When playing the Jerome Gambit, do the complications favor the attacker or the defender?
I am not sure, but I do think that they favor the player more familiar with the opening - as shown in the following game.
Wall, Bill - Nesa
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+
Giving the King a "nudge".
7...Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qc3 Nf6
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Bill has also seen 9...Qh4 in billwall - NFTM, FICS, 2010 (1-0, 36) and 9...Qf6 in Wall,B - VQR, internet, 2022 (1-0, 26).
10.d3
Or 10.f3 d5 11.O-O as in Wall,B - Jaar,J, Chess.com 2010 (1-0, 19).
Or 10.O-O right away, as in Wall,B - Varitt, FICS, 2020 (1-0, 48); Wall,B - Attia, M, internet, 2022 (1-0, 32); and Wall,B - Irineu, internet, 2024 (1-0, 20).
10...h6 11.O-O Qe7 12.f4 Rf8
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Black wants to castle-by-hand. White has to hurry.
13.f5 Ne5 14.Bf4 Bd7
Black offers the c-pawn. He can get compenation for it - if he follows up correctly.
15.Qxc7 Rc8
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This allows White's Queen to grab another pawn, and run.
16.Qxb7 Rxc2
Black's capture of the c-pawn keeps the game in balance, but it will take care to keep things that way.
17.Na3 Rc8 18.Rad1 Kf7 19.Qxa7 Kg8
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Black has a piece for four pawns, and might have a slight edge. What will his plan be?
20.Qd4 Nh5 21.Bd2 Nf6
Perhaps he is not sure. Perhaps he is waiting for White to try something.
22.h4 Nfg4 23.g3 Nc6 24.Qd5+ Kh8 25.Nb5 Nf6
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Black's development is such that he can afford to give up the d-pawn - again, if he follows up correctly.
In the mean time, White's pawns gain importance, should the future come to pass.
26.Qxd6 Qxd6
A strategic misfire. With 26...Rb8!? 27.Qxe7 Nxe7 28.a4 Bxb5 29.axb5 Rxb5 30.Bc3 Nc6 things would be in balance.
27.Nxd6 Rb8 28.Bc3 Ng4 29.Nc4 Rfe8
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Black still has the pawn center under pressure, but White has 5 pawns for his opponent's extra piece.
30.Rf4 Nce5 31.h5 Bb5 32.Nd6 Ne3
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A tactical slip in a still-complicated position.
33.Rd2 Nxd3 34.Rf3 Red8 35.Nf7+ Black resigned
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