The following game brings to mind an old chess aphorism about the risks of wasting time to grab an offside pawn, something I explored in "Jerome Gambit: He Who Takes the Queen's Knight Pawn...". It is a warning best heeded.
Staku - kollona352
20 10, Yearly Classical Arena, lichess.org, 2023
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 Qe7
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Whistler's defense. Do. Not. Take. The. Rook.
8.Qd5+
See "Jerome Gambit: Updating Early Secrets (Part 4)".
8...Kf8 9.d4
He might have considered Yury V. Bukayev's idea (against 8...Kg7) of 9.b4!?
9...Bb6
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10.Bg5
Instead, 10.O-O might have been better, but the text encourages Black's Queen to go off on an ill-fated excursion.
10...Qb4+ 11.c3 Qxb2 12.O-O Ne7 13.Qe5 Kg8
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It is true that Black now threatens the Rook at a1.
It is also true that he now faces a checkmate in 5 moves.
14.Qxe7 Bxd4 15.cxd4
He also had 15.Bh6, after which Black can only throw material before expring: 15...Qxf2+ 16.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 g5 18.Qf8 checkmate.
15...Qxd4
The Queen can not get back in time.
16.Bf6 Qd6 17.Qg7 checkmate
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