Jerome Gambit Blog: 4,500

 

4,500

Please excuse a bit of self-aggrandizement, here, but yesterday's blog post was #4,500.

The first post here was on June 10, 2008. 

Since then, every day, or every-other-day (except time off for illness), this blog has been bringing you games, history and analysis of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) and related openings, such as the Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+), the Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.Bxf7+), the Semi-Italian Four Knights Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nc3 Bc5 5.Bxf7+), and the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 4.Bxf7+).

Readers have been generous in sending in their own games and their own analyses. Many, many thanks.

This blog has also made a large contribution to the world theory and investigations of e4e5 chess openings.

So, onwards we go, in this exploration of Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's invention!