With the Jerome Gambit, as with every other chess opening, it is important to not only pay attention to your own ideas, but those of your opponent - as reflected in the moves. Just don't get stuck there.
The following game is a hard lesson.
vagel - smax03
5 3 blitz, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Kf8
7.Qxe5 Qe7 8.Qf4+ Nf6 9.e5
The pawn is impatient. More solid was 9.d3 or 9.f3.
9...g5
One piece of chess advice is that if your opponent threatens one of your pieces, instead of moving the piece away, you might consider attacking one of your opponent's pieces - especially one that is more valuable.
That may be the thinking underlying the text move, but there are more factors to consider. Simple enough was 9...d6.
10.Qxg5
Black's last move changes the position drastically, but White does not notice. Otherwise, he would have played 10.Qxf6+ Qxf6 11.exf6 with advantage.
10...Bxf2+
Another trick. I would not be surprised to find that Black has tried this before, in similar positions.
11.Kxf2
It is prudent to ask yourself, after every one of your opponent's moves: Why did he do that?
Much better was 11.Kf1. Why?
11...Ne4+
Oh, yeah, that's why.
White resigned, as he will lose his Queen.
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