Jerome Gambit: Time

Longtime Readers of this blog may remember the post from years back, "If You Can't Bash Them With the Jerome Gambit, Maybe You Can Bore Them to Tears".

I suspect the same thing may have happened in a recent game of mine.

Or it might be another case of the real world intervening and distracting my opponent.

perrypawnpusher - UnKnOwn_VOid

7d/move, Chess.com, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Be6 

10.O-O 

I have played 10.f4 in a number of games: perrypawnpusher - udofink, 10 0 blitz FICS, 2010 (1-0, 29);  perrypawnpusher - Kingsmeal, blitz, FICS, 2010 (0-1, 25) ; perrypawnpusher - GabrielChime, 12 0 blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 33); perrypawnpusher - nmuffjgp, 8 10 blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 22); perrypawnpusher -Krisstianes_017, 3d/move, Chess.com,  2018  (1/2 - 1/2, 43); and perrypawnpusher - dmarkg, "Piano Piano" tournament, 3d/move, Chess.com, 2020 (1-0, 31).

10... Qd7 

Or 10...Nf6 as in  perrypawnpusher - dirceu, 5 10 blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 16);

Or 10...Qf6 as in perrypawnpusher - Papst, 10 0 blitz, FICS, 2017 (1-0, 61) and  perrypawnpusher - OverwiseMan, 10 0 blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 24); 

Or 10...Kd7 as in perrypawnpusher - magza, 2 12 blitz, FICS, 2011  (0-1, 40) (0-1, 40) 

11.f4 Bc4 12.d3 Ba6

13.Nc3 Nf6 14.b3 Ng4 15.Qg3 Nf6 16.Bb2 Kf7 17.Rae1 

White won on time