Some lines in the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) are clearer than others. Some are a vast jungle.
Schauspielerr - Boxberg666
3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2023
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5. Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nf3+
Here we have the "Nibs" defense or variation. It dates back to at least 1899 and is not the kind of thing that a player usually just stumbles into. Yet I have not found any other games with the line featuring either Schauspielerr or Boxberg666.
10.Kf1
The computer sees little difference between the text move and 10.Kd1. The Database, however, has 35 games with 10.Kf1 (White scores 76%) and 86 games with 10.Kd1 (White scores 65%).
The inference to be drawn from both evaluations is that White should definitely avoid 10.Ke2.
10...Ne7 11.e5+
A practical choice, although the silicon choice is 11.Qxc5+.
11...Kc6 12.Qe4+ Kb6
Missing the tricky escape path: 12...d5 13.exd6+ Nd5 14.gxh4 Bh3+!? when Black's extra pieces will best White's extra Queen.
13.gxh4 Nxh4
The situation has changed. Black's King is in greater danger, as his opponent shows.
14.d4 d5 15.dxc5+ Kxc5 16.Be3+ Kc6 17.Qa4+ b5 18.Qb4 Nhf5
19.Qc5+ Kd7 20.Nc3 b4 21.Nxd5 Ba6+ 22.Kf2 Nxe3 23. Qxe7+ Kc6 24. Nxb4+Kb5 26.Nxa6 Kxa6 27.Rad1 Black resigned
No exit.
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