One of the fun things about playing the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), especially in blitz, is that the attack appears so sketchy that just about any old defense will do. Sometimes, that is about as much thought as defenders put into their game: There, that shoud do it.
This can lead to dire consequences.
The earlier post "Jerome Gambit: A Few Tactical Ideas in Your Pocket" looked at the Knight fork available to White in situations where Black's King is on f7 and his Bishop is on e6.
The following Knight fork is even deadlier.
Al_Cologne - Siberia70
3 2 blitz, lichess.org, 2021
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6
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7.Qxe5 Qf6
Protecting the Rook - at the cost of allowing White to regain his second sacrificed piece and remain 2 pawns better. This move can be found in 229 games in The Database, with White scoring 74%.
8.Qxc5 c6
Now the discussion will center around the d6 square.
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9.e5 Qf5 10.O-O Ne7 11.d4
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And now White's wandering Bishop will grab attention.
11...Rf8 12.Bh6 Re8 13.Nd2 g5 14.Nf3 g4 15.Qc4+ Qe6
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This unfortunate placement of Black's King and Queen (found surprisingly often in The Database) now ends the game.
16.Ng5+ Black resigned
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