Almost 400 games in The Database have the features illustrated in the following position.
It is Black's move, and he should do what? (Assume his King is not in check.)
This is a situation White should never find himself in.
(Hint: the Queen is unprotected.)
Recall from "Jerome Gambit: What Did Both Black and White Miss?"
My warning came a couple dozen years ago, in "Something to Watch Out For".
Of course, if it is White to move, he should relocate his Queen.
The earliest example that I have of this arrangement of pieces is in Jerome - Norton, correspondence, 1876 (unfinished), where it was White to move, and Alonzo Wheeler Jerome retreated his Queen.
Looking at The Database, there are 11 games with this arrangement, and White moved or protected his Queen only 3 times.
On the other hand, in those 11 games, Black played ...Nf3+ only twice.
What can I say? Jerome Gambit.
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