The German language chess web site Schacharena.de has a current discussion of the Busch-Gass Gambit (see"Worth A Second Look..." parts 1, 2, and 3) in its Forum area, and Schacharena member Schroeder has kindly mentioned (and linked to) this blog's contribution to the discussion – which, in turn, has led some Schacharena.de readers to stop by JeromeGambit.blogspot.com. 
A defense made famous by Joseph Henry Blackburne (see "Nobody expects the Jerome Gambit!" and "Flaws (Part II)") and most recently explored on this blog in "Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down" (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10).
An improvement suggested by Munoz and Munoz in the August 1885 Brooklyn Chess Chronicle, repeated by Fletcher in Gambits Accepted (1954) and Druke in the November 1987 Gambit Revue, to give some early citations. (Actually, the move is rarely mentioned, but see "A Closer Look (Part V)".)
Druke gave this move as an alternative to Fletcher's 9...Qxe4+ 10.Be3, saying that it came from analysis by Fritz 5. Of course, the two lines can transpose; in either case, as Hindemburg Melao, Jr., wrote in an intenet article (2003) on Amateur - Blackburne, London 1885 (not currently available), White's proper response is Nd2.
Pandolfini appears to be the first to explore this move, and he uses it in a bit of a morality tale (after a few more moves) about grabbing material in his Chess Openings Traps and Zaps. 
Scenario: Don't be misled by White's extra Rook. It's a meaningless ornament. White is in serious trouble. His King is exposed and his cornered Queen is in danger of being trapped. The cruncher is 12...Bh3 which wins White's Queen by discovery form the a8-Rook. If White tries to save the Queen by capturing the Rook, 13.Qxa8 then 13...Qxf1+ 14.Kd2 Ne4 is mate.
Interpretation: White began with a very aggressive, sacrificial line of play which, because of Black's cavalier pawn move (6...g6), led to the gain of material. The price White had to pay was the removal of his Queen from the center of the board. Without his Queen being available for defense, White has to play carefully, and every move becomes critical. Instead of his h1-Rook, he should be more concerned with the potential trap of his Queen. The correct response to 11...Qxg2 is 12.Nc3 which later prevents Black's Knight from moving to e4 and giving mate. After 12...Qxh1+ 13.Kd2 Qxa1?(13...Qxh2 keeps Black's Queen in play), White turns the tables with 14.Bd4!. Black's extra Rook then means little in the face of White's strong counterattack.
Gary Lane provides the reader in this greatest ever chess tricks and traps book with a amazing collection short cuts.
Some are well known as the seven move lost from the poor Ree against Petrosian,at the Wijk aan Zee tournament from 1971, but many others as for example the game Banks – Karmmark, Internet Blitz 2007, are brand new.
Where white went for the extraordinary and forgotten Jerome Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+?
These moves, as we can read in this entertaining work from Lane is named after the American player Alonzo Wheeler Jerome 1834-1902 of Paxton, Illinois, and was analysed in the American Chess Journal in 1874. It has to be remembered that in the 19th century people liked to attack and never defend.
This book from Lane is not only a very exciting game collection but above all, a very good read.
Nearly all major openings are divided with a instructive example of play and all games in this book are pleasantly indexed with names and openings.
All together I counted around 110 complete games where some are good for over two pages of text!
As for example the following victory in the opening: Skurski, Jan (2069) - Gasik, Piotr (2189) [B12] POL-ch sf Polanczyk (6), 09.11.2000 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4 Bb4+ 7.c3 dxc3 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qxd8 cxb2+ 10.Ke2 bxa1Q 11.Ng5+ Kg6 12.Qe8+ Kh6 13.Ne6+ g5 14.Bxg5# 1-0
As we can read in the book from Lane black has tried to avoid defeat at this point with no success.
Conclusion: This book is overloaded with unbelievable shortcuts!
I am pleased that this blog is read all around the world (Mauritania: yes; Cape Verde Islands: yes; North Korea: no; China: no) and I hope readers try out a few of the strategies and tactics shared here by the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde – even the silly ideas, obviously reflective of Western decadence...
The good old Two Knights Defense.
Ha! says my opponent (in my imagination, anyhow). 
Transposing to a "modern" Jerome Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.0-0 Nf6.
Move quickly, avoid a blunder, I have an extra piece...
Faster, faster, a piece up in the endgame still wins...
Better 19...Bxb3. The clock is ticking down, but I have more time than my opponent, who now slips...
22.Re1 Re8 23.g3 Bd4 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Kg2 Bg6 26.Kf3 Bb1
There's enough time left for this to decide the game.
It's a good thing that I caught Monday's post on the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (see "Please, don't do that..."), or I might have been unprepared for the following blitz encounter...
White has 4 pawns for his piece, and Black has yet to get over his sense of surprise.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+
This is the first Critical Position in the Jerome Gambit. Although 99% of the time (according to my database) Black captures the Bishop, the move is not forced. It is simply a choice for the second player between having an objectively winning game (4...Kxf7) and having the worse position (after 4...Kf8/4...Ke7 5.Bb3).
Yet a few defenders will adopt the sly attitude If he wants me to take the Bishop, then I won't take it.
There is some "psychology" in this, too: the Jerome Gambiteer suddenly finds himself or herself "stuck" with a calm, but immesurably "better" game than had been expected a move before. This change of fortune can take some getting used to.
Those who resist may wish to resort to 5.Bxg8 or 5.Qe2 (if 5...Kxf7 6.Qc4+); or transpose to the Evans Jerome Gambit with 5.b4.
4...Kxf7
This is the second Critical Position. The "classical" Jerome Gambit continues with 5.Nxe5 (about 84% of the games in my database) while "modern" Jerome Gambits continue with alternatives such as 5.Nc3, 5.d3, or 5.0-0.
For the record, after a very long think (over 12 hours) Deep Rybka 3.0 Aquarium assesses Black as being 1.91 pawns better after 5.Nxe5+ as well as after 5.Nc3. It sees White being only 1.72 pawns worse after 5.d3 or 5.0-0.
5.Nxe5+
This is the third Critical Position. Black's most frequent response is the logical 5...Nxe5, but he has alternatives in 5...Kf8, 5...Ke8 and 5...Ke7. The first of these "others" is a respected defense going back to Jerome - Brownson, Iowa 1875 (1/2-1/2, 29). The other two are blunders that give White the advantage after 6.Qh5.
After 5.Nxe5+ Kf8, the Banks Variation (see "Jerome Gambit and Vlad Tepes..." and "Jerome Gambit, Vlad Tepes... and Garlic!") is tempting, but probably Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's 6.Nxc6 is best.
5...Nxe5 
This is the fourth Critical Position. White most frequently follows up with 6.Qh5+, although 6.d4 is also played, and there are a number of rare other moves.
