It can be tempting to play a reversed form of the Jerome Gambit, but it can be even more risky, as Black discovers in the following game.
Degner, Uwe - Witt, Monika
Remote S7E Easy-342 email, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3
Perhaps looking to transpose to the Jerome Gambit, if Black plays 3...Nc6.
This looks similar to a Busch-Gass Gambit, which starts 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5. See "Worth a Second Look... (Part 1, 2, 3)".
3...Bxf2+
The earliest example of this move in The Database, in 2006, is by the "King of Bxf7+", viejoasquerosos, at redhotpawn.com.
The Database has 130 games with this move. Black scores 51%. That is impressive, given that Stockfish 16.1 (38 ply) evaluates the position as about 4 pawns better for White.
Can White ride out the storm?
4.Kxf2 Nf6 5.Nc3
5...h6
Black hopes to keep a Knight off of g5, but he would do better with the fork trick 5...Nxe4+ 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5
6.Nxe5 Nxe4+ 7.Nxe4 Qe7
Recall Grandmaster John Nunn's warning: "LPDO, Loose Pieces Drop Off." But - will they?
8.d4 Qh4+ 9.Ng3 Qf6+ 10.Nf3 O-O
Black sighs, and castles. He has two pawns for two pieces, and his safer King is not sufficient compensation.
11.Ne4 Qd8 12.Ng3 d5 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Be3
15...g5
Black had to do something...
16.Ne5 Be6 17.Qh5 Qf6+ 18.Ke2
White's King will be safe at e2.
18...Nd7 19.Raf1 Nxe5
A slip in a difficult position.
20.Rxf6 Kg7 21.Qxh6+ Kg8 22.Qh7 checkmate
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