In the following game I gave my opponent "Jerome Gambit odds", but he did not seem very impressed and certainly did not sense any danger. Not everyone knows what to do with the gift of a couple of pieces.
perrypawnpusher - opazovalec
blitz, FICS, 2014
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+
The Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Ke8
A relatively rare idea - there are only 9 previous examples in The Database.
7.Nxc6 bxc6
As with the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke8, Black does a bit better with the capture 7...dxc6.
8.d4 Bb4 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3
10...Nxe4
Not sensing any danger. After all, the Jerome Gambit is the "worst chess opening ever".
11.Re1 d5 12.f3 Bf5 13.fxe4 Bxe4
Pawn structure is similar, but King safety is not.
14.Qh5+ Kf8 15.Rf1+ Kg8 16.Qf7 checkmate
