Move-by-move, sometimes, the Jerome Gambit looks like a win one way, then the other. In the following game, Black is winning - until he isn't. Finally, he is checkmated.
angelcamina - i_mark20120818
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4....Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 Qe7 9.Qc4 Nf6 10.Nc3 d6 11.O-O
11...Be6 12.Qb4
Instead, Stockfish 16.1 (30 ply) prefers by 1/4 pawn 12.Qb5+ but angelcamina has had some reverses with that move
12...c6 (12...Bd7 13.Qxb7 Rd8 14.f4 Kf7 15.Qb3+ Be6 16.Qa3 Rhe8 17.f5 Bc4 18.d3 Nxe4 19.fxg6+ Kxg6 20.Nxe4 d5 21.Qxe7 Rxe7 22.Ng3 Ba6 23.Bd2 c5 24.Rae1 c4 25.Rxe7 cxd3 26.cxd3 Bxd3 27.Rff7 Rc8 28.Rxg7+ Kf6 29.Bg5 checkmate, angelcamina - ThePr0FesS0R, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022) 13.Qa4 (13.Qe2 Rd8 14.b3 Kf7 15.f4 Bc8 16.Ba3 Rhe8 17.Rae1 c5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Ne4 Kg8 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.d3 Ng6 23.Qf2 Qf7 24.Bxc5 f5 25.d4 b6 26.Ba3 Rxe1 27.Rxe1 Bb7 28.c4 Be4 29.d5 Kg7 White resigned, angelcamina - nhv2000, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022; 13.Qa5 Kf7 14.f4 Bc4 15.d3 Ba6 16.f5 Ne5 17.Bf4 Rhf8 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.h3 Kg8 20.g4 Nd7 21.Kg2 Qc5 22.Qxc5 Nxc5 23.Rad1 Rad8 24.b4 Nd7 25.a3 b6 26.Ne2 Nf6 27.Kg3 h6 28.h4 Rfe8 29.g5 Nh5+ 30.Kg4 Nf4 31.Nxf4 exf4 32.Rxf4 hxg5 33.hxg5 Kf7 34.Rh1 Rh8 35.Rhf1 Bc8 36.Kg3 Rhe8 37.f6 g6 38.R1f3 Re5 39.c3 Rxg5+ White resigned, angelcamina - DennisMadrigal, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022) 13... Kf7 14. f4 Bd7 (14... b5 15. Qa5 Bc4 16. d3 Be6 17. f5 Ne5 18. fxe6+ Qxe6 19. Bg5 Rhf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qc7+ Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Rf5 Rf7 24. Raf1 Raf8 25. h3 Ng6 26. g4 Nh4 27. Kh2 Nxf5 28. exf5 h6 29. Ne4 d5 30. Nc5 Kd6 31. Ne6 Re8 32.Re1 Rfe7 33. d4 a5 34. Kg3 Rg8 35. Re3 h5 36. Rc3 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rh8 White resigned, angelcamina - Chessfists, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022) 15. e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17. d4 Ng6 18. Bg5 Rhf8 19. Rae1 Qd8 20. Qb3+ Be6 21. Qxe6 checkmate, angelcamina - sdewqa, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022)
Also 12.Qa4+ c6 13.d3 Rf8 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 Nc5 16.Qb4 Bd7 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Be3 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 b6 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Qa3 Qd6 23.Qa6 Qd4+ 24.Kh1 Qd7 25.a4 Ke7 26.a5 Rf8 27.Rxf8 Kxf8 28.axb6 axb6 29.Qxb6 Kg8 30.Qb8+ Kh7 31.Qg3 Qf7 32.Qf3 Qe7 33.Qg3 c4 34.d4 Bf7 35.Qh3+ Kg8 36.Qc8+ Be8 37.Qh3 Qb4 Black won on time, angelcamina - alwaysdreamer, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022
12...Rb8
Or 12...b6 13. d4 Kf7 14. f4 Nh4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. fxe5 Nd5 18. Nxd5+ Bxd5 19. b3 Nxg2 20. c4 Nh4 21. cxd5 Rhf8 22. Ba3+ c5 23. dxc6+ Ke6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Bxf8 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd4 27. c7 Kd7 28. Rc1 Kc8 29. Bd6 Ne6 30. Rf1 Kb7 31. Rf7 Nxc7 32.Rxc7+ Ka6 33. Rxg7 b5 34. Rxh7 Ka5 35. Rxa7+ Black resigned, angelcamina - pekasmed, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023.
Black might have tried 12...c5.
13.d3 Kd7 14.f4 Ne8
A slip, costing a piece. Remember, this is a 1-minute game. Better 14...Bf7.
15.f5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Ne5 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.Qa4 a6 19.Rae1 Qf6 20.Qb3
White has more material, better development and a safer King.
20...g6
Instead, 20...Nd4.
21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Be5 Qh4 23.Bxh8 Qxh8 24.Qe6+ Kd8 25.Rf7 Qg8 26.Qd7 checkmate
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