight to return to the battlefield; but the Rook needed to be able to go to f7, for example 13...d5 14.Bb2 Rf7.

14.Bb2 g6 15.Qg7 checkmate