In past posts I have warned defenders of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) to beware of the dangers along the e-file (see "Jerome Gambit: Beware the e-File") but the following game encourages me to issue another warning - beware of the f-file when your King is on it and White has castled Kingside...
AlfieRyan - nicolaitop
3 0 blitz, Chess.com, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
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7. Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 N8e7
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The Knight would do a bit better at f6.
10.f4 Kf7
The King moves to allow his Rook to come into play.
11.f5 Ne5 12.d4 Ng4
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In a blitz game, aggressive moves like attacking the enemy Queen make sense. In the Jerome gambit, not so much. Retreating to c6 would have been a bit more thematic.
13.Qb3+
A sophisitcated and correct move, even more impressive if this is AlfieRyan's first Jerome Gambit.
13...d5 14.O-O Re8 15.h3 Nf6 16.e5 Ne4
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White's "Jerome pawns" look threatening on the 5th rank.
Black's Knight at e4 looks useful, but is actually hampered by the fact that the other Knight keeps his Queen from gliding along the dark squares to h4.
17.Nd2 Kf8
Breaking the pin on his d-pawn, which supports the Knight. Komodo 13.02 suggests, instead, the unexciting 17...Ng5 18.h4 Nxf5 19.hxg5 Kg8 20.Nf3 b6 21.Bf4 c5 22.c3 Be6 when White's extra, passed pawn is blockaded.
18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Be3
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White's pawns look even more ominous.
19...Bxf5
Giving back material, but perhaps not in the way (or amount) he planned. It is hard to suggest an alternative - perhaps the mild 19...c6.
20.g4 Qd7 21.gxf5 Nxf5 22.Rxf5+ Qxf5 23.Rf1 Black resigned
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