With many new chess players discovering the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7) and this blog, there is an opportunity to learn a great deal more about the opening, the person who created it, and the people who play it.
But, do you have to go back to the beginning - "Welcome!" - and read almost 3,000 blog posts?? No, of course not.
If you have an interest in a particular player, or a particular topic, or even a particular move, you can always use the "Search This Blog" function, on the right. Searching a string of moves, say "4.Bxf7+ Kf8 5.Bxg8 Kxg8" can also be effectively done with general search engines like Google or Bing, which will turn up links to this blog.
You can also visit the "Retro" page, which has easy links to pages of interest, with lots of information.
Or you can take the multi-part Jerome Gambit quiz, starting here.
There is a page, with links, that discusses the timeless, but relevant question, "Is the Jerome Gambit playable?"
Finally, for a deep dive into the Jerome Gambit, you can read the multi-part article that I wrote for Stefan Bücker's chess magazine, Kaissiber. He tried and he tried and he tried to make the article fit, but I think the Jerome was a bit too irregular for him.
Finally, for a deep dive into the Jerome Gambit, you can read the multi-part article that I wrote for Stefan Bücker's chess magazine, Kaissiber. He tried and he tried and he tried to make the article fit, but I think the Jerome was a bit too irregular for him.
