Jerome Gambit: Checking With Bing

I checked with the new Bing.com (enhanced with AI) the other day, and this is what it had on the Jerome Gambit 

The Jerome Gambit is a chess opening that was invented in America. It is a very risky attack that involves sacrificing two pieces for two pawns, with the chances arising from the adversary’s king being displaced and drawn into the center of the board (en.wikipedia.org, thechesswebsite.com).

The opening is named after Alonzo Wheeler Jerome, who played it against William Shinkman in 1876, gaining popularity among players when it was published in the Dubuque Chess Journal. It used to be called the “Kentucky opening” and was changed to the Jerome Gambit in 1896 when it was featured in a treatise called “Chess openings, Ancient and Modern” (chess.com).

[The Dubuque Chess Journal, April 1874 introduced and labeled the line "Jerome's Double Opening". The Nordisk Tidende, May 1877, which was translated and reprinted in The Chess Player's Chronicle, August 1877, has the first reference I have found to "Jerome Gambit". Chess Openings Ancient and Modern, first edition, in 1889, covered the "Jerome Gambit", as did it's third edition in 1896. Joseph Henry Blackburne, in Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess in 1899 referred to the Jerome Gambit as "the Kentucky Opening." - Rick]

The Jerome Gambit can be used to pry the king out of safety and turn a relatively quiet Giuoco Piano (literally meaning “quiet game”) into a crazy king hunt, with many tricks, traps, and tactics. It works best in bullet, where you can surprise your opponent, winning precious time and putting them under stress, making it more likely for them to blunder (chess.com). Here is an example game featuring the Jerome Gambit:

 

Lc0_1 - N.N

1 0 bullet, Chess.com, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Nf3+ 10.Kd1 Qf6 11.e5+ Nxe5 12.fxe5+ Qxe5 13.Qf8+ Kc6 14.Qf3+ d5 15.Re1 Qd4 16.h3 Bxh3 17.c3 Qf2 18.Qxf2 Bxf2 19.Rh1 Bg2 20.Rh2 Bf3+ 21.Kc2 Bxg3 22.Rf2 Be4+ 23.d3 Bxd3+ 24.Kxd3 Bxf2 25.Be3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 Re8+ 27.Kd4 Re1 28.b4 Nf6 29.a4 Rhe8 30.b5+ Kd6 31.c4 R8e4+ 32.Kd3 Rxc4 33.Nd2 Rxa1 34.Nxc4+ dxc4+ 35.Kxc4 Rxa4+ 36.Kb3 Rh4 37.b6 axb6 38.Kc2 Rh3 39.Kd2 Ke5 40.Ke2 Kf4 41.Kf2 Rh2+ 42.Kg1 Kg3 43.Kf1 Ra2 44.Ke1 Kf3 45.Kd1 Ke3 46.Kc1 Kd3 47.Kb1 Rh2 48.Ka1 Kc3 49.Kb1 Rg2 50.Ka1 Kb3 51.Kb1 Rg1 checkmate