Jerome Gambit: QED

The following game shows why many play the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) - White can win quickly.

angelcamina - hovdav

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8 

Black suspects that something is up. One extra piece is enough, thank you very much.

6.Qh5+ Ke7 

Here Black avoids 6...g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Qxh8 but encounters something worse.

7.Qf7+ Kd6 8.Nc4  checkmate

Last year angelcamina beat SammmDBest the same way.