Italian Game: Jerome Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+

ECO C50

The Italian Game: Jerome Gambit is a chess opening line in the Italian Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+.

It is catalogued under code C50 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bxf7+ is chosen by White on move 4.

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