Jerome Gambit - Or Not

People live busy lives. Sometimes they can relax with a few games of chess. Sometimes the business of the world intrudes. 

I suspect that is the story in the following game.

perrypawnpusher - feir3n123

Wal2010's Thematic Tournament, Chess.com, 2026

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 

The Two Knights defense.

Ah, no Jerome Gambit?

4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ 

Ok, I will settle for the Monck or Noa Gambit (see also "5% New [Part 1]"), with which I was 7 - 2 - 2 before this game. 

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe4 h6 

Or 6...d5, as in Noa, Josef - Makovetz, Gyula, DSB-07 Kongress, Germany, 1892, which continued 7.Ng3 e4 8.Ng1 h5 9.d4 h4 10.Nf1 Qf6 11.c3 Ne7 12.Ne3 Kg8 13.Ne2 c6 14.h3 g5 15.Rf1 Bh6 16.f3 exf3 17.Rxf3 Qg6 18.b3 Rh7 19.Ba3 g4 20.hxg4 Bxg4 21.Nxg4 Qxg4 22.Ng3 Rf7 23.Bxe7 Rxe7+ 24.Ne2 Qxg2 25.Rf2 Qg1+ 26.Rf1 Qg3+ 27.Rf2 Rf8 White resigned.

7.Nxe5+ 

Instead, 7.d4 d6 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5+ dxe5 10.Qxd8 Bb4+ 11.Qd2 Bxd2+ 12.Bxd2 Bf5 13.Ng3 g6 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Bc3 f4 16.O-O-O Black resigned, was Monck,W - Patterson, correspondence, 1905. 

7...Nxe5 8.Qh5+ 

Here, White won on time 

For the record, an example of further play can be seen in Delmar,E - Marshall,F, New York, 1900: 8...Ke6 9. d4 Nf7 10. d5+ Ke7 11. O-O Ke8 12. Re1 Be7 13. d6 Kf8 14. dxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Rad1 d6 17. Bxd6+ cxd6 18. Nxd6 Be6 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Qf5 Rd8 21. Rde1 g6 22. Qf6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Qf3 Rc6 25. Qa3+ Kg7 26. Qxa7 Rhc8 27. c3 R8c7 28. Qd4+ Kh7 29. h4 Rd6 30. Qf4 Kg7 31. g3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 b5 34. Re6 Rd5 35. Qe4 Rcd7 36. Rg6+ Kf8 37. Qb4+ Nd6 38. a4 Kf7 39. Rxd6 R7xd6 40. axb5 Re6 41. c4 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 g4 43. c5 Ree1 44. Qxg4 Rg1+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Ke2 Rdd1 47. Qc4+ Ke7 48. c6 Rc1 49. Qb4+ Kd8 50. Qd6+ Black resigned