From the What's Up in Chess? Chess News and Chess Gems website comes the entry "What to do against BAFFLING Chess openings" which teases
Facing off against a player who plays fifty 30+0 games a day is a tall task. What kind of person plays fifty classical games everyday?
It turns out, the answer is, in part, Someone who plays the Jerome Gambit, of course.
Here is the game that is presented, with my addition of comments and diagrams. It is an entertaining battle to the bitter end.
Trage2000 - mikethedoge
30 0 classical, lichess.org, 2022
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Kf8
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This position is as old as analysis presented by Jerome in the April 1874 issue of the Dubuque Ches Journal.
6.Qh5
The Banks Variation.
6...Qf6
Stockfish prefers this Queen to be on e7, at which point it recommends that the other Queen retreat to f3.
7.Nxd7+ Bxd7 8.Qxc5+ Nge7 9.d3 Qe5
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White is a bit better, with 3 pawns for the piece (and a safer King).
10.Qxe5 Nxe5 11.Bf4 N7g6 12.Bg3 c6
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13.Na3 Ke7 14.h4 h5 15.Bxe5 Nxe5 16.O-O-O
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Likely 16.d4 was better.
16...Rhf8 17.f3 b5 18.Rde1 Ng6 19.d4 Rf4 20.d5 cxd5 21.exd5+ Kd6
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22.Re4
A tactical slip both players overlook. Now Black can simply exchange Rooks ad then capture the h-pawn.
22...Rf5 23.Rd4
Better 23.Nxb5+.
23...Rxd5 24.Rxd5+ Kxd5
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25.g3 Kc6 26.Rd1 Re8 27.Nxb5 Kxb5 28.Rxd7 Re7 29.Rd6 Ne5 30.f4 Nc4 31.Rd5+ Kc6 32.Rd1 Re3
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Black's pieces have out-duelled the pawns.
33.b3 Nd6 34.Rg1 Ne4 35.g4 hxg4 36.Rxg4 Rg3 37.Rxg3 Nxg3 38.Kd2 Kc5 39.c3 Kd5 40.Ke3 Nf5+
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White can afford to let the h-pawn go. He would do better with his King closer to his Queenside pawns.
As the game goes, the Kingside is liquidated, giving Black all the play on the Queenside. Still, things remain even.
41.Kf3 Nxh4+ 42.Kg4 Ng2 43.Kg5 Ne3 44.Kg6 Ke4 45.Kxg7 Kxf4 46.Kf6 Ke4
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47.c4 Nxc4
One way to split the point.
48.bxc4 Kd4 49.Ke6 Kxc4
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The fact that the remaning pawns are Rook pawns helps make the position so drawish. Yet, Black persists.
50.Kd6 a5 51.Kc6 a4
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Do you know your endgame? What move must White play now?
52.Kb6
White needed to chase Black's King in front of his own pawn, and trap him there e.g. 52.Kd6 Kc3 53.Kd5 a3 54.Ke4 Kb2 55.Kd3 Kxa2 56.Kc2.
52...a3 53.Ka5 Kc3 54.Ka4 Kb2 55.Kb4 Kxa2
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The difference from the above analysis is that Black's King can now get out of the way of his pawn.
56.Kc3 Kb1 57.Kb3 a2 White resigned
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