Jerome Gambit: Patience

Bullet chess - completing a game in a minute or less - requires a sharp opening - and patience, interestingly enough.

In the following game, Black avoids being blown off of the board in the first few moves of the Jerome Gambit, happily holding onto the advantage that can come from a solid defense.

White, in turn, plays along patiently, convinced that he will get his chance to tactically get the advantage. He does, and he wins a miniature.  

angelcamina - Kostya_N

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024

1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ 

The Open Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 

As long as he defends solidly, Black will keep his advantage of a piece for a pawn, even with an uneasy King.

9.Qc4+ Ke8 10.Bg5 

Best.

angelcamina has also played 10.O-O 

10...d6 0–1 angelcamina-Amo_0, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019 (10...Rf8 11.f4 d6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.e5 dxe5 15.Bxe7 exf4 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 1–0 angelcamina - sarina86, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019) 11.f4 (11.Bg5 Qe7 (11...Ne5 12.Qb3 h6 13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 Qe7 15.f4 gxf4 16.Bxf4 Ng6 17.Bg3 Nh5 18.Nd5 Qd7 19.Rae1 Nxg3 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxd7 Kxd7 22.hxg3 c6 23.Qf7+ Kd8 24.Qxg6 Kc7 25.Rf7+ Kb8 26.Qxd6# angelcamina - DorianW, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020) 12.f4 Qe6 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Qe3+ 15.Kh1 Na5 16.Qxc7 Kf8 17.Rae1 Qb6 18.Qe7+ Kg8 19.Qe8# angelcamina - e4bout, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019) 11...Nd7 (11...Qe7 12.b3 Na5 13.Qa4+ Nc6 14.Ba3 Bd7 15.Rae1 Nd8 16.Qd4 Ne6 17.Qd2 Rf8 18.e5 Ng4 19.exd6 Qh4 20.h3 Nh6 21.dxc7 Rc8 22.Bxf8 Kxf8 23.f5 Rxc7 24.fxe6+ Ke7 25.exd7+ Qxe1 26.Rxe1+ Kf6 27.d8Q+ Re7 28.Q2d6+ Kg5 29.Q8xe7+ Kh5 30.g4+ Nxg4 31.hxg4+ Kxg4 32.Re4+ Kh3 33.Qh4# angelcamina - majorj10, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021; 11...Be6 12.Qxe6+ Qe7 13.Qb3 Kd7 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Nd4 16.Qa4+ c6 17.Qxd4 Rhf8 18.dxc6+ bxc6 19.b3 d5 20.Bb2 Rae8 21.Bc3 Qe3+ 22.Kh1 Qxd4 23.Bxd4 Re4 24.Be5 Re2 25.c4 dxc4 26.bxc4 Rc2 27.Rfd1+ Ke6 28.Rd6+ Kf5 29.Rxc6 Ke4 30.Re1+ Kd3 31.c5 Rb8 32.Rd6+ Kc4 33.Rd4+ Kb5 34.Bxb8 Ka6 35.Be5 Ka5 36.Rb1 1–0 angelcamina - vryzrtr, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 12.b3 Nb6 13.Qe2 Be6 14.Ba3 Kd7 15.Rad1 Qf6 16.e5 Qf7 17.exd6 cxd6 18.Bxd6 Rad8 19.Be5+ Kc8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Ne4 Qd7 22.Nd6+ Kb8 23.Nf7+ Kc8 24.Nxd8 Bg4 25.Qe3 Nxe5 26.fxe5 Qxd8 27.Qg5 Qd4+ 0–1 angelcamina - Dome1411, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019

10...d6 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.f3 Be6 

13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Ne5 15.Qb5+ Kf7 16.f4 

Keeping the pressure on.

16...Neg4 

Black misses a chance to keep his advantage with 16...Qd7, e.g. 17.Qxb7 Neg4 18.Rhe1 a5.

17.Rhe1 Qf8 18.h3 Nf2 19.Rd2 

White could keep an edge with 19.Bxf6 Nxd1 20.Qd7+ Kg8 21.Bd4

19...h6 

Dropping a piece. And then things get worse.

20.Bxf6 Kxf6 21.Rxf2 a6 22.Qd7 Qf7 

This time, the idea of offering an exchange of Queens is not enough.

23.Re6+ Kf5 24.Qxf7 checkmate