I would guess that this game was played after the one previously posted on this blog. Having tasted the Jerome Gambit in a painful bullet (one minute, no increment) game, Black may have decided to avoid that evil line. Not that he was able to escape a similar punishment.
angelcamina - MegaBane
1 0 bullet, lichess.org
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bb4
No Giuoco Piano, so no Jerome Gambit, right?
4.c3 Ba5 5.Bxf7+
Not again.
5... Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.Qh5+ g6
Reminiscent of the Blacburne Defense in the Jerome Gambit.
8.Qxe5 Bb6 9.Qxh8 d6
Black has a piece for a couple of pawns, but he is about to be crushed.
10.Qxh7+ Kf6 11.O-O Bg4 12.d4 Ne7
13.f4
Here 13.Qh4+, followed by 14.Qxg4, was even stronger, but it doesn't really matter.
13...Qd7 14.h3 Be6 15.e5+ dxe5 16.fxe5 checkmate
Ouch. Again.
Bullet chess - one minute time control, no increment - is beyond my comprehension. So is trying to defend against a strange opening variation like the Jerome Gambit, as it is played by someone skilled in its nuances. Black may have been wondering: Why did I do that?
angelcamina - MegaBane
1 0 bullet, lichess.org
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8
Understandable, but rare and risky.
6.Qh5+
It is possible that 6.Nxc6 is stronger, but who wants to be the first (according to The Database) to meet the dynamic counter 6...Qh4!? - ? Anyhow, the text is thematic and a lot more fun.
6...g6 7.Nxg6 hxg6
Best is 7...Bxf2+, but who thinks of that in a 1 minute game
8.Qxh8 Kf8
9.O-O d6 10.c3 Be6 11.d4 Bb6 12.d5 Bf7 13.dxc6 bxc6
Is it over, yet?
14.Bh6+ Ke7 15.Bg5+ Nf6 16.Bxf6+ Ke6 17.Bxd8 Rxd8 18.Qxd8 Bxf2+
19.Rxf2 d5 20.exd5+ cxd5 21.Rf6+ Ke5 22.Nd2 c5 23.Qe7+ Be6 24.Qxe6 checkmate
