Not every Jerome Gambit features White blowing away his opponent. Sometimes the defense is solid, and the gambiteer has to use his advantages, little by little, to achieve the win.
The following game is a good example of solid work.
Wall, Bill - Benjamin
internet, 2023
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.O-O d6Solid play in the "modern" variation: with 5.O-O White asks What is your plan? and Black responds Nothing wild or risky.
6.c3 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb6
9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Qb3+ Kf8
We have seen the kind of slip 10...Be6 11.Ng5+.
11.d5 Na5 12.Qd1 Nh5
Black's Knights seem restless. Their placement gives White an edge.
13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3+ Nf6 15.Be3 Nc4 16.Bxb6 axb6
Things are about equal, thanks to White's "Jerome pawns" which are about to become more mobile.
17.Qe2 Ne5 18.f4 Ng6 19.e5 Nd7 20.g4 Qh4
21.Qe3 Ne7 22.Rf3 Nc5 23.Raf1 Ke8 24.exd6 cxd6
Opening a line to the King.
25.b4 Nd7 26.g5 Kd8 27.Qe6
27...g6
Helping the defense would have been 27...Rf8. The text might have been aimed against a possible f4-f5, or as an outpost for a Knight, but the lost tempo fuels White's attack.
28.Ne4
Stockfish 15 rates White's position as almost a Queen better.
28...Nf5 29.Nf6 Nxf6 30.Qxf6+ Ne7 31.Qxh8+ Black resigned
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