Jerome Gambit: "There Is No Time"

 

I recently ran across the Thursday, March 8, 2012 post on the "Play Chess Openings" blog, subtitled "Chess stories by author Tim Sawyer" - Lakdawala on 2.Ne2!? vs Caro-Kann Defence where there is the following reflection

There is no time to refer to a book during a 3 0 game. You play moves every 1-2 seconds based on memory, intuition, pattern recognition, experience, and the clock!

Tim Sawyer knows his chess. You might get a clue from the title of one of the books he has written - Chess Sampler: Excerpts from 100 of my Chess Books

Actually, I have a list of over 150 chess books Tim has written - and he has written on topics other than chess, as well.

"There is no time..." reminds me of the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), and the reason that some of us play that dodgy opening.