Is it September already?

I enjoy using Internet search engines to find references to the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+).

Sometimes a result leads to a site that is interesting enough on its own. Take Bill Vallicella's Maverick Philosopher website.

The Jerome Gambit connection?

Look hard enough and you can find a nascent email "conversation" between Bill Vallicella, Ed Yetman III and Peter Lupu about the possibility of a Jerome Gambit tournament in Jerome, Arizona.

(Is it September already? Okay, I'll place my hopes on October, then. I will offer a prize for the best/worst Jerome Gambit game in the tournament – the adjective may well be worth some philosophical discussion. )

Look some more at the same site, and you can find an interesting read under Philosophy of Chess.

(If that catches your eye, you might be interested in the forthcoming Philosophy Looks at Chess, edited by Benjamin Hale, from the Open Court Publishing Company.)