Jerome Gambit: White Queen, Black Queen

Here is another game by ryuugu-rena. That is not surprising.  He has 682 games in The Database, scoring 56%.

Here, his Queen sets the tempo. The defender's Queen can not keep up.

ryuugu-rena - Arusha

10 0 rapid, lichess.org, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

Black does not want to give up the Knight.

7.f4 g6 

Arusha has faced the Jerome before (9 games in all), and it has not been kind to him.

In this position, it is so tempting to kick the Queen.

8.Qxe5+ Kf7 9.Qxh8 

Capturing the Rook at h8 is thematic against a number of defenses, including Blackburne's and Whistler's. See the post "Jerome Gambit: What About the Rook?"

In this position, White's Queen can escape, and Black's Queen's counter-attack (see below) is not sufficient.

White can also settle for a smaller material gain: 9.Qxc5 Qh4+ (9...d6 10.Qc3 Bg4 11.Qxh8 Qe7 12.Qd4 Nf6 13.O-O h5 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Black resigned, ryuugu-rena -Omr1984m, 3 0 blitz lichess.org, 2023) 10.g3 Qg4 11.Qd5+ Ke8 12.Qe5+ Qe6 13.Qxh8 Qxe4+ 14.Kf2 Qxh1 15.Qe5+? (15.Qxg8+) 15...Ne7?! (15...Kf8) 16.Nc3 (16.Qh8+) 16...Qxh2+ 17.Kf3 Qh1+ 18.Ke3 d6 19.Qh8+ Kd7 20.Qg7 Qg1+ 21.Kd3 Qxg3+ 22.Kc4 Qxf4+ 23.Kb3 Ke8?! 24.d3? (24.Qxe7+ Kxe7 25.Nd5+) 24...Qf5? (24...Qf7+) 25.Qh8+ Qf8 26.Qxh7 Be6+ 27.Ka3 c6?! 28.Bg5 Bf5? 29.Re1 b5 30.Rxe7+ Kd8 31.Rf7+ Ke8 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Qh8+ Kf7 34.Qxa8 c5 35.Qxa7+ Ke6 36.Nxb5 (36.Qe7#) 36...d5 37.Qb6+ (37.Qe7#) 37...Ke5 38.Qxc5 (38.Qd6#) 38...Be6 39.Nc7 (39.Qd6+ Kf5 40.Qf4#) 39...Bf5 40.Qxd5 checkmate, ryuugu-rena - YaSanya047, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2023) 

9...Kf8 

Or 9...Qh4+ 10.g3 Qh5 11.c3? (11.Qe5) 11...b6? (11...Qf3) 12.d4? (12.Qe5) 12...Ba6 13.Kf2 Bd6?! (13...Qe2+ 14.Kg1 Qf1#) 14.Re1 Qxh2+ 15.Kf3 Qh5+ 16.Ke3 Bb7 17.g4 Qh3+ 18.Kd2 Qh2+ 19.Re2 Bxf4+ 20.Kd1 Qh1+ 21.Re1 Qf3+ 22.Re2 Qf1+ 23.Re1 Qf3+ 24.Re2 Bxc1 25.Qxh7+ Kf6?! (25...Kf8) 26.e5+?! (26.Nd2) 26...Kg5 27.Qxd7? (27.Nd2) 27...Qf1+ 28.Re1 Bf3+ 29.Kc2 Qxe1 30.Kb3 Bd1+ 31.Ka3 Bxb2+ 32.Kxb2 Qe2+ 33.Ka3 Qc2 34.Qb5 a6 35.e6+ White won on time, ryuugu-rena - daniel_jason, 3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2023 

10.d4 Be7 

White's "Jerome pawns" are impressive. With the material advantage of the exchange and two pawns - plus a safer King - he is clearly better.

11.Qxh7 d6 12.Qxg6 Be6 13.O-O Bf7 

The reinforcements arrive too late.

14.Qg3 Nf6 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nh5 17.Qf3 Qxd4+ 18.Be3 Black resigned

Black's Queen can not hold things together, for example 18...Qc4 19.Nd2 Qe6 20.Qxh5.