Jerome Gambit: Bullet Play

Winning with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) in a bullet game can be a challenge.

Defending against the Jerome Gambit in a bullet game can be equally as difficult.

In the following game Black is able to hold on against a Jerome Gambit bullet specialist for almost a dozen moves - and then his game falls apart. 

angelcamina - Yorkiechess95

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qb5 Bd7  

Black decides that his b-pawn is expendable.

angelcamina has also faced 9...Nf6, e.g. 10.Nc3 c6 11.Qe2 Qe7 12.O-O Kf7 13.f4 Re8 14.d3 Kg8 15.b3 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.d4 c5 18.Ba3 b6 19.Nb5 Ndf8 20.Nd6 Rd8 21.Nxc8 Raxc8 22.f5 Nh4 23.Qg4 g6 24.f6 Qe6 25.Qxh4 cxd4 26.Qxd4 Rxc2 27.Rac1 Rdc8 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Bb2 Nd7 30.f7+ Kf8 31.Ba3+ Kg7 32.Qf4 Nf8 33.Bxf8+ White won on time, angelcamina - Leon81, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022) 

10.Qxb7 Rb8 11.Qxa7 

He has also played 11.Qd5 Nf6 12.Qc4 Ne5 13.Qd4 Kf7 14.O-O Re8 15.f4 Nc6 16.Qc4+ Be6 17.Qxc6 Rb6 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Qa3 Nxe4 20.d3 Nc5 21.Nc3 Re3 22.Bxe3 Ra6 23.Qb4 Ra4 24.Nxa4 Black resigned   angelcamina - kinggambitattacker, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022 

11...Qf6 

A mistake. Now everything falls apart.

12.Qxb8+ Be8 13.Qxc7 N8e7 14.O-O Ne5 15.d4 Ng4 16.h3 Nh6 17.e5 Qf5 18.exd6 Nd5 19.Qc5 Bf7 20.Nc3 g6 21.Nxd5 Bxd5 22.Bxh6+ Kg8 23.d7 Qxd7 24.Qf8 checkmate