Jerome Gambit: Maybe Not This Time

Regarding the following game, I had to look up "sedulous": (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.

Dedication, maybe so; diligence, maybe not this time.

Sigh. Bullet chess.

SedulousWay - victor_a10gr

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 

7.Qxe5 d6 

Blackburne's Defense.

8.Qxh8 

Despite a scary game warning - see Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885 (0-1, 14) - this capture is playable, if White knows theory. 

8...Qh4 9.g3

The kind of thing that can happen in a 1-minute game.

This is definitely not the way Jerome Gambit goes. See "Update: Old Dog Can Still Bite".

 9...Qxe4+ 10.Kf1 

Or 10.Kd1 Bg4+ 11.f3 Bxf3#

10...Bh3+ White resigned

To add a historical perspective, let me dip further into The Database:

10...Qxh1+ 11.Ke2 Bg4+ (11...Qe4+ 12.Kd1 [12.Kf1 Qxc2 13.Qxh7+ Kf8 14.Nc3 Qd3+ 15.Kg1 Bf5 16.b3 Re8 17.Bb2 Qxd2 18.Na4 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Be4 checkmate, Tiny25 - Dashology, lichess.org, 2023] 12...Bg4+ 13.f3 Bxf3 checkmate, burraburra - rsiemon, FICS, 2012) 12.f3 (12.Kd3 Qf3+ [12...Re8 13.Qxh7+ Kf8 14.Nc3 Bf5+ 15.Kc4 Qc6 16.b4 b5+ 17.Kb3 Be6+ 18.Kb2 Bd4 19.Qh4 Bxc3+ 20.dxc3 Bf5 21.Bh6+ Nxh6 22.Qxh6+ Ke723.Re1+ Kd7 24.Qg7+ Kd8 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.Qd4 Qe5 27.Qxa7 Qe4 28.Qb8+ Kd7 29.Qxb5+ Qc6 30.Qxc6+ Kxc6 31.a4 Kb6 32.Kb3 c6 33.Kc4 Bxc2 34.f4 Bxa4 35.Kd4 Kb5 36.h4 Bb3 37.h5 White won on time in a losing position, DjUncleSam - mertlivesthere, lichess.org, 2022; 12...Qd5+ 13.Kc3 Be6 14.b3 Nf6 15.d3 Qd4+ White resigned, TwilightSands - Lala5th, lichess.org, 2023] 13.Kc4 Be6+ 14.Kb5 a6+ 15.Ka4 Qc6+ 16.Ka5 Qb5 checkmate, imerio - Cibola, FICS, 2020) 12...Re8+ 13.Kd3 Qxf3+ 14.Kc4 Re4+ 15.d4 Qe2+ 16.Kb3 Qb5+ 17.Kc3 Bb4+ 18.Kb3 Bd2+ 19.Ka3 Qb4 checkmate, Nesseerd - AJIT, FICS, 2003.