Here we have another Jerome Gambit game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) where White's attack finishes off the enemy King in a little over a dozen moves.
This is not surprising, given that the first player is very experienced in playing the opening, with 485 games in The Database.
Dumbledoorsarmy - TaoufikCHESS
3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2024
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6
7.f4 Nd3+
I have always liked this move, for some reason.
It appears in 78 games in The Database, where Black scores only 39%. Still, it is Stockfish 16.1's second choice, ranking only behind 7...d6, which appears in 617 games in The Database, scoring 56% for the second player.
8.cxd3 Bb6
Stronger was 8...d5
Later, White faced a different opponent. I have added brief notes: 8...Bd6?! 9.O-O (9.Qf5+!?) Nf6 10.Qf5+ (10.Qf3!?) Kf7 11.e5 (11.d4!?) g6?! (11...Bc5+!?) 12.Qh3 (12.Qxf5+!?) Bc5+ 13.Kh1 Nh5 (13...d6!?) 14.f5 d6 15.fxg6+ (15.d4!?) Kxg6 16.Qf3 d5 (16...Qh4!?) 17.d4 Be7? (17...Rf8!?) 18.Qf7+ Kh6 19.d3+ (19.Rf6+!?) Bg5 20.Nc3 c6? (20...Bg4!?) 21.h4? (21.Rf6!?) Bxc1 22.Rf6+ Nxf6 23.exf6 Rg8 24.Rxc1 Rg6 25.Ne2?! (25.Rf1!?) Qxf6 (25...Rxf6!?) 26.Qc7 Qxh4+ 27.Kg1 Bh3 28.Nf4 Qg4 29.Rf1 (29.Rc2!?) Now Black has a checkmate in 9 29...Rf8 30.Rf2 Rxf4?! 31.Qxf4+ Qxf4 32.Rxf4 Rxg2+ 33.Kh1 Rg4 34.Rf6+ Kg7 35.Rf3 (35.Rd6!?) Bg2+ 36.Kh2 Bxf3 37.b4 Rg6 38.b5 cxb5 39.a3 a6 40.Kh3 Be2 41.Kh4 Bxd3 42.Kh5 Be4 43.Kh4 Bd3 44.Kh5 Bc2 45.Kh4 Bd3 draw by three-fold repetition of position, Dumbledoorsarmy - sagardua257, lichess.org, 2025
9.Nc3 Qf6
The Knight should have gone to the f6 square - 9...Nf6.
Now White grabs the initiative.
10.f5+ Kd6 11.Nb5+ Kc6 12.d4
12...Kxb5
In blitz, when in doubt, grab material.
13.a4+
Okay, this is a 3-minute game, and this "smite" is effective, but the computer fusses that, instead, 13.Qe2+ Kc6 14.Qc4+ Kd6 15.e5+ wins the Queen.
13...Ka6 14.Qe2+ Ka5 15.Qb5 checkmate
Winning the King.
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