Jerome Gambit: Was the Clock A Factor?

The following Jerome Gambit game raises the question - was the clock a factor in the defender's errors? 

The answer, usually, is yes.

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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.O-O 

Having dragged Black's King into danger, White takes a moment to safeguard his own King.

There are 126 games in The Database with 8.O-O. White scores 45%.

By comparison, there are 1,623 games in The Database with the alternative, 8.f4. White scores 60%.

8...Ne7 9.Qf4 Rf8 10.Qg3 

10...g6 

Black's g-pawn is no longer at risk. 

He should have considered getting his King to safety, starting with 10...Ke6.  

11.c3 Bb6 12.d4 

This is an interesting position: Black has two extra pieces, White has two extra pawns; Black's King is in danger, White's King is safely tucked away.

Stockfish 17.1 assesses the position to be about a pawn better for White.

12...c6 

Safety is paramount: the King needed to go to c6, not the pawn - 12...Kc6

Was the clock a factor?

13.Qxe5 checkmate