KNVB - 1stWizard
5 0 blitz, 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.f4 Qf6 9.fxe5+ Qxe5 10.Qxe5+ Kxe5
Black has entered a line of play that drains much of the dynamism from the Jerome Gambit. The Queens have been exchanged, he has a piece for a pawn, and his King is actually quite safe, even in the middle of the board.
Still, from a practical point of view, things have been a bit better for the first player. The Database has 170 games with this position, with White scoring 56%.
11.b4
White stirs things up, and gets immediate results.
Black should not take the pawn.
11...Bxb4
This leads to the Bona fide master attack, analyzed by Yury V. Bukayev - see "Jerome Gambit: Article".
The Bishop should have advanced to entice the c-pawn forward, then withdraw - 11...Bd4 12.c3 Bb6 13.d4+
12.Bb2+ Ke6 13.Bxg7
Winning the exchange. The grandmaster can now shift to "automatic pilot".
13...Be7 14.Bxh8 Bf6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Nc3 d6 17.O-O Bd7 18.d4 Ke7
19.Rf4 Rf8 20.Raf1 b5
This does not lessen the danger on the f-file.
21.Rxf6 Rxf6 22.Nd5+ Ke6 23.Rxf6 checkmate
As the baseball player philosopher Yogi Berra pointed out, "It ain't over 'til it's over".
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