In the following game, Bill Wall, as White, takes his time with the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), absorbing the blows that Black delivers - until it is time to counter-attack.
His opponent then falters, and the game ends quickly.
Wall, Bill - Noob
SparkChess, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4
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6...Qh4
Black rightly attacks. This move goes back (at least) to Sorensen - X, Denmark, 1888 (1-0, 27).
7.O-O Ng4 8.h3 Bd6 9.e5
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9...Nxe5
Another interesting sacrificial try, instead, was 9...N8f6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.hxg4 Nxg4 12.Qf3+ Ke8 13.Re1+ Kd8 14.Bf4 Rf8 15.Bg5+ Qxg5 16.Qxf8+ Kc7 17.Nc3 Qh4 18.Nb5+ Kb6 19.Qxd6+ Kxb5 20.a4+ Ka5 21.b4 checkmate, Wall,B - Rmmh, lichess.org, 2017.
Alternately, 9...Bxe5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qd5+ Kf6 12.f4 Ng6 13.Nc3 d6 14.Be3 Ke7 15.Rae1 Kd8 16.Nb5 Nf6 17.Qc4 Ne8 18.Bf2 Qf6 19.Bd4 Qh4 20.Rxe8+ Kxe8 21.Nxc7+ Kf8 22.f5 Ne5 23.f6 gxf6 24.Qd5 Kg7 25.Qxd6 Rg8 26.Rxf6 Qxf6 27.Bxe5 was Sorensen,S - X, Denmark 1888.
Safest/strongest for Black was 9...Be7.
10.dxe5 Bxe5 11.Qd5+ Kf6
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Not 11...Kf8 as in Wall,B - Mecnieri, PlayChess.com, 2018 (1-0, 23)
12.Qf3+
Bill has also played 12.Re1, e.g. 12...d6 13.Re4 (13.Rxe5 dxe5 14.Qd8+ Ne7 15.Qxh8 Qe4 (15...Qh5 16.Nc3 (16.Qf8+ Ke6 17.Nc3 c6 18.Ne4 b6 19.Bg5 Kd5 20.Qd8+ Kxe4 21.Qd3 checkmate,Wall,B - NN, Miami, Florida 2019) 16...b6 17.Ne4+ Kf7 18.Ng5+ Qxg5 19.Bxg5 Bb7 20.Qxh7 Black resigned, Wall,B - Itboss, lichess.org, 2016; 15...Bxh3 16.Qxa8 Bc8 17.Qxa7 Nc6 18.Qe3 Nd4 19.Bd2 Nxc2 20.Qc5 Nxa1 21.Qf8+ Kg6 22.Qe8+ Kf5 23.Qxc8+ Ke4 24.f3+ Kd3 25.Qf5+ Ke2 26.Qxe5+ Kd1 27.Qe3 Kc2 28.Na3+ Kxb2 29.Bc1+ Kxa2 30.Qd2+ Kb3 31.Qb2+ Ka4 32.Qb5 checkmate, Wall,B - Sami, PlayChess.com, 2019) 16.Qf8+ Ke6 17.Bg5 Qb4 18.Qxg7 Bd7 19.Qf6+ Kd5 20.Nc3+ Kc4 21.b3+ Kxc3 22.Qxe5+ Qd4 23.Bd2+ Kxd2 24.Qxd4+ Kxc2 25.Rd1 Black resigned, Wall,Bill - Anonymous, lichess.org, 2016) 13...Qh5 14.f4 Ne7 15.fxe5+ dxe5 16.Qd3 Bf5 17.Nc3 Rad8 18.Qf1 Rhf8 19.g4 Qg6 20.Kh2 Ke6 21.gxf5+ Rxf5 22.Qc4+ Nd5 23.Rg4 Qf7 24.Ne4 h6 25.Bd2 Ke7 26.Rag1 g5 27.Qc5+ Ke8 28.Qxa7 Nf4 29.Qxb7 Ne2 30.Qb5+ Black resigned, Wall,B - Guest3836682, PlayChess.com 2018
12...Ke7
The game is even, but hardly comfortable for Black.
13.Re1 d6 14.Nc3 c6
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Protecting the d5 square, but the right move was 14...Be6.
15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Bg5
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Trapping the Black Queen.
Black resigned
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