In the following Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) game, SkillerEP fights a barbarian, successfully wielding the opening as a weapon.
SkillerEP - Barbarian123VA
30 0 classical, lichess.org, 2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5
Blackburne's Defense, made famous by the game Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885. See "Flaws (Part I) and Flaws (Part II)".
Another path was 7...d5 8.Qxh8 Qh4 (8...c6 9.Qxh7+ Kf8 10.Qxg6 dxe4 11.O-O Black resigned, Pauze - BountoulisPaschalis, lichess.org, 2021) 9.O-O Bd7 (9...Bh3 10.d4 Nf6 11.Qxa8 Qg4 12.g3 Qf3 White resigned, MSMDOIPE - Rishigayle, lichess.org, 2021) 10.d4 Nf6 11.Qxa8 Black resigned, neelnikhar - GDC_baonam2009, lichess.org, 2022
Likely strongest was Whistler's move, 7...Qe7, against which capturing Black's Rook would be too dangerous.
8.Qxh8
In this line, if White knows what he is doing, he can take the material and survive.
8...d5
In many situations. ...d7-d5 is the best idea.
Here, however, 8...Qh4 was the move, with the possible followup 9.d4 Nf6 10.Nd2 Bxd4 11.O-O Qxf2+ 12.Kxh2 Ng4+ 13.Kg1 Bxh8 although Black has only the two Bishops as compensation for the exchange.
9.d4
Or 9.Qxh7+ Kf6 (9...Kf8 10.Qxg6 dxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qe2 Bg4 13.f3 Bf5 14.d3 Nd5 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qh4+ 17.g3 Qf6 18.Kd2 Re8 19.Qg2 Be3+ 20.Kd1 Qxc3 21.Rb1 Bxd3 22.Bxe3 Bxc2+ 23.Qxc2 Rd8+ 24.Kc1 Qxe3+ 25.Kb2 Qd4+ 26.Qc3 Qf2+ 27.Ka1 Qxf3 28.Rhf1 Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - sarenn, 5 12 blitz, FICS, 2010) 10.e5+ Kf5 11.O-O Kxe5 12.Qxg6 Bf5 13.Re1+ Kd4 14.c3+ Kd3 15.Qxf5+ Black resigned, HadesNoir - Ingerboi, lichess.org, 2020.
9...Bf8
Or 9...Bb6 10.Qxh7+ Ke6 11.Qxg6+ Ke7 12.Bg5+ Black resigned, Robov - abayode10, lichess.org, 2023
10.Qxh7+ Bg7 11.e5 Be6 12.Nd2 Black resigned
White is up the exchange and three pawns. He should be able to grind out a win - as Black acknowledges.
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