The Jerome Gambit: Jerome Gambit: Teamwork

angelcamina has shown many times that when it comes to bullet chess, the rapid time control and the wild Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) make excellent team mates.

Some examples follow.

angelcamina - pepoandra

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+ Qe7 9.Qe3 Nf6

angelcamina has also faced 9...d6 10.O-O Nf6 11.d3 Kf7 12.Nc3 Rf8 13.f4 Kg8 14.b3 c6 15.Ba3 d5 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.e5 Ng4 18.Qg3 Nh6 19.d4 Nef5 20.Qd3 g6 21.h3 a6 22.g4 Ne7 23.Rae1 Be6 24.Na4 Kh8 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.f5 gxf5 27.gxf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Nexf5 29.e6 Rg8+ 30.Kh2 Rg3 31.Qe2 Rag8 32.Qe5+ R3g7 33.Rg1 White won on time, angelcamina - albatronus, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020.

10.Nc3 d6

Or 10...d5 11.f3 dxe4 12.dxe4 Ng4 13.Qf3+ Ke8 14.O-O N6e5 15.Qf4 Rf8 16.Qg3 h5 17.f3 h4 18.Qe1 Nxh2 19.Kxh2 h3 20.f4 hxg2 21.Kxg2 Ng4 22.Qg3 Rh8 23.Rh1 Rxh1 24.Kxh1 Bd7 25.f5 Nf6 26.Bg5 Kf7 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 28.Qg6+ Qxg6 29.fxg6+ Kxg6 30.Rg1+ Kf7 31.Rf1+ Ke7 32.Nd5+ White won on time, angelcamina - mustapha1996, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019;

Or 10...Kf7 11.O-O Rf8 12.f4 Kg8 13.d4 d5 14.e5 Nd7 15.b3 Nb6 16.a4 Bf5 17.a5 Nd7 18.Nxd5 Qf7 19.c4 Be6 20.Nxc7 Rac8 21.Ba3 Rfd8 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.f5 Qc6 24.fxg6 hxg6 25.d5 Qc7 26.e6 Nc5 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.e7 Re8 30.d6 Rc6 31.Rad1 Rc5 32.d7 Rf5 33.Rxf5 Kh7 34.dxe8=Q gxf5 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.e8=Q checkmate, angelcamina - jasper2700, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021.

11.O-O Ng4

It is always tempting to attack the enemy Queen, especially in bullet play, even when it is not the strongest move.

Also seen:

11...Bg4 12.f3 Bd7 13.d4 Kf7 14.f4 Rhe8 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Kg8 17.exf6 Qxe3+ 18.Bxe3 Rxe3 19.fxg7 Kxg7 20.Nd5 Re2 21.Nf6 Bc6 22.d5 Bb5 23.Rac1 Ne5 24.b3 c6 25.c4 Ba6 26.dxc6 Nxc6 27.Nh5+ Kg6 28.Nf4+ Kg7 29.Nxe2 Nd4 30.Nxd4 Rd8 31.Ne6+ Black resigned, angelcamina - PUIG-98, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019;

11...Kf7 12.d4 c6 13.f4 Rf8 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Kg8 16.exf6 Qxe3+ 17.Bxe3 Rxf6 18.Rxf6 gxf6 19.Rf1 Kg7 20.Ne4 f5 21.Nd6 Bd7 22.Nxf5+ Bxf5 23.Rxf5 Re8 24.Kf2 Nh4 25.Rg5+ Kh6 26.Rg8+ Kh5 27.Rxe8 Nf5 28.Re5 Kg6 29.Rxf5 Kxf5 30.Kf3 h5 31.h3 a6 32.g4+ hxg4+ 33.hxg4+ Kg6 34.Kf4 b5 35.Ke5 a5 36.Kd6 a4 37.Kxc6 a3 38.bxa3 Kf6 39.Kxb5 Black resigned, angelcamina - guanume, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021;

11...Ke8 12.d4 Kd8 13.f4 Re8 14.e5 dxe5 15.dxe5 Ng4 16.Qg3 Qc5+ 17.Kh1 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Qf3 Nh6 20.f5 Nxf5 21.Qd3+ Bd7 22.Rxf5 c6 23.Rf7 Re7 24.Bg5 Nxe5 25.Bxe7+ Qxe7 26.Rxe7 Nxd3 27.Rxd7+ Kxd7 28.cxd3 Kc7 29.Rf1 Rd8 30.Rf7+ Kb6 31.Na4+ Kb5 32.b3 White won on time, angelcamina - traan, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020; and

11...Bd7 12.f4 Bc6 13.d3 Kf7 14.b3 Rhf8 15.Ba3 Kg8 16.Rae1 Rfe8 17.Qg3 a6 18.e5 Nh5 19.Qg4 Nhxf4 20.exd6 Qxe1 21.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22.Kf2 Ree8 23.dxc7 Rac8 24.Bd6 Bd5 25.Bxf4 Nxf4 26.Nxd5 Nxd5 27.Qc4 Kh8 28.Qxd5 Rxc7 29.h3 Rxc2+ 30.Kg3 Rxa2 31.b4 Ra3 32.b5 White won on time, angelcamina - iskander2001, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021.

12.Qg3 N6e5