Jerome Gambit: Pillar to Post

The Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) can bring the pain for the opposing King, as the following bullet game shows. Think fast. The poor monarch is battered from pillar to post. 

Scottyboyy3499 - bbadams1

2 1 bullet, Chess.com, 2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 

8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Nb5+ Kc6 10.Qxe5 Kxb5 11.a4+ Kc6 

12.b4 Bxb4 13.Qb5+ Kd6 14.c3 c5 15.cxb4 cxb4 16.d4 a6 17.Bf4+ Ke6 18.Qc4+ Kf6 

19.Be5+ Kg5 20.h4+ Kg4 21.Qe2 checkmate