Monday, June 17, 2013

Belated Happy Birthday


Five years and one week ago, I started this blog as a tentative look at a very disreputable chess opening, the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+.

I started out posting daily, and after over four years, moved to posting every-other-day.

I have discovered many other adventurers who enjoy playing the Jerome, and variants of Alozo Wheeler Jerome's "Double Gambit". Their games make up The Database, almost 29,000 battles strong.

As this blog approaches its 1,700th post, it is amazing to know that there is still so much more to share.

Many thanks to everyone who has made this journey so enjoyable!
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1 comment:

  1. quickturtleJune 20, 2013 at 1:59 AM

    Thank you for providing this wonderful site :) Even with this site, there are many players, even very strong ones, who never see this opening played against them and over the board it can cause great confusion in G/60 and faster time controls. And when you REALLY know this opening, watching your opponent underestimate this opening is a great joy indeed :)

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