Showing posts with label Meitner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Meitner. Show all posts
Saturday, November 17, 2018

No Way A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit! (Part 1)

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Readers of this blog have seen a lot of creative and historical coverage of the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+,  and rel...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A Distant Relative?

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While the origin of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) appears to have been some time after Alonzo Wheeler Jerome wa...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Welcome to the World of Wall

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Of late, Bill Wall (see Chessville 's " Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess ") has been investigating the Jerome Gambit ...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Godfather of Oz??

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I was wandering the Internet the other day, and tumbled onto the ChessExpress blogsite of Shaun Press of  Canberra, Australia. He had an i...
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Eric Schiller Doesn't Play the Jerome Gambit

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American author and FIDE Master Eric Schiller doesn't play the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ). Despite his inter...
Thursday, January 15, 2009

Hamppe - Meitner Revealed

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Michael Goeller, of the Kenilworthian Chess Club (see "Related Sites" on this blog) has a comprehensive article on the exciting H...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Offside!

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While putting together a post on a rare variation of the Italian Game (see " Don't make me go Jerome all over you... ") I rec...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Endnote)

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Chess research is sometimes incomplete or contradictory and often a mystery wanting a solution. I gave analysis from Wolfgang Heidenfeld&...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part III)

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Referred to by some as the "Immortal Draw," Hamppe - Meitner, Vienna 1872 can still amuse and delight chess players today. Here...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part II)

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Wilhelm Steinitz never faced the Jerome Gambit, as far as we know, but he did encounter Meitner's counter gambit – see " Godfathe...
Monday, July 28, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part I)

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It is not (yet) clear from what Alonzo Wheeler Jerome received his inspiration to create the Jerome Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bx...