From childhood we have been warned to beware of strangers.
However, in the following game, Bill Wall, armed with the Jerome Gambit, dispatches a stranger quite skillfully.
Wall, Bill - Stranger
SparkChess 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
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7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qa5 Nf6 10.Nc3
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Instead, 10.O-O was seen in Wall,B - Guest1151077, Naples, 2013 (1-0, 27) and Wall,B - Guest6808573, PlayChess.com, 2019 (1-0, 26).
10...Kf7 11.O-O Re8 12.d3 Nd7
Black interrupts his castling-by-hand.
13.Bg5 Ne7
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Black's contorted position counter-balances his piece-for-two-pawns material advantage; and the game is about even.
14.Nd5 Nf6
The defender counters the pressure on his e7 Knight, but overlooks the threat to c7.
15.Nxc7 Bd7 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Qh5+
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White takes a moment away from winning the exchange to harass the enemy King.
17...Ng6
Instead, the King needed to move to protect the h-pawn.
18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Nxa8 Ne5
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Even if he manages to grab the Knight on a8, Black will remain down materially, with two pieces versus White's Rook and four pawns.
20.f4 Nc6 21.Rae1 Qa5
Leaving the Bishop unprotected, and hoping, somehow, to prevent the advance of White's e-pawn.
22.e5 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 dxe5 24.fxe5 f5
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White now breaks through.
25.Rxf5+ Bxf5 26.Qxf5+ Ke7 27.Qh7+ Ke6 28.Nc7 checkmate
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