Jerome Gambit: Sometimes Accuracy Is Not Enough

If you play a game of chess at the online Chess.com website, upon completion the software will give you an assessment of the accuracy of your play. 

The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, which I encountered while mining Twitter for material, came with this lament

Imagine playing 96.2% and losing to the JEROME Gambit  73.5 vs 96.2

In all fairness, Readers do not have to "imagine" such a situation - it is a regular occurance in games presented here.

The following game is a good example of White hanging in, despite difficulties, until he gets his tactical chance to score a win.

BrandenKenn - pedjanbg

10 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.d4 

Another log on the fire.

8...Bxd4 9.c3 Qf6 10.Qxf6+ Nxf6 11.cxd4 Nd3+ 

12.Kd2 Nxf2 13.Rf1 N2xe4+ 14.Kc2 c6 15.Bf4+ Ke6 16.Re1 Kf7 

White's King is receiving as much heat as Black's. Still, he awaits his chance.

17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 d5 19.Bd6 

White plots mischief. Black does not notice. Blitz.

19...Ne4 20.Rf1+ Kg8 21.Rf8 checkmate