Data Gathering

The early post "My Jerome Gambit Database" from June 28, 2008, mentioned that I had on hand "over 950 games" – at that time, a startlingly high number for me, especially since trips to the online databases at ChessBase and ChessLab websites turned up so few games.

Currently, the updated New Year's Database contains about 18,000 Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+), and Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.0-0/4.Nc3/4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+) games.

What a difference two years make!