Abrahams Jerome Gambit: Against A Grandmaster?!

Is it brave, or is it foolish, for an average club player to go up against such a powerful foe like Andrew Tang?

In any event, it is over quickly.

kristina_bolbat90 - penguingim1

0 30 lichess.org, 2020

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ 

I call this line the Abrahams Jerome Gambit.

3...Kxf7 4.Ne2 

I admire a player who will play the Jerome Gambit against an opponent rated 1,300 points higher than himself - in a 30-second game.

This move suggests that White wishes to ride out the game: to hang on for, at maximum, a full minute, and maybe get lucky when Black's flag falls.

Something more thematic, Jerome-ish, might have been 4.Qh5+ Kf8 5.Qxe5. 

4...Qh4 

Very well, Black will take over the attack.

5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 

I give you some lines from the computer, if only because things are about to end quickly: 6.d4 exd4 (6...Bxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.e5 Ng4 9.h3 Nxe5 10.f4 Nec6) 7.Nd2 Qh5 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.Ng3 Bxg3 10.fxg3 d6 (10...Nxe4 11.Ne5+) 11.h3 Kg8 12.g4 Qe8 13.g5 Nxe4 14.Nxd4 

6...Ng4 7.Be3 Qxh2 checkmate

Looking at the Elo Win Probability Calculator, based upon the two player's ratings, White's expected score was 0.000002270.

Still, a brave try.

 This could probably serve as a Public Service announcement.