To learn more about the "modern" Jerome Gambit line, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.c3,
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I turned, once again, to The Database.
For example, were stronger players getting involved?
I did a search, looking for games with the line where both players were rated 2200 or above. I found only 6 games, all of them "0-1" despite little difference between the average ratings (White 2352, Black 2378).
Hoping to cast a wider net, I did a search with the line, where one of the players was rated 2200 or above. I found 19 games, with White scoring 2 - 17, not very encouraging. Mind you, much of this could be due to the large difference between the average rating of each side: the average rating of White was 1942, while the average rating of Black was 2368. (For the record, White's performance rating was 2005, which means that 2 wins out of 19 games was better than expected, due to the difference in ratings.)
Giving it one more try, I searched for examples of the line where both players were rated 2000 or above. I found 12 games, with White averaging 2250, and Black averaging 2253, about as equal as possible. White scored 3 - 9.
Changing course, I decided to answer the question Who is playing this line?
I discovered that thmav, playing at the online site FICS, had 157 games with the line in The Database. He scored a decent 51%.
He also seemed to be having fun. Here are some examples of short wins.
thmavz - Richad, 3 0 blitz FICS, 2012: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.c3 d6 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe5+ dxe5 9.Qxd8 Black resigned
thmavz - mcardis, 3 0 blitz FICS, 2011: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 Bb6 8.e5 Nd5 9.Qb3 Rf8 10.Qxd5+ Ke8 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh7 Black resigned
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