Jerome Gambit: Always A Lot of Action

There is always a lot of action in angelcamina's 1-minute games.

In the following one, players average about 1 1/3 seconds thinking time per move. White, a little less; Black a little more - hence the outcome. 

angelcamina - GezanM

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025

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

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ 

The "nudge" to drive the King back, to interfere with the development of the Rook.

7...Kf8 8.Qxc5+ Qe7

9.Qc4

angelcamina has also played the not-so-popular (according to The Database) 9.Qxe7+, i.e. 9...N8xe7 10.0–0 Kf7 11.f4 Rf8 12.d4 Kg8 13.f5 Nh4 14.g3 Nhxf5 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Rxf5 Nxf5 17.c3 d5 18.Bf4 c6 19.Nd2 h6 20.Re1 g5 21.Bd6 Nxd6 22.Re6 Bxe6 White resigned, angelcamina - Fravis02, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023. The early Queen exchange was not the reason for his loss.

9...Nf6 10.Nc3 d6 11.O-O 

Or 11.d3 Be6 12.Qb4 b6 13.O-O as in angelcamina - aleb12000, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022 (0-1, 32) 

11...Be6 12.Qb4 

The wandering Queen, again.

12...b6 

Black does not have to protect the b-pawn. for example, 12...Kf7 13.f4 Bd7 as in angelcamina - Jigsaw71, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021 (1-0, 20) and  angelcamina - joshuamanlangit34, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2022 (0-1, 35).

There is also 12...Re8 13.d3 Ne5 14.f4 Neg4 15.h3 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Bxh3 17.gxh3 h5 18.Kh2 Qe6 19.f5 Qe5+ 20.Bf4 Qe7 21.Qxb7 Nh7 22.Nd5 Qd7 23.Qxc7 Qxc7 24.Nxc7 Re7 25.Ne6+ Kf7 26.Bxd6 Rb7 27.b3 Nf6 28.Ng5+ Ke8 29.e5 Nd5 30.c4 Ne3 31.Rf3 Nc2 32.Rc1 Nb4 33.a3 Nc6 34.b4 Nd4 35.Rf4 Nc6 36.d4 Ne7 37.Bxe7 Kxe7 38. f6+ gxf6 39.exf6+ Kd6 40.f7 Rf8 41.d5 Ke5 42.Rf2 Rbxf7 43.Nxf7+ Rxf7 44.Rxf7 Ke4 45.Rxa7 Kd4 46.Rh7 Kd3 47.Rxh5 Ke3 48.d6 Kd4 49.d7 Ke4 draw, angelcamina - Armind55, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025; and 

12...c6 13.f4 a5 (13...c5 14.Qb5 Qf7 15.f5 Bc4 16.fxg6 Bxb5 17.gxf7 Bxf1 18.Kxf1 Kxf7 19.d3 h6 20.Ke2 Rhe8 21.h3 Rad8 22.Bf4 d5 23.e5 d4 24.Ne4 Nd5 25.Bg3 Kg8 26.Rf1 c4 27.b3 Nb4 28.a3 Nxc2 29.Rc1 Nxa3 30.bxc4 b5 31.Ra1 Nc2 32.Rxa7 bxc4 33.dxc4 Black resigned, angelcamina - akshayzimare, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024; or 13...Bd7 as in, angelcamina - bemol4ik, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025 [1-0, 25] ) 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qe3 Ng4 16.Qg3 Qh4 17.f5 Qxg3 18.hxg3 N6e5 19. fxe6+ Ke7 20.d3 Kxe6 21.Bf4 Rhf8 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Nd5 b5 24.Nc7+ Black resigned, angelcamina - Mateitogladiador, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024. 

13.f3 

Or 13.f4 a5 14.Qb5 Bd7 15.Qe2 Rd8 16.d4 h6 17.e5 dxe5 18.fxe5 Kg8 19.exf6 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 gxf6 21.Rxf6 Kg7 22.Rf1 Rhf8 23.Bd2 Bb5 24.Rxf8 Rxf8 25.Nc3 Ba6 26.Re1 Rf7 27.Re6 Kg8 28.Rxg6+ Black resigned, angelcamina - ali-ahmadi, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025. 

13...a5 14.Qb5 h6 15.d4 Kf7 16.d5 Bd7 17.Qd3 Rhf8 

Black has a piece for two pawns. For now, the game has unfolded with both sides developing pieces. Eventually, a "Jerome pawn" will make its appearance.

18.f4 Kg8 19.Be3 Rfe8 

Missing 19...Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Qxe4 21.Nxe4 Rae8.

20.Rae1 Nxe4 21.Bd4 Bf5 

22.g4 Bxg4 

The sharp 22...Nxc3 was to be considered.

23.Rxe4 Qd7 24.Rxe8+ 

24...Rxe8 

This is a 1-minute game, and Black overlooks the correct 24...Qxe8.

25.Qxg6 Bf5 26.Qg3 g6 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Bxc2 29.Qe6+ Qf7 30.Qf6 Qxf6 31.Bxf6 Kf7 

White is clearly better, with a piece for a pawn.

Then, there is the matter of the clock.

32.Bd4 Bd3 33.Kf2 Bc4 34.b3 Bd3 35.Ke3 Bf5 36.h4 h5 37.Kf3 Ke7 38.Nd1 Kd7 39.Ne3 c6 40.Nxf5 gxf5 41.dxc6+ Kxc6 42.Ke3

White, in a better position, won on time