Jerome Gambit: Wanting More

In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, White does not wish to settle for a small disadvantage, or a small advantage - he wants more.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.b4 

This pawn move is at least as old as D.Y. Mills - Anonymous, Edinburgh, 1899 (1-0, 15.)

As I wrote in "Jerome Gambit: Silicon Clash (Part 1)"

It is also very relevant to read up on the Jerome-Mills variations, as analyzed by Yury V. Bukayev.

Taking the pawn now is fine, although retreating the Bishop to b6 - possibly after the provocation, ...Be4 - is slightly better.

8...Bxf2+ 

 The idea of returning some of the sacrificed material in the Jerome Gambit, through the sacrifice of the Bishop at f2, was first seen in Blackstone,John - Dommeyer,Carl, skittles game, Campbell, CA, 1960 (1-0, 13) and  Hultgren,R - Harrow, Campbell, CA 1960 (1-0, 13).

It leads to an even game, which brings up the eternal argument, is that a success for Black, or for White?

9.Qxf2 Qf6 

Black would like to exchange Queens, which would lead to advantage.

White wants more.

10.Qc5+ Ke6 11.Rf1 

A sinister intermezzo.

11...Qe7 

Another offer to exchange Queens.

Again, White wants more.

12.Qd5 checkmate