Jerome Gambit: Unfortunately, Overlooking Something

Double attacks are at the heart of tactics: threatening two things, when only one can be countered.

Both White and Black can benefit from this.

The following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) is a good example - alas, Black benefits.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 

8.O-O Nf6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.f4 

Unfortunately, overlooking something.

11...Nf3+ White resigned

We have seen this combination of disclosed attack on the Queen and a check on the King, in "Jerome Gambit: A Word of Caution".

Two other similar examples:

HauntedKnight - polemidis, blitz, FICS, 2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nd2 Nf3+ 12.Nxf3 Qxd4 13.Nxd4 c5 14.Nb5 Bd7 15.Nxd6+ Ke6 16.Nxb7 Rab8 17.Nxc5+ Ke5 18.Nxd7+ Black resigned

HauntedKnight - braunstein, blitz game FICS, 2011 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.0–0 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nc3 Nf3+ 12.gxf3 Qxd4 White resigned