Showing posts with label Chess Openings Ancient and Modern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chess Openings Ancient and Modern. Show all posts
Monday, April 6, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Eminently Unsound

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Recently, a little bit of online research took me to the pages of The Daily Colonist , of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and, in partic...
Friday, December 22, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Balderdash

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Not everything that I have discovered in my recent forays into historical research has been of enduring value. For example, the "CH...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Jerome Gambit: Early Opening Tomes (Part 1)

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Recently, Dr. Tim Harding wrote in his "The Kibitzer" column at ChessCafe.com , In the half century between 1862 and 1912, ches...
Saturday, January 14, 2012

Some History of the Jerome Gambit (Part 3)

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A bit more history, following yesterday and the day before ... After his March and July 1874 articles in the Dubuque Chess Journal , Alon...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012

An Intriguing Letter (Part 2)

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This is the first of two games, mentioned yesterday in " An Intriguing Letter (Part 1) " from Филидор1792 . It features a typical...
Monday, January 9, 2012

An Intriguing Letter (Part 1)

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I recently received an email from chessfriend  Филидор1792 ("Philidor 1792") that got me thinking about a whole lot of things in t...
Friday, April 29, 2011

The Jerome-Kennedy Gambits!?

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Wow. The other day I received an email from Yury V. Bukayev , in Russia, suggesting the description "Jerome-Kennedy Gambit in differen...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Like a Needle in a Haystack (Part 1)

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Researching the history of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) can be a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack. ...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

The People's Chess Opening

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For every player that I encounter who plays the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) because he or she has seen it in a che...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

rec.games.chess.misc & email

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Found on rec.games.chess.misc... Michael Kramer Sep 29 1997 Subject: Re: Jerome Gambit All who have responded to inquiries about the Jerome ...