Examining the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) book (the cover says it is by "Chess Notes") that Bill Wall led me to, and which I first took a look at in "Jerome Gambit Book (Part 1)", has led to more puzzlement.
As mentioned in the earlier post, the following game from the book features "W So" playing the Jerome Gambit against "Delmonico" in the "N Eljanov Memorial final 6th 2021".
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5 +Kd6 8.f4 Qf6 9.fxe5+ Qxe5 10.Qf3 Nf6 11.d3 Kc6 12.Nc3 d6 13.h3 Qh5 14.Qg3 Be6 15.Ne2 Raf8 16.Nf4 Qe5 17.Qxg7 Bf5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxe5 dxe5 20.exd5+ Kxd5 21.Bh6 Rf7 22.g4 Be6 23.O-O-O
I suspect that if the reference is to Wesley So, an American grandmaster rated over 2750, if he had played a Jerome Gambit it would be notable, and it would have been covered on chess sites all over the internet - yet that has not happened. (Especially since Stockfish 16.1 assesses the final position as about 4 1/4 pawns better for Black.) I have messaged Mr. So about this, and will share his response.
Also, a search on the internet did not discover an "N Eljanov" or an "N Eljanov Memorial" tournament in any year, not just 2021. Ditto, checking Mark Crowther's comprehensive "The Week in Chess" website.
There is a Nils Delmonico, from Switzerland, but, again, had he beaten a top grandmaster who was playing a "refuted" opening, it would have been news. Likewise, any other Delmonico-named chess player. No news found.
Finally as previously noted, all of the moves are the same as in the game Alonzo Wheeler Jerome - S. A. Charles, correspondence, 1881.
Well, then...
[to be continued]
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