Jerome Gambit: Smash!

 

The Jerome Gambit can be an awesome tool of destruction.

scwymstr - JAM99

RedHotPawn.com, 2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.h4 

White outranks his opponent, he has given "Jerome Gambit odds", and he is ready to Smash! like Hulk. 

(See "Good Fortune" for an earlier reference.) 

5...d6 6.Ng5+ Kg6 

Everyone knows that the Jerome Gambit is a pile of junk that is guaranteed to self-destruct. (Ha!)

Here Black has a creative plan to stop White from playing Qh5+.

7.Qf3 

Oh, dear. Now Black is busted.

7...Bd4

Stockfish 15 suggests that Black can limit his deficit to the exchange by playing 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 h5 9.Qf7+ Kh6 10.d3 Qf6+ 11.Ke1 Qxf7 12.Nxf7+ Kh7 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Nxh8 Kxh8. 

8.h5+ Kh6 9.Nf7 checkmate