Thursday, December 18, 2025

Jerome Gambit: Golden Kings Chess Coaching Academy

                                                      

In my most recent exploration of the internet, I encountered the Sri Lankan Chess site

දිනන ගේම් වල මේ වැරදි කරන්න එපා | Italian Game – Jerome Gambit | Sinhala Chess Lesson | චෙස් පාඩම්

presented by C.S. Kumarawadu, National Instructor (FIDE), of the Golden Kings Chess Coaching Academy.

The Golden Kings Chess Coaching Academy site has videos on chess openings, middlegames, and endgames, all well presented.

My knowledge of language is limited to my native English; I speak French like a Spanish cow; and I fumble through American Sign Language. Still, although I could make out maybe one fourth of Mr. Kumarawadu's commentary, I enjoyed the Jerome Gambit video for its visual aspects.

As an aside, when I first began watching Jerome Gambit videos, it seemed that everyone wanted to illustrate the opening with the game Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Qh4 9.O-O Nf6 10.c3 Ng4 11.h3 Bxf2+ 12.Kh1 Bf5 13.Qxa8 Qxh3+ 14.gxh3 Bxe4#

Lately, however, I have begun to see (as in this video) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.f4 Nc6 8.Qxc5 Qe7 9.Qd5+ Kf6 10.Qf5# - a game that The Database identifies as blackburne - karmmark, Jerome Gambit thematic tournament, ChessWorld.net, 2007.

No, the game was not played by the gost of The Black Death, it was played by chessfriend Pete Banks, who used the handle "blackburne" for his online contributions, including to this site.




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