Jerome Gambit: Impatience Wins Out

Whoever first said "All things come to he who waits" probably never played the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+)

In the following game the first player takes the attack to his opponent and when his development is complete, he finishes the job.

Hipernight - luka_mrda

iPhone chess game, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 

The Two Knights Defense

4.Bxf7+ 

I don't think that this variation has a name, although I have referred to it as one of the "impatient Jerome Gambits" in light of the fact that White sacrifices his Bishop before Black plays ...Bc5.

For an earlier look, see "Jerome Gambit: Facing Up to 4.Bxf7+ in the Two Knights (Part 3)"

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Ng6 7.e5 Nd5

Instead, 7...Ne8 was seen in Hipernight - salissi, Chess.com,  2020 (1-0, 34). 

8.Qf3+ Ke8 

Sometimes, in the heat of battle, there is this - 8...Kg8 9.Qxd5 checkmate, as seen in 3 dozen games in The Database. 

9.Qxd5 d6 10.O-O dxe5 11.Qb5+ Bd7

Black offers the b-pawn to distract the enemy Queen, the only real danger currently.

12.Qxb7 Bd6 13.dxe5 Nxe5 

Black's lead in development is worrisome. Can he make something of it (and his extra piece) before White stabilizes things?

14.Nc3 Ng4 15.Re1+ Kf8 16.h3 Rb8 17.Qf3+ Nf6 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Rad1 Qc8 

The game has changed.

White's development is powerful, even encouraging Black's Queen to step out of the pin on his light-squared Bishop - however, this is a game-ending mistake.

Can you see what happens next?

20.Rxe7 Kxe7 21.Nd5+ Kf7 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Qxf6+ Kg8 24.Bh6

Black resigned

Checkmate can not be avoided.