Jerome Gambit: This Can't Be Happening

Sometimes a defender seems to be distressed when meeting the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), protesting This Can't Be Happening.

Yet it is.

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1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 g6 

Black follows the advice: When someone attacks one of your pieces, attack a more valuable one of his.

In this situation, however, kicking the White Queen does not help, and actually creates large problems.

Bullet chess requires split second asessments, and here Black errs.

8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxc5 

White has recovered his two sacrificed pieces.

His Queen will continue to rage.

9...Ke8 10.Qe5+ Ne7 11.Qxh8+ Black resigned