The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) blitz game shows how a surprise move in the attack can lead very quickly to an advantage that grows and grows...
It also shows how one slip in a "won" position can turn the game over to the opponent.
Blitz. It happens.
makeller - Venkatsh1111
10 5 blitz, lichess.org, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qh3+
The earliest game in The Database with this move is Idealist - Bhima, 3 0 blitz, FICS, 2000 (0-1, 20).
Although about 30 players have played 7.Qh3+ (with White scoring 28%), the most significant contribution to the move has come from recent analyses and a game by Yury V. Bukayev, published on this blog
7...Kf6
Immediately losing his footing. The proper response was 7...Ke7
8.Qf5+ Ke7 9.Qxe5+ Kf7 10.Qxc5
White has recovered his sacrificed pieces and is a couple of pawns ahead - with a safer King.
10...Nf6 11.d3 Re8 12.O-O Kg8 13.e5 b6
When your piece is attacked, don't move it away, attack a more important piece of your opponent.
But, watch out for intermezzo checks.
14.Qc4+ Re6 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Nd5 Qg6
This should make matters much worse.
18.Be3
Fine, although Readers might have noticed 18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Nxg6+ winning the Queen.
18...Rf8 19.Nxc7
Overlooking a couple of things - it happens in blitz play.
First, since White's Queen secretly pins Black's Rook, 19.Ne7+ would win the Black Queen.
Second, Black now has a chance to escape
19...Qxg2 checkmate
Very unfortunate.
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