Short Takes

Sometimes – at least when it comes to the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) – there can be a big difference between having little to say and being speechless.

From Foster's Complete Hoyle: An Encyclopedia of Games, Including All the Indoor Games Played at the Present Day. With Suggestions for Good Play, All the Official Laws.By Robert Frederick Foster (1909)

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

From The Art of Chess, James Mason, Leopold Hoffer, (Third edition, revised and enlarged, 1905)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Here 4.Bxf7+ (Jerome Gambit) may be just mentioned as quite unsound.

From Chess Openings, James Mason (1905)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ (Jerome Gambit) may be just mentioned as quite unsound.

From Chess, Robert Frederick Green (1905)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ The Jerome Gambit. Seldom played.

From Chess Openings for Beginners, Edward Ernest Cunnington (1900)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Here we may mention, with a caution, as being quite unsound, the Jerome Gambit; 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ and Black plays 6...Ke6 (or B sq.) with a safe game.

From 200 Miniature Games of ChessCombinations in the Openings, J. du Mont, (1942)

1.e4 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ The Jérôme Gambit which is unsound, but has the saving grace of leading to a lively game and is therefore suitable for anoccasional friendly game. The defender cannot, however, afford to be careless...