Jerome Gambit: Both Knights

The following blitz game moves quickly to the endgame - one which is both educational and a bit humorous.

Pablo_sko - Dominator696969

3 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.d4 

At first 6.d4 was Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's choice, although later he switched to 6.Qh5+.

6...Bxd4 7.Qxd4 Qf6 

With the small trap, if now 8.Nc3 or 8.O-O, then 8...Nf3+ would lead to the win of the White Queen. This idea goes back to the correspondence game Jerome - Norton, 1876 (16 moves, unfinished).

8.c3 

White says Yes, I see it. I would have preferred the developing 8.Be3.

8...Ne7 9.O-O N7c6 10.Qd5+ Qe6 11.f4 

Allowing the exchange of Queens, which is usually fovorable for Black in the Jerome Gambit, as it blunts White's attack.

However, that is not the case here.

11...Qxd5 12.exd5 

White misses the intermezzo 12.fxe5+ when 12...Kg6 13.exd5 Nxe5 would produce a position where material would be equal, but in which the first player's King would be safer. But, remember, this is a 3-minute game; things happen.

12...Nb4

Both of Black's Knights are under attack, but he knows that White can capture only one of them. Can Black get this Knight to c2, to threaten the Rook at a1?

No. It was better to try 12...Nd3 13.dxc6 bxc6 with an edge.

13.fxe5+ Black resigned

The second Knight will be lost as well.

Jerome Gambit: Too Fast For Me

I continue to be amazed at the interesting chess created by regular contributor angelcamina - played at one minute a game.

That's too fast for me. My heart raced as I played over the following game - and I was simply sitting at my computer, composing.

angelcamina - dv_66

1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Bxf7+ 

Jerome Gambit's cousin, the Noa Gambit. (See "Further Explorations 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6") 

5...Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Neg5+

Giving Black the opportunity to choose the wrong retreat. Remember, this is a 1-minute game, and if Black is not familiar with the opening...

He has also tried 7.Nc3 e4 8.Ng1 Bc5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Nge2 Bb6 11.O-O Rf8 12.Nxd5 Kg8 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Qe1 Ne5 15.Qc3 Qf6 16.Bf4 Ng4 17.Qxf6 Nxf6 18.Bxc7 Bg4 19.Ng3 Rac8 20.Bxb6 Rxc2 21.Bd4 Rd8 22.Bc3 b5 23.a3 Rd3 24.h3 Be6 25.Rad1 Bb3 26.Rxd3 exd3 27.Rd1 Bc4 28.Ne4 Nd5 29.Nd2 Nxc3 30.Nxc4 Rxb2 31.Rxd3 Nd1 32.Kh2 Rc2 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Ne3 Nxe3 35.fxe3 Rf2 36.Rd7+ Kg6 37.Ra7 Black lost on time, angelcamina - florianschreib, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2019. 

7...Kg8 

Got it right, this time.

White also faced 7...Ke8 8.d4 h6 9.Nh3 e4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Qh5+ Nf7 12.Nf4 Qf613.Nxd5 Qd6 14.Bf4 Qc6 15.Nxc7+ Ke7 16.Nd5+ Ke8 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Qxc2 19.O-O Be6 20.Rac1 Qxb2 21.Rc7+ Ke8 22.Rxf7 Bxf7 23.Qe5+ Be7 24.Nc7+ Kf8 25.d5 Qb6 26.d6  Qxd6 27.Qxd6 Bxd6 28.Bxd6+ Kg8 29.Rc1 Bxa2 30.Nb5  a6 31.Nd4 Kh7 32.Rc7 Rd8 33.Be5 b5 34.Rxg7+ Kh8 35.Rd7+ Black resigned, angelcamina - Farbic, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024; and 

7...Kf6 8.d4 Bg4 9.dxe5+ Nxe5 10.Qd4 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 Qe7 12.Bg5+ Black resigned, angelcamina - GrainBowl, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2023.

8.d4 e4 

Kicking one Knight, but he would have done better to kick the other one with 8...h6. 

9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 h6 

Also seen 10...c6 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Ng3 Bg6 13.O-O h6 14.f4 Be7 15.f5 Bf7 16.Qg4 Kh7 17.Nh5 Bxh5 18.Qxh5 Qb6+ 19.Kh1 Rhf8 20.Qg6+ Kh8 21.f6 gxf6 22.exf6 c5 23.Qg7 checkmate angelcamina - Lelzwashere, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 

11.Nxe4

Because he can. 

11...Bg4 

Or 11...Bb4+ 12.c3 Be7 13.Ng3 c6 14.O-O Be6 15.f4 Kh7 16.f5 Black resigned angelcamina - Otschin_Karascho, 1 0 bullet, lichess.org, 2024) 

12.Qxg4 dxe4 13.Qxe4 

Black has no compensation for his two pawns (unless it is on the clock).

13...Bc5 

Must be the clock.

14.Bd2 

Missing 14.Qc4+ and 15.Qxc5. Tick Tock, Tick Tock.

14...Qe7 

Covering the Bishop, and missing the tricky 14...Bxf2+.

15.O-O-O a5 16.f4 b5 17.f5 

White's pawns are more dangerous than Black's.

17...Kf7 

I am not sure what was behind this provocation - getting a Rook to f8? At any rate, this is risky business.

18.e6+ Kf6 

Retreating was essential.

19.Bc3+ Kg5 20.h4+ Kh5 21.g4 checkmate

Sweet.

BSJG: Hunting the Uncooperative King

The Following Blackburn Shilling Jerome Gambit game features a King hunt, and a very uncooperative King.

White eventually corralled the monarch, but not without effort.

anilone - mohammadkhanbeyg

10 0 rapid, lichess.org, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 

The Blackburn Shilling Gambit.

4.Bxf7+ 

The Blackburn Shilling Jerome Gambit.

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Ke6 

The King can also retreat with 5...Ke8, as in Nater - Rogers, Ballarat, 1975 (0-1, 46).

6.c3

This is the right idea, and it tempts Black to pursue material. 

6...Kxe5 

Of equal strength is 6...Nc6, e.g. 7.Qg4+ Kxe5 8.d4+ (8.Qf5+ Kd6 9.d4 Nce7? 10.Bf4+ Black resigned, anilone - butilicapetrica, lichess.org, 2024) 8...Kd6 9.e5+ Nxe5 10.dxe5+ Kxe5 11.Bg5 Nf6 12.Qf4+ Ke6 13.O-O d5 14.c4 c6 15.Nc3 Bd6 16.cxd5+ Kf7 17.Qf3 Rf8 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Qxc6 Be6 20.Rad1 Ke7 21.Ne4 Qd7 22.Rxd6 Qxc6 23.Rxc6 h6 24.Bxf6+ gxf6 25.Re1 Kf7 26.Nd6+ Kg6 27.Rxe6 Rab8 28.b3 a5 29.Ne4 a4 30.Nxf6 axb3 31.Nd7+ Kg7 32.Rg6+ Kf7 33.axb3 Rfd8 34.Ne5+ Kf8 35.Rcf6+ Ke7 36.Rf7+ Ke8 37.Rg8 checkmate, anilone - fhat31, lichess.org, 2024. 

7.cxd4+ 

White has also experimented with 

7.Qh5+ Ke6 8.Qd5+ (8.cxd4 Nf6 9.Qd5+? White resigned, anilone - Togtamyrat, lichess.org, 2024) 8...Ke7 9.Qxd4 d6 10.d3 c5 11.Qe3 Kf7 12.O-O Be7 13.f4 h6 14.e5 d5 15.f5 Bg5 16.e6+ Kf6 17.Qf3 Bxc1 18.Rxc1 Qd6 19.d4 c4 20.Re1 Ke7 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qg3 Qxb2 23.Qxg7+ Kd6 24.Re1 Qxa1 25.e7 Nxe7 26.Qxe7+ Kc6 27.Qc5+ Kd7 28.Re7+ Kd8 29.Qc7 Black resigned, anilone - PPNRegKal, lichess.org, 2024; and 

7.f4+ Kd6 8.e5+ Kc6 9.cxd4 d5 10.O-O b6 11.Qa4+ Kb7 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.Qb3 Bc6 14.a4 Rb8 15.a5 Ka8 16.axb6 cxb6 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Qxb5 Ne7 19.d3 Qe8 20.Qa6 Nc6 21.Be3 Qd7 22.Rfc1 Nb4 23.Qa3 Nc2 24.Qxa7+ Qxa7 25.Rxa7+ Kxa7 26.Rxc2 Be7 27.Rc6 Rb7 28.f5 Rf8 29.g4 Ka6 30.Kg2 Kb5 31.Re6 h6 32.Kg3 Kb4 33.Bd2+ Kb3 34.Bc3 Bb4 35.Bxb4 Kxb4 36.Rd6 Kb3 37.Rxd5 Kxb2 38.e6 Kc3 39.Kf4 Kxd3 40.Ke5 Kc4 41.Rd7 Rxd7 42.exd7 Rd8 43.Ke6 b5 44.h4 b4 45.g5 hxg5 46.hxg5 Kxd4 47.f6 gxf6 48.gxf6 b3 49.f7 b2 50.Ke7 Rxd7+ 51.Kxd7 b1=Q 52.f8=Q Qb5+ 53.Ke6 Qd5+ 54.Kf6 Qf3+ 55.Kg7 Qg4+ 56.Kf7 Qf5+ 57.Kg8 Qe6+ 58.Qf7 Qg4+ 59.Qg7+ Qxg7+ 60.Kxg7 Drawn, anilone - dgverma93, lichess.org, 2024 

7...Kxd4 

Taking the bait. In 212 games in The Database, White now scored 65%. 

Taking the e-pawn was no solution, either, e.g. 7...Kxe4 8.Qh5 Nf6 9.Qe5+ (9.d3+ Kxd4 10.Qb5+ Kxd4 11.Be3+ Ke4 12.Nc3 checkmate) Kd3 10.Qe3+ (10.O-O!?) Kc4 11.Na3+ (11.b3+ Kb5 12.Nc3+ Kb6 13.d5+ Bc5 14.Na4+ Ka6 15.Nxc5+ Kb5 16.a4+ Black resigned, anilone - STEAUA1980, lichess.org, 2024) 11...Kd5 12.Qe5+ Kc6 13.Qb5+ Kd6 14.O-O Ke7 15.Re1+ Kf7 16.Nc4 d6 17.Qd5+ Kg6 18.Ne5+ Kh5 19.Qf3+ Bg4 20.Nxg4 Nxg4 21.h3 Qh4 22.Qf5+ Qg5 23.hxg4+ Black resigned anilone - Sanmisongz. lichess.org. 2024. 

Giving Black an edge was 7...Ke6 8.d3 (or 8.d5+ Ke7 9.d4 d6 10.Bg5+ Nf6 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Kf7 13.O-O h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qh5+ Kg7 16.e6 Qe7 17.Nc3 Rh7 18.f4 Kh8 19.f5 Bg7 20.Ne4 b6 21.Rad1 Bb7 22.d6 cxd6 23.Nxd6 Bc6 24.Nf7+ Kg8 25.Rd6 Rc8 26.Rfd1 Bf8 27.Qg6+ Rg7 28.Nxh6+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Rxf7 30.exf7 Qe3+ 31.Kh1 Bxd6 32.Qxf6+ Kh7 33.Qxd6 Bxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Rc2+ 35.Kh1 Qf3+ 36.Kg1 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Qg2 checkmate, anilone - lorountu, lichess.org, 2024) 8...Qf6 9.d5+ Kf7 10.O-O Bc5 11.Be3 d6 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.d4 Bb4 14.f4 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Rf8 16.e5 Qf5 17.c4 Kg8 18.e6 Bxe6 19.dxe6 Qxe6 20.Qd3 Nf5 21.Rae1 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Qf5 23.Qxf5 Rxf5 24.Re7 Rf7 25.Rfe1 b6 26.g3 c5 27.d5 a6 28.R1e6 Rxe7 29.Rxe7 b5 30.Rd7 bxc4 31.Kf2 c3 32.Ke2 Rb8 33.Kd3 Rb2 34.Kxc3 Rxa2 35.Rxd6 Rxh2 36.Rxa6 Rg2 37.d6 Rxg3+ 38.Kc4 Kf7 39. f5 g6 40. Kxc5 gxf5 41. Ra7+ Ke8 42. Rxh7 f4 43. Kd5 f3 44. Kc6 f2 45.Rh8+ Kf7 46.Rh7+ Kg6 47.Rh1 Rg1 48.Rh8 f1=Q 49.g8+ Kf7 White resigned, anilone - MARQO333, lichess.org, 2024

8.Qh5 

Cutting the enemy King off from returning to his home is a good idea, although it is not the best one. Instead, 8.Nc3 was seen in 13 games in The Database, with White scoring 72%.

Such an exposed King surely must get checkmated!

8...Nf6 9.Qg5 

Keeping the enemy far afield, and an improvement over 9.Qb5 c6 10.Qa4+ Ke5 11.d4+ Kxe4 12.Nc3+ Kf5 13.d5 Qe7+ 14.Be3 cxd5 15.O-O Kg6 16.Bd4 Qb4 17.Qc2+ Kf7 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nxd5 Qc5 20.Qf5 Bg7 21.Rac1 Qa5 22.Rfe1 d6 23.Re7+ Kg8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Qe6+ Black resigned, anilone - Wacwacnepo, lichess.org, 2023. 

9...d5 

This is an all-around useful move for the defender.

10.e5 Qe7 

Black pins the e-pawn, but this move neglects the safety of his King. Better was 10...Kc5 11.d4!? Kc6 12.O-O Be6 13.exf6 Qxf6 with continued equality.

11.Qe3+ Kc4 

12.Qc3+ 

Instead, 12.Na3+ would force the win of the enemy Queen with 12...Qxa3 13.bxa3, because 12...Kb4 would allow 13.Qc3+ Ka4 14.b3 checkmate.

12...Kb5 

The King keeps trying to escape. White could now try 13.a4+ Kb6 14.a5+ Ka6 15.O-O Ne8, but Black would have an edge. Frustrating!

13.Na3+ Ka6 

A slip - and a fatal one. Still good for Black was 13...Kb6 14.Qb3+ Qb4 15.Qxb4+ Bxb4 16.exf6 Bf5 17.O-O gxf6.

14.Qd3+ Kb6 15.Qb5 checkmate

Jerome Gambit: Black Wins By Force, White Wins By Farce

If Bill Wall plays the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) against you, be aware that he has over 1,000 games in The Database, scoring 90%.

Even if he starts slowly, as in the following game, he is likely to take what he is given (especially if his opponent is generous) and work his way toward an advantage. 

Wall, Bill - Mazloom

SparkChess, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6 

7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Nf6 

Bill suggests the aggressive 9...Qh4 first 

10.h3 

He has also tried 10.f3, meeting 10...Kf7 with 11.O-O in Wall,B - Guest1105387, PlayChess, 2014 (1-0, 30) and 11.d4 in Wall, B - Guest3544144, PlayChess, 2013 (1-0, 35).

He met 10...Be6 with 11.f4 in Wall,B - Guest564723, PlayChess.com, 2019 (1-0, 29); and he met 10...Nh5 with 11.Nc3 in Wall,B - Jojop, SparkChess, 2024 (1-0, 20),. 

Bill has tried 10.Nc3 in Wall,B - Iverka, Sparkchess, 2024 (1-0, 26) and 10.O-O in Wall,B - Dasasary, internet, 2024 (1-0, 34) 

10...Kf7 11.O-O Re8 12.d3 

Mazloom has done well. Soon he will castle-by-hand. He is applying pressure to White's e-pawn.

Bill needs to remain diligent and find his moment.

12...d5 13.f3 

Bill has deployed this Queen-behind-pawn-phalanx, in Wall,B - Guest1590349, PlayChess.com, 2020 (1-0, 44).

13...d4 

It is tempting to harass the enemy King, but this allows White to expand his pawns in the center. Instead, 13...Kg8, completing his artificial castling, was to be preferred.

14.Qe1 Kg8 15.f4 

In a funny way, I am reminded of a line that the Joker had in the 1989 "Batman" movie, where the villain, puzzled, said "Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

Bill's e- and f-pawns will cause havoc in Mazloom's position, making use of the mobile center that the first player has been gifted. 

15...Qe7 16.Nd2 Qc5 17.Qd1 Bd7 18.Nb3 Qb6 19.a4 

White is down a piece, and has only 2 of his pieces developed, compared to Black's 5, but Stockfish 16.1 evaluates the position as less than a pawn better for Black. 

19...c5 20.e5 Nd5 21.e6 

Bill shows his sense of humor: the pawn can be captured 3 different ways, but each would lead to the pawn fork 22.f5.

21...Bc6 

Black wants none of it, but now the intruder can be reinforced.

22.f5 Nge7 23.Qg4 

23...Ne3

Forking White's Queen and Rook, but overlooking the fact that the Knight can be captured in it's advanced placement.

To quote from an earlier post, "My Turn Again"

After all, as we say in the Jerome Gambit Gemeinde, "Black wins by force; White wins by farce."

24.Bxe3 dxe3 25.f6 

Those White pawns!

From "A Working Class, Impatient Move"

As the villains say in many Scooby Doo episodes ...and I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling pawns, er, kids...

25...Ng6 26. f7+ Kf8 27. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 28. Rf7 e2 

Okay, Black has a sense of humor, too. This pawn is going nowhere.

29.a5 Qb4 30.Qxe2 Nf4 31.Qe5 Black resigned

White's Queen has slipped by Black's pieces, and has a checkmate-in-8.

Counter the Annoying Defense

As if in response to my previous plea (see "Please, Sir, I Want Some More"), regular contributor Yury V. Bukayev sends his latest Jerome Gambit game. His opponent is V. Sokolov from Russia.

Thank you, Sir.

Yury_V_Bukayev - MateSharkVlad

30 0 rapid, Chess.com, 2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

Yury said he wanted to try something different here. 

The Database has 5,059 games reaching this position, with White scoring 55%.

7.f4 d6 

Ah, yes, The Silicon Defense, otherwise known as "The Annoying Defense." A favorite of computer programs, it appears in over 500 games in The Database. White's scoring drops to 45%.

But, like I said, Yury was prepared.

8.fxe5 dxe5 9.a3

According to The Database, this move was a novelty.

9...a5 10.d3 a4 11.b4 

 This was, as Yury wrote

...a part of my idea 11...ab 12.Bb2 Bd4!? 13.c3 Bb6 14.d4 ed, where White gets a sharp position with a lot of checks.

Instead, Black counters with what he believes is a strong attack on the enemy King, while threatening a Rook.

11...Qd4 

Stockfish 16.1, though is not impressed, as it quickly jumps to evaluating the position as "0.00", a clear draw. Seeing that White has only one pawn for a sacrificed piece, the computer "believes" that the first player would be happy to split the point.

Not so.

12.bxc5 

Offering the Rook in exchange.

12...Qxa1 

Grabbing the piece, but, perhaps overlooking that his Rook, too, is in danger.

13.Qe8+ 

And now 13...Ne7 would lead to 14.Qxh8, but that was Black's best chance.

13...Kf6 14.O-O+ Black resigned

There will be checkmate with 14...Bf5 15.Rxf5.

 

Please, Sir, I Want Some More

 

In Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, the young boy asks, "Please, sir, I want some more."

In search of more Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) games, I have set a Google Alert for "Jerome Gambit". Alas, more than 90% of the time, it finds either posts on this blog, or the game Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1884 - the best known Jerome Gambit game, and, for many, the only one known.

Even as The Database approaches 100,000 entries, I continue to search for new Jeromes, especially from those who encounter this blog.

Readers who have sent games and analysis, I thank you. My email address can be found in the About Me section on the right, under Search This Blog.

Yet, I ask "Please, sir, I want some more."

Jerome Gambit: Fortune Favors the Bold

It is often not enough to play the bold Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), it is necessary to play the Jerome Gambit boldly, as the following game shows.

The lichess.org player anilone has 315 games in The Database, scoring 51%. His rating has hovered around 2000.

anilone - Naranjo77

10 0 rapid, lichess.org, 2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 

7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.f4 Ng6 

Black's strongest move is for his King to walk away with 8...Kc6, but the text still keeps Black better.

9.Qd5+ Ke7 10.Qxc5+ d6 11.Qe3 

He has also tried 11.Qf2 Nf6 12.d3 Ng4 (12...Rf8 13.f5 Ne5 14.O-O Bd7 (14...c5 15.Nc3 Kf7 16.Bg5 Kg8 17.Qh4 Qe8 18.Bxf6 Rxf6 19.Nd5 Rh6 20.Qxh6 gxh6 21.Nf6+ Kf7 22.Nxe8 Kxe8 23.Rf4 Kf8 24.Raf1 Bd7 25.Rh4 Nf7 26.Rg4 Re8 27.Rf3 Ne5 28.Rfg3 Nxg4 29.Rxg4 Kf7 30.Rf4 Rg8 31.Kf2 Kf6 32.h3 b5 33.c3 a5 34.Rh4 Kg5 35.Rg4+ Black resigned, anilone - CarlosERestrepo, lichess.org, 2024) 15.h3 c5 16.Nc3 Qb6 17.b3 Rae8 18.Bg5 Bc6 19.Qh4 c4+ 20.Kh1 cxd3 21.cxd3 Nxd3 22.Qxh7 Kd8 23.Qxg7 Kc8 24.Bxf6 Rg8 25.Qf7 Ref8 26.Qe7 Re8 27.Qxd6 Nf2+ 28.Kh2 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Rxe4 30.Rg1 Re2 31.Kh1 Bxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Qxd6 33.Rxg8+ Kc7 34.Bd8+ Kd7 35.Bc7 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Qxg8+ White resigned, anilone - DUSTY71, lichess.org, 2024) 13.Qg3 Re8 (13...Rf8 14.d4 h5 15.f5 Bxf5 16.exf5 Rxf5 17.Nc3 Kf8 18.Be3 Qe7 19.Kd2 h4 20.Qxg4 Rg5 21.Qxg5 Black resigned, anilone - mohammadkhyrw, lichess.org, 2024) 14.O-O Kf8 15.f5 Kg8 16.Qxg4 Ne5 17.Qg3 Black resigned, anilone - Jkjhgfghhuj, lichess.org, 2024; and

11.Qg5+ Ke8 12.Qg3 Nf6 13.d3 Rf8 (13...Bd7 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qxg7 Rg8 16.Qh6 Rxg2 17.Bg5 Rxg5 18.Nd2 Rh5 19.Qf4 Qe7 20.Rg1 Bc6 21.O-O-O Kd7 22.d4 Nf7 23.e5 Nd5 24.e6+ Kd8 25.Rg8+ Be8 26.Qf3 Rxf5 27.Qxf5 Nh6 28.Qxd5 Nxg8 29.Qxb7 Rc8 30.d5 Nf6 31. Nc4 Ne4 32.Qxa7 Qg5+ 33.Kb1 Nf2 34.Qxf2 Black resigned, anilone - Hazza123, lichess.org, 2024) 14.f5 Ne5 15.Qxg7 Rg8 16.Qh6 Rxg2 17.Bg5 Nf3+ 18.Kf1 Rxg5 19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Ke3 Ng4+ White resigned, anilone - tonymassis, lichess.org, 2024. 

Possibly strongest was 11.Qc3 Ke8 (or 11...Nf6; or 11...Kf7) 12.O-O Nf6 13.f5 Ne7 14.d3 =/+.

11...Nh6 

Also 11...Qf812.f5 Ne5 13.O-O Nf6 14.h3 Bd7 15.b3 Bc6 16.d4 Nf7 17.d5 Bd7 18.c4 b6 19.Bb2 Re8 20.e5 dxe5 21.Bxe5 Kd8 22.Bxf6+ gxf6 23.Qc3 Qg7 24.Na3 Re2 25.Qf3 Re5 26.Nc2 Rxf5 27.Qxf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 Rg8 29.Rf2 Ng5 30.Kh2 f5 31.Raf1 Ne4 32.Re2 Ng3 33.Rff2 Nxe2 34.Rxe2 Qg3+ 35.Kh1 f4 36.Ne1 Re8 37.Rxe8+ Kxe8 38.Nf3 Qf2 39.Kh2 Qxa2 White resigned, anilone - Dragi_1, lichess.org, 2024; 

11...Bg4 12.f5 Ne5 13.d4 Nc4 14.Qg5+ Nf6 15.e5 h6 16.exf6+ gxf6 17.Qxg4 Kd7 18.O-O Rg8 19.Qe2 Nb6 20.Qe6+ Kc6 21.d5+ Nxd5 22.c4 Nb6 23.Nc3 Qf8 24.c5 Re8 25.Qb3 dxc5 26.Qb5+ Kd6 27.Bf4+ Ke7 28.Qxc5+ Kf7 29.Qxc7+ Re7 30.Qd6 Qg7 31.Bg3 Rge8 32.Nd5 Rd7 33.Qxf6+ Qxf6 34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.Bh4+ Kf7 36.f6 Nc4 37.b3 Ne3 38.Rfe1 Rd2 39.Bf2 Ng4 40.Rxe8 Kxe8 41.Bxa7 Nxf6 42.b4 Kd7 43.a4 Ne4 44.a5 Rb2 45.Re1 Rxb4 46.Bb6 Nc3 47.h3 Na4 48.Rd1+ Kc6 49.Rc1+ Kb5 50.Bd8 Nc3 51.Rxc3 Rb1+ Black resigned, anilone -  Apoaja, lichess.org, 2024; and

11...Nf6 12.f5 Ne5 13.d3 Re8 14.Qh3 Kf8 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.O-O Nf7 18.Nc3 Ng5 19.Qg4 c6 20.Rae1 b5 21.Ne2 Qxb2 22.c3 Qd2 23.Qg3 Nf7 24.Nf4 Qxc3 25.Kh1 Kg8 26.Rc1 Qe5 27.Rxc6 Bb7 28.Rc7 Re7 29.Rxe7 Qxe7 30.Ne6 Ng5 31.Nf4 d5 32.h4 Nh7 33.Ne6 dxe4 34.dxe4 Bxe4 35.Qe5 Qb7 36.Rf2 Rc8 37.Kh2 Nf6 38.Kh3 b4 39.Rd2 Rc3+ 40.g3 Rc1 41.Rd8+ Kh7 42.Nf8+ Kh8 43.Ng6+ Kh7 44.Rh8 checkmate, anilone - abodirof, lichess.org, 2024. 

A novelty to explore was 11...c5!? 

12.h3 Re8 13.f5 

Premature, but he gets away with it.

13...Ne5 

13...Bxf5!?

14.f6+ Kf8 15.fxg7+ Kxg7 

16.d4 

He really needed to castle first, if only for safety sake, but, once again, he gets away with it.

16...Ng6 

Missing White's threat.

17.Qxh6+ Kh8 18.O-O Rxe4 19.Bg5 

Black resigned