The theme of the following Jerome Gambit game could reflect upon the comment by Theodore Roosevelt: "Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are."
Never mind the "objective" assessments of the computer, White has a lot of pawns - so he uses them.
angel_camina - romainbourgeois04
1 1 bullet, Ches.com, 2026
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6
The Database has 22 games with this position. White scores 57%.
9.O-O N8e7
angelcamina has also faced 9...Nf6 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Qg5 d6 12.Na4 Qb5 13.Qxb5 cxb5 14.Nc3 a6 15.f3 Be6 16.d4 Bc4 17.Re1 b4 18.Na4 b5 19.Nb6 Rb8 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Nd5 23.Bg5 Rf8 24.Rad1 Rb5 25.e6 Nge7 26.Re5 h6 27.Bxe7 Nxe7 28.Rxb5 axb5 29.Rd7 Rf6 30.Rb7 Rxe6 31.Rxb5 Kf7 32.Rxb4 Rc6 33.a4 Nd5 34.Rb5 Ne3 35.c3 Nc2 36.Kf2 Re6 37.Rf5+ Rf6 38.Rb5 Rf5 39.Rb7+ Kg6 40.Rb6+ Rf6 White resigned, angelcamina -WilliamsU, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023
10.d4
Similarly, 10.f4 b6 11.Qe3 Bb7 12.d4 Qc7 13.f5 Nf8 14.Qg5 g6 15.f6 Ng8 16.f7 checkmate, angelcamina - youni30, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019
10...d6 11.Qc4 Qd7
Black decides to "shelter in place" and keep his defensive pieces close to home.
12.f4 Qe6 13.Qd3 Qf7
See the above note.
14.f5 Nf8 15.Bg5 Nd7 16.Nc3 Nf6
Black's "Knight tour" has taken time, and White has put it to good - attacking - use.
17.Rae1 Kd7
Leaving the endangered e-file, and avoiding the endangered f-file. However, the d-file is no safer.
18.e5 dxe5 19.dxe5+ Nfd5 20.e6+ Black resigned
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