A little bit of chess history relating to the previous post, before returning to the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) - after all, if we are going to look at 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Qf6, we might as well look at 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6, known as Greco's Defense or the McConnell Defense.
From Wikipedia
Gioachino Greco (c. 1600 – c. 1634), surnamed Cusentino and more frequently il Calabrese, was an Italian chess player and writer. He recorded some of the earliest chess games known in their entirety. His games, which never indicated players, were quite possibly constructs, but served as examples of brilliant combinations.
Greco was very likely the strongest player of his time, having played (and defeated) the best players of Rome, Paris, London, and Madrid. Greco's writing was in the form of manuscripts for his patrons, in which he outlined the rules of chess, gave playing advice, and presented instructive games. These manuscripts were later published to a wide audience and became massively influential after his death.
Greco, Gioacchino - NN
Italy, 1620
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Bc4 Qg6 4.O-O Qxe4 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Ke8 7.Nxe4 1-0
Greco, Gioacchino - NN
Italy,1620
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Bc4 Qg6 4.O-O Qxe4 5.Bxf7+ Ke7 6.Re1 Qf4 7.Rxe5+ Kxf7 8.d4 Qf6 9.Ng5+ Kg6 10.Qd3+ Kh5 11.g4+ 1-0
The American Paul Morphy was not patient with this style of defending:
Morphy, Paul - Mac Connell, James
New Orleans, 1849
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Qg6 6.Bd3 Qxg2 7.Rg1 Qh3 8.Rg3 Qh5 9.Rg5 Qh3 10.Bf1 Qe6 11.Nxd4 Qe7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Nf5 Qe6 14.Nfd6+ Bxd6 15.Nxd6+ Kd8 16.Bc4 Qe7 17.Nxf7+ Kc7 18.Qd6+ Qxd6 19.exd6+ Kb6 20.Be3+ c5 21.Bxc5+ Ka5 22.Rg3 b5 23.Ra3 checkmate
Still, there are those today, for good or ill, surprise or annoyance, still give the defense a whirl
Rodchenkov, Sergey D (2346) - Dardha, Daniel (2503)
Titled Tuesday blitz, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qa4 Bc5 6.Nc3 Qg6 7.Bf4 Nf6 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Bg3 d6 10.Bd3 Qh5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 Nb4 13.Be2 Bf5 14.Rd2 Bxc2 15.Rxc2 Nxc2 16.Qxc2 Qxd5 17.Kb1 Rfe8 18.Bd3 h6 19.Rd1 Qe6 20.Bc4 Qe4 21.Bd3 Qe6 22.Bc4 Qf6 23.h4 c6 24.h5 d5 25.Bd3 Bd6 26.Bxd6 Qxd6 27.Qd2 Re7 28.Bc2 Rae8 29.Qd3 g6 30.hxg6 Qxg6 31.Qd4 Qg7 32.Qf4 Re2 33.Nd4 Re1 34.Nf5 Rxd1+ 35.Bxd1 Qg6 36.g4 Re6 37.a3 b5 38.Bc2 Re1+ 39.Ka2 Qe6 40.Nxh6+ Kf8 41.Nf5 Qe5 42.Qh6+ Ke8 43.Qh7 Re2 44.Qg8+ Kd7 45.Qxf7+ Kd8 46.Qf8+ Kc7 47.Qc5 Kb8 48.Nd4 Re1 49.Nxc6+ Kb7 50.Nxe5 Rxe5 51.Bb3 Re1 52.Bxd5+ Ka6 53.Qc6+ Ka5 54.b4+ Ka4 55.Bb3 checkmate
Kind of makes the Jerome Gambit look almost normal, doesn't it?
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