It can be easy to forget that our favorite chess opening, the Jerome Gambit - for all of its fun and adventure - is a "refuted" line of play that can sometimes surround the first play with all sorts of difficulties.
In the following games, a very experienced and successful Jerome Gambit expert finds this out, as he moves in and out of danger that seems all around him.
angel_camina - nicolagoestosc
1 1 bullet, lichess.org, 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 N8e7
Not the sharpest tool in the toolbox, but enough to maintain an advantage, according to Stockfish 17.1.
9.O-O d6 10.Qc4 Qd7
If there is an issue with Black's response, it hasn't proven worse than alternatives that angelcamina has faced
10...Nc6 11.f4 Bd7 12.Nc3 Qe7 13.d4 Rf8 14.f5 Nh8 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bg5 Qxg5 17.Nxc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Rxa8 19.e5 dxe5 20.dxe5 Qe3+ 21.Kh1 Qb6 22.f6+ gxf6 23.exf6+ Kd8 24.Qg8+ Kc7 25.Qg3+ Kd8 26.f7 Nxf7 27.Rxf7 Be8 28.Rd1+ Kc8 29.Qg4+ Kb8 30.Rf8 Qd8 31.Rxd8+ Nxd8 32.Rxe8 Kc7 33.Re7+ Kb6 34.Qd7 Nc6 35.Qxb7+ Kc5 36.b4+ Kc4 37.Re4+ Kc3 38.Qxc6+ Kb2 39.Qc4 White won on time, angelcamina - SIIAMS, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023;
10...b6 11.f4 a5 12.f5 Ba6 13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.d3 Ne5 16.Nc3 Rad8 17.Bf4 Kc8 18.Bg5 h6 19.Bh4 Rde8 20.Rf2 N7c6 21.Nd5 Nd4 22.c3 Ndc6 23.d4 Nc4 24.b3 Ne3 25.Re1 Nxd5 26.exd5 Rxe1+ 27.Rf1 Rxf1 checkmate, angelcamina - misterbean732, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023; and
10...Bd7 11.f4 Rf8 12.f5 Ne5 13.Qe2 N7c6 14.d4 Nxd4 15.Qd3 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Ne2+ White resigned, angelcamina - khadija2025, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025;
11.f4 c6
Preparing ...d5, which could have been played immediately, but never actually gets played in the game.
12.f5 Ne5 13.Qb3
White's Queen is doing a lot of work here.
13...Rf8 14.d4 Ng4 15.Qg3 Nf6 16.Qxg7
Danger? Ha! I laugh at danger.
16...Nxe4 17.Bh6
Not showing any interest in 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rf7 19.Qh8+ Rf8 20.Qg7 Rf7 21.Qh8+ Rf8 etc, draw
17...Rg8 18.Qxh7
Hungry, hungry Queen.
18...Nf6
Awkward.
19.Qxg8+ Nexg8 20.Nc3 Kd8
Choosing King safety over further material gain.
21.Rae1
This is a bullet game: attack until it is over, one way or another.
21...Kc7
22.Bf4 b6 23.d5 c5 24.Nb5+ Kb7
Has to be the clock; otherwise, 24...Qxb5.
25.Nxd6+ Ka6
To avoid the repeated checks (and a draw) if the King goes to b8 or c7; up until move 24, Black was winning handily - all things being equal, although in bullet chess they frequently are not.
26.Re3
After 26.Rf3 b5 27.Ra3+ Kb6 White would have 28.Re6.
26...Bb7
Defending is more difficult than attacking - especially when the clock is ticking.
27.Ra3+ Black resigned
It is checkmate after 27...Qa4 28.Rxa4 mate.
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