Jerome Gambit: Just When Things Started to Become Interesting... (Part 1)

The clock intervenes, again...

perrypawnpusher - Borislav007

Giuoco Fun, Chess.com, 2024

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 Nf6 

We have reached a standard Jerome Gambit position. In The Database are 906 games with this position. White score 64%.

10.O-O Qe7 11.d3 

Usually, I have played 11.Nc3 as in  perrypawnpusher - MRBarupal, FICS, 2010 (0-1, 31); perrypawnpusher - mikelars, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 50); perrypawnpusher - Unimat, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 25); perrypawnpusher - Solaar, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 33); perrypawnpusher - parlance, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 22); perrypawnpusher - chingching, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1/2 - 1/2, 36); perrypawnpusher - tuffnut, blitz, FICS, 2012 (1-0, 62); and perrypawnpusher - johnde, blitz, FICS, 2012 (1-0, 55).

11...d5 

Or 11...Be6 as in perrypawnpusher - Edvardinho, blitz, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 57). 

12.f3 

White won on time

The earliest example of White's pawn "triangle" in a Jerome Gambit game that I can find is Lowe - Parker, corr, 1879 (1-0, 37). 

The earliest example of the pawn "triangle" in a Jerome Gambit game being properly challenged by ...d5 is Habitus - amaudsylvain, lightning game, FICS, 1999 (0-1, 38)