Jerome Gambit: When You Play Quickly

When you play quickly, it is easy to overlook something...

LaylaBullette - MI_maalmi_khalil

3 0 bliz, 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 Qf6 9.fxe5+ Qxe5 10.d4 

Opening lines... forking Black's Bishop and Queen...

10...Bxd4 11.Bf4 

Oh, and threatening to pin and win the Queen... Drat!

The rest is kind of easy, at any speed.

11...Qxf4 12.Qxf4+ Be5 13.Qd2+ Ke7 14.Nc3 c6 15.O-O-O d6 16.Rhf1 Nf6 17.Qg5 Re8 18.Qxg7+ Ke6 19.Ne2 Nxe4 20.Qf7 checkmate