Showing posts with label Chicago Gambit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago Gambit. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Not Quite Jerome-Inspired Games (Part 2)

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Here we have another manic three-minute game showing the three secrets to winning blitz chess: attack, attack, attack. Philidor 1792 - ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Not Quite Jerome-Inspired Games (Part 1)

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Our chessfriend Philidor 1792 is on such a tactical roll, it seems a shame to not present three smashing games of his, just because they ...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

More Jerome-Inspired Games (Part 4)

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In the following 3-minute game, White only head-fakes toward a Jerome Gambit, but the resulting opening still features a piece-for-a-pawn...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Jerome Gambit-Inspired Play (Part 5)

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Actually, it is a bit of a stretch to call the following blitz game some sort of a Jerome Gambit - but the swash-buckling nature of it (an...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

"...as long as they spell your name right..." redux

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A short excerpt from the ever-informative and very readable Chicago Chess Blog  reminds me of that famous comment from a contemporary of A...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Playing At Odds

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Although I always play the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) for fun, sometimes I use the opening as a way of giving &qu...
Tuesday, August 5, 2008

The Salvio Gambit??

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I was visiting Chess.com the other day, and noticed in the Forum section that one poster had mentioned the Salvio Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6...
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