The following game, a 1 0 bullet, races to its conclusion, but along the way White gains and increases his advantage - against what Black had hoped would be a "safe" variation.
angelcamina - Wilhelm01
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.Bxf7+
The Semi-Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit. A "safe" variation has become "unsafe".
6...Kxf7 7.Nxe5+ Nxe5 8.d4 Bxd4
Black does not always choose the simplest and safest reply8...Nc6 9.dxc5 Re8 10.f4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Qd5+ Re6 13.f5 Kf8 14.fxe6+ Ke7 15.Rf7+Ke8 16.exd7+ Bxd7 17.Rxg7 Bf5 18.Qg8 checkmate, angelcamina - StarsXX, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019.
8...Bb6 9.dxe5 Nh7 10.Qd5+ Ke8 11.Kh1 Ng5 12.f4 Ne6 13.f5 Ng5 14.f6 Ne6 15 fxg7 Rg8 16.Bxh6 Qh4 17.Rf8+ Nxf8 18.Qxg8 Qxh6 19.gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 20.Qxf8+ Kxf8 21.Rf1+ Ke8 22.g4 c6 23.g5 d6 24.g6 dxe5 25.g7 Be6 26.Rf8+ Ke7 27.Rxa8 Bd8 28.h4 Black resigned, angelcamina - baronetto, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019.
8...Bb4 9.dxe5 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Nxe4 11.Qd5+ Kf8 12.Qxe4 d6 13.Ba3 Qg5 14.f4 Qh5 15.f5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5+ Black resigned angelcamina - omkarsubham, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021
9.Qxd4 Qe7
Again, angelcamina has seen different responses
9...Nc6 10.Qc4+ Ke8 (10...Kf8 11.f4 Na5 (11...d6 12.b3 Qe7 13.Ba3 Be6 14.Qe2 Bg415.Qe3 Be6 16.e5 Ng4 17.Qg3 Nd4 18.exd6 cxd6 19.Rad1 Ne2+ 20.Nxe2 Kg8 21.f5 h5 22.fxe6 Qxe6 23.Rxd6 Qe4 24.Rd7 Kh7 25.Qd3 Qxd3 26.cxd3 Rhf8 27.Rxf8 White won on time, angelcamina - Eldomi, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 12.Qb4+ c5 13.Qxc5+ d6 14.Qxa5 Qxa5 White resigned, angelcamina - Arath96, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020; 10...Kg6 11.f4 Na5 12.Qd3 Kh7 13.e5+ Kg8 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Be3 d6 16.Bd4 Bf5 17.Qd2 Qg6 18.Nd5 Kh7 19.Qxa5 Bh3 20.Qd2 c6 21.Ne3 Rhe8 22.Kh1 Kh8 23.gxh3 Re4 24.Rae1 Rae8 25.Ng4 Rxe1 26.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 c5 28.Bc3 Kh7 29.Nf2 Qf5 30.Qe4 Qxe4+ 31.Nxe4 b6 32.Nxd6 b5 33.Ne4 a6 34.b4 c4 35.Nd6 Kg6 36.Nxb5 Kf5 37.Kg2 g5 38.Kf3 gxf4 39.h4 h5 40.h3 a5 41.Nd6+ Black resigned, angelcamina - zepelin27, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021) 11.f4 d6 12.e5 (12.b3 Kf8 13.Ba3 Qe7 14.Rae1 Be6 15.Qb5 Rb8 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxe7+ Nxe7 18.fxe5 Kf7 19.exf6 gxf6 20.Ne4 Nd5 21.Nxf6 Nxf6 22.Rxf6+ Kxf6 23.Qe5+ Ke7 24.Qxe6+ Kd8 25.Rd1 checkmate, angelcamina - x2ornot2b, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020) 12...dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Qf7 checkmate, angelcamina - PokerJack, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019;
9...d6 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc4+ Be6 12.Qe2 (12.Qb5 Rb8 13.e5 Nd7 14.f5 Nd4 15.fxe6+ Kxe6 16.Qd5+ Ke7 17.Qf7 checkmate, angelcamina - ArZion, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 12...Nd4 (12...Rf8 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Qd4+ 15.Kh1 Qxe5 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Bf4 Ng6 18.Bxc7 Kg8 19.Bd6 Rfd8 20.Ba3 Rd2 21.Rae1 Bd7 22.Be7 Bc6 23.Bxf6 Bxg2+ 24.Kg1 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 gxf6 26.Rxf6 Kg7 27.Re6 Rxc2 28.Rd6 Rxb2 29.Rd7+ Kf6 30.Ne4+ Ke5 31.Rg7 Kxe4 32.Rxg6 Kf3 33.Rf6+ Kg4 34.Rg6+ Kh5 35.Rg7 Rxa2 36.Rxb7 Rc8 White resigned, angelcamina - MasterMeyer, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021) 13.Qd3 c5 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.c4 Be6 17.f5 Bc8 18.e6+ Ke7 19.b4 b6 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Bb2 Bb7 22.Bxd4 cxd4 23.Qxd4 Rf8 24.Qxg7+ Ke8 25.Qg6+ Ke7 26.Rae1 Rg8 27.Qf7 checkmate, angelcamina - Sergio75, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020;
9...Re8 10.f4 Nc6 11.Qc4+ Kf8 12.e5 Nh7 13.Qe4 d6 14.Qxh7 dxe5 15. fxe5+ Ke7 16.Qxg7+ Ke6 17.Qxh6+ Kd7 18.Bg5 Re7 19.Rad1+ Black resigned, angelcamina - badroni, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020;
9...Ng6 10.f4 Rf8 11.Qc4+ d5 12.exd5 Kg8 13.f5 Ne5 14.Qb3 Qd6 15.Bf4 Bd7 16.Rae1 Rae8 17.Qxb7 a5 18.Nb5 Qc5+ 19.Be3 Bxb5 20.Bxc5 Rf7 21.Qxb5 Neg4 22.Rxe8+ Nxe8 23.h3 Ngf6 24.Bd4 Nd6 25.Qc4 Nxf5 26.Bxf6 Rxf6 27.d6+ Kf8 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.dxc7 Black resigned, angelcamina - Jrmigs, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2021
10.f4 Neg4
10...c5 does not help, either 11.Qxe5 Qxe5 12.fxe5 Black resigned, angelcamina - ShadowKnight314, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020.
11.e5
angelcamina has also tried 11.h3, i.e. 11...c5 12.Qc4+ Qe6 13.Qxe6+ dxe6 14.e5 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Bd7 16.exf6 gxf6 17. Ne4 Bc6 18. Nxf6 Ke7 19. Ng4 Rhg8 20. Bxh6 Rg6 21.Bf4 Rag8 22.Rad1 Rxg4 23.hxg4 Rxg4 24.g3 Rg6 25.Rd6 Rh6 26.Rxc6 bxc6 27.Bxh6 Kd6 28.Bf4+ Kd5 29.Re1 Kd4 30.Rxe6 Kd5 31.Rd6+ Kc4 32.Rxc6 Kb5 33.Rc8 Kb6 34.Be3 Kb5 35.Rxc5+ Kb4 36.Rc3 Kb5 37.Ra3 Kc6 38.Rxa7 Kd5 39.Ra4 Ke6 40.Rd4 Kf5 41. c4 Black resigned, angelcamina - carambula, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2020.
11...Nh7
In a 1-minute game, it can be hard to find the right line. Better would have been 11...Re8 12.exf6 Nxf6 with an equal game.
12.h3 c5 13.Qc4+ Qe6 14.Qxe6+ Kxe6 15.hxg4 Rf8
The "Jerome pawns" threaten the enemy King.16.Bd2 b6 17.Rae1 Bb7 18.f5+
Here it comes.18...Ke7 19.e6 d6 20.Nb5 Rac8 21.Bf4 Ba6 22.Bxd6+ Kd8 23.Bxf8 Nxf8 24.e7+ Ke8 25.exf8=Q+ Kxf8
The pawns, supported by the pieces, have wrecked things in the opponent's field.The rest of the game shows the effect of the clock (the game unrolled, on the average, at 1 second per move) but angelcamina was up to the challenge, and his material won out.
26.Nd6 Rd8 27.Ne4 Bxf1 28.Kxf1 Re8 29.Nd6 Rd8 30.Ne4 Re8 31.Kf2 Kf7 32.Nd6+ Kf6 33.Nxe8+ Kg5 34.Kg3 h5 35.gxh5 Kxh5 36.Nxg7+ Kg5 37.f6 Kxf6 38.Nh5+ Kg5 39.Nf4 c4 40.Kf3 c3 41.bxc3 b5 42.g4 b4 43.Re5+ Kf6 44.cxb4 a6 45.Ra5 Ke7 46.Rxa6 Kd7 47.Rf6 Ke7 48.g5 Kd7 49.b5 Kc7 50.Kg4 Kb7 51.Kf5 Kc7 52.g6 Kb7 53.g7 Kc7 54.g8=Q Kb7 55.Qg7+ Ka8 56.Rf8 checkmate