Some Jerome Gambit games are like short stories, often with a moral. The following game is a good example.
ZeKnightRider - DenisDurand
5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Ke7 5.Bxg8 Black resigned
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According to The Database, Black scores 33% after declining the Bishop with 4...Ke7, vs 44% after accepting the Bishop with 4...Kxf7. YMMV.
Sometimes White playes 5.Nxe5, instead of 5.Bxg8, complicating things and hoping to enter regular Jerome Gambit lines a move up, if Black eventually plays ...Kxf7.
The text solves in a simple way the "question" of White's Bishop - trade it off. Checking for the final position in The Database, there are 19 games, with White scoring 89%.
The moral is, meet 4...Ke7 with 5.Bxg8 and get on with things, e.g. 5...Qxg8 (better than 5...Rxg8) 6.Nc3 (no examples in The Database) d6 7.Nd5+ Kd8 8.d4 when Stockfish 16.1 sees White as about 2 3/4 pawn better.
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