Do you play the Jerome Gambit – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ – or do you have it played against you?
Have you
analyzed
the opening
and its
offshoots?
Do you know of games that might be of interest to others
following this blog?
Have you done your own studies of this line?
Why not send them in:
richardfkennedy@hotmail.com and I will share them with fellow readers.
Oh dear -- I qualify under a couple of those. In fact, my first (and only) chess teacher gave me some of his old analysis of the Jerome about 30 years ago ...!
ReplyDeleteNot an opening I would use in serious play, but I have given it a whirl in fast games online and it is surprising how difficult Black can find it to defend with the clock ticking, even at expert/master level. I suspect the Halloween Attack 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5?!! Nxe5 5.d4 would have a similar shock value.
Great to hear from you, Tim!
ReplyDeleteReaders should recognize Master Tim McGrew as the author of ChessCafe's "Gambit Cartel" and contributor to West Michigan Chess(http://www.westmichiganchess.com/default.aspx).
A dangerous gambiteer in his own right, Tim has always been adept at explaining why one could/might/should offer material -- far beyond the simple "because I thought I could get away with it!"