One criticism of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) is that the attacker moves his Queen too often.
However, in the following game, Bill Wall's Queen is very active, invades the opponent's position, captures material, and escapes.
Wall, Bill - Chest
sparkchess, 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Qf6
Bill has reached this postion 29 times in his games, scoring 95% (27 - 1 - 1).
Black has the straight-forward threat of ...Nf3+, winning the Queen.
Instead of moving his Queen to f6, Bill's opponent has also played 7...d6 8.O-O h6 (8...Nf6 9.f4 Nc6 10.Qd3 Re8 11.Nc3 Kg8 12.b3 Kh8 13.Bb2 Nb4 14.Qd2 c5 15.Rae1 Qb6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ne7 19.Qc3 c4+ 20.Rf2 Black resigned, Wall,B - Chest, sparkchess 2025) 9.f4 Nc6 10.Qd5+ Be6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qe2 Nge7 13.Be3 Re8 14.f5 Bxf5 15.g4 Kg7 16.gxf5 gxf5 17.Qh5 Rh8 18.exf5 Nd5 19.Qg6+ Kf8 20.Bxh6+ Black resigned, Wall,B - Chest, sparkchess 2025.
8.Nd2 Ng4 9.Qc4+
Bill has no interest in exchanging Queens.
9...Kf8 10.f3 Ne5 11.Qxc7
Played too quickly.
Instead, 11...b6 12.Nc4 Nxc4 13.Qxc4 Ne7 14.O-O Nc6 would have kept his small advantage.
12.Qd8+ Kf7 13.Qxh8 N7g6 14.Qxh7
The Queen will escape with her treasure.
14...d6 15.O-O Be6 16.f4 Nxf4
Not much stronger, but perhaps a bit more emotionally satisfying, is 16...Rh8 17.fxe5 Qxf1+ 18.Nxf1 Rxh7 19.exd6 when Black has captured the bandit Queen but is four pawns down.
17.Nf3
17...Nxf3+ 18.Rxf3 Ke7 19.Bxf4 Qxb2
20.Rd1 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 Rg8 22.Bxd6+ Black resigned
The defender has had enough.
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