It is always good to have a few tactical ideas in your pocket - you never know when they might come in handy.
The following game is won by such an idea.
Mauricio060215 - Cpt_Joseph
5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2023
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.O-O
This is one of the so-called "modern" variations of the Jerome Gambit, because Alonzo Wheeler Jerome and early players all focused, instead, on 5.Nxe5+.
White decides that sacrificing one piece is enough.
The Database has 1,971 games, with 5.O-O. White scores 41%.
It has 20,917 games with 5.Nxe5+. White scores 57%
But our silicon friend suggests that the story is not over. At 40 ply, Stockfish 15's analysis is that 5.Nxe5+ is only .2 of a pawn better than 5.O-O. That's not much of a difference at all.
The question should be: How wild a game do you want?
5...Be7
Black has defensive plans.
6.c3 d6 7.d4 Nf6
8.dxe5 dxe5
Okay, thinks White, let's try something
9.Qb3+ Be6
Bingo!
So many defenders against the Jerome Gambit love to harass the White Queen.
But White is ready.
10.Ng5+
Of course.
Rememer, this is a 5 minute blitz game. Such a thing is less likely to occur with longer time controls.
10...Kg6
Black flees his castle behind a wall of pawns.
11.Qxe6 Rf8 12.Qf5+ Kh6 13.Nf7 checkmate
Very nice.
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