I continue to be amazed how players like angelcamina can find their way through the complications of the Jerome Gambit to gain the full point - all with only seconds of thinking time per move.
angelcamina - Gregigras
1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+
Open Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Bxd4 8.Qxd4 Qe7
angelcamina has reached this position 22 times, scoring 14 - 6 - 2.
9.O-O Nc6 10.Qc4+ Qe6 11.Qe2
White has some work ahead of him to get things going.
11...Nd4
It is always tempting to harass the enemy Queen. This move does not squander Black's advantage, but it reduces it.
12.Qd3 c5 13.f4 a5
Planning to develop a piece to a6?
14.e5
This is a complicated position to solve in a 1-minute game!
Black's best might be to return a piece while adding more tactical complexity - 14...b6 15.exf6 Ba6 16.f5 Qe5 17.Qh3 Bxf1 18.fxg7 Qxg7 19.Qh5+ Kg8 20.Kxf1 Nxf5 - ending up an exchange ahead.
15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.c3 Rf8
Stockfish 16.1 gives a line that keeps things even - 16...d6 17.cxd4 Qxd4+ 18.Qxd4 cxd4 19.Bd2 dxe5 20.fxe5+ Ke6 21.Rad1 Bd7 (21...Kxe5 22.Bf4+) 22.Rf4 Ba4 23.Rc1 Rhd8 24.Rc7 Bc6 25.Rxg7 Rg8 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Rxd4 Rxg2+ 28.Kf1 Rxh2 29.Bc3.
Of course, the computer can calculate very rapidly.
17.cxd4 cxd4
Safer was exchanging Queens after 17...Qxd4+.
18.Be3
To win the d-pawn.
With more time, White would have found that he could grab a different pawn, with 18.Qxh7 Ke8 19.f5 Qg8.
18...b6 19.Qxd4 Qe6
20.f5 Qc6 21.Rac1 Qb7 22.Qc4+ Ke8
23.f6 gxf6 24.exf6 Rf7
The only way to put off checkmate was 24...d5.
25.Bf4 d5 26.Rce1+ Kf8
27.Bh6+ Kg8 28.Re8+ Rf8 29.Rxf8 checkmate
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