Jerome Gambit, Still Faster

Okay, set up your chessboard (2D or 3D) and play through the following bullet game.

It might help if you realize that the players used, on average, less than a second per move.

Race through it, to get a sense of the play, as it happened.

It will probably take more than a minute to do that.

angelcamina - Crypt_Ari

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+ 

The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qc4+ Ke8 10.O-O Qe7 11.f4 Na5 12.Qd3 d6 13.b3 Nc6 14.Ba3 Bd7 15.e5 dxe5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 

Now it's just a matter of Beat the Clock - which is more difficult than it sounds.

17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Rae1 Nfg4 19.Rxe5+ Nxe5 20.Re1 Kf6 21.Qd4 Rhe8 22.Qf4+ Ke6 23.Qxe5+ Kf7 24.Qf4+ Kg8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.h3 Re1+ 27.Kh2 Re8 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Qxc7 Bc6 30.a4 Rf8 31.Qe7 Rg8 32.Ne4 Bxe4 33.Qxe4 Rc8 34.Qxb7 Rg8 35.Qxa7 h6 36.Qf7 Kh7 37.Qxg8+ Kxg8 38.Kg3 Kf7 39.Kf4 Ke7 40.c4 Kd6 41.b4 Kc6 42.Kf5 Kd6 43.Kg6 h5 44.Kxh5 g6+ 45.Kxg6 Ke6 46.a5 Kd6 47.a6 Kc7 48.a7 Kb7 49.b5 Kxa7 50.h4 Kb6 51.h5 Kc5 52.h6 Kxc4 53.h7 Kc5 54.h8=Q Kd6 55.Qf8+ Ke5 56.g4 Ke6 57.Kh6 Ke5 58.g5 Ke6 59.g6 Ke5 60.g7 Kd5 61.g8=Q+ Kd4 62.Qf4+ Kd3 63.Qgg3+ Kc2 64.Qff2+ Kc1 65.Qgg1 checkmate