Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) players are familiar with the puzzlement our opening sometimes creates in the minds of defenders - Why did he play that?
Often, that is a good question to ask ourselves, as well. If we can understand Why? someone played a move we can better evaluate and deal with that move.
The following game shows what I mean.
rohanazad - Amarnath_Mishra
10 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6. d4
6...Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Qf6
Black places his Queen on f6 in a number of different variations in the Jerome Gambit.
Alonzo Wheeler Jerome faced this move in two of his games, Jerome - Norton, correspondence, 1876 (unfinished) and Jerome - Jaeger, correspondence, 1878 (1-0, 35). Both times he responded with 8.Qd1.
Stockfish 14.1 and Komodo 12.1.1 agree with AWJ.
Why?
(About a decade ago I posted a similar precaution in "Something To Watch Out For".)
8.O-O Nf3+ 9.gxf3 Qxd4 White resigned
Of course, 8.Be3, 8.Qe3, 8.Qd5+ and 8.Qc3 (as well as other prudent moves) work, too.
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