Jerome Gambit - Mate in 2

Over at YouTube I found the video "Jerome gambit - Mate in 2" with SkillerEP playing his favorite opening. 

It was a fun romp.

SkillerEP - goyong

10 0 blitz, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.f4 Ng6 8.Qd5+ 

In the video, SkillerEP said he was going to try something new. I suspect that this move, a "nudge", was it, as it only appears once in his 350 games in The Database - this game.

8...Kf6

9.f5 Bb6 

Save the Bishop!

10.fxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2+ Black resigned

White has his Bishop on the a1-h8 diagonal, similar to the early game Jerome - Shinkman, Iowa, 1876 (1/2 - 1/2, 42 ).

goyong could try 12...Bd4, but after 13.Bxd4 it would be checkmate.

Nicely done!

(If something about the game is nagging at you, Dear Reader, you may have noticed that 9.Qg5+ would have led to the win of Black's Queen. Remember, though, this was a blitz game. Also, understand that I have 23 games in The Database with the position before White's 9th move - and only four times was the check found. Ouch.)