Computer chess programs tend to cringe when assessing most things related to the Jerome Gambit.
However, as the following game demonstrates, the defender has a limited time - especially in a blitz game - to think like a computer, before experiencing a very dangerous attack on his King.
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10 0 blitz, Chess.com
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
The Semi-Italian Opening.
4.Bxf7+
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The Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit. White does not wait for his opponent to develop a Bishop to c5 before attacking.
The Database has 2,634 games with this line. White scores 42%.
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 Ne5
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The play has a Halloween Gambit feel.
8.O-O Nf6 9.Be3 Bd6
White would meet 9...Nxe4 with 10.Qd4.
10.f4 Neg4 11.Bd4 Nxe4 12.Qxg4 Rf8
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Black's defense has been holding, but there are tell tale problems, such as his Bishop blocking the d-pawn which blocks the other Bishop which hems in the Rook...
With the text move Black prepares to castle-by-hand, but he overlooks the danger of the White Bishop at d4. Instead, 12...Nf6 would have been solid.
White's attack is now brutal.
13.Qxg7+ Ke8 14.Qg6+ Rf7 15.Re1 Qe7
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A little bit better would have been 15...Be7, but it hardly matters.
16.Rxe4 Qxe4 17.Qxe4+ Re7
See the previous note.
18.Qg6+ Rf7 19.Nc3 c6 20.Re1+ Kf8 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh8 checkmate
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Recall the note to Black's 12th move.
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