Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Heard To Be Believed

                                                             

My latest Google Alert sent me to the short video "Win In 9 Moves: Jerome Gambit!" by @ChessHomieOfficial.

It has to be seen to be believed.

Or, more accurately, heard.

The commentator yells, excitedly, the supposed moves of the Jerome Gambit, as they appear (allegedly) on a very strange chessboard (both ranks and files are lettered, neither numbered), with pieces set up, er, creatively - Is that Black with 9 pawns? Does he have 2 Kings? Is Black attacking in the Jerome? Does White have tripled pawns on the a-file (indicating at least 3 captures, but Black isn't missing that many)?

Checking out other videos by the same creator, I have to consider them more performance art than actual chess presentations.

Still, they bring a smile.


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