Showing posts with label Melao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Melao. Show all posts
Friday, March 27, 2020

A GM Faces the BSJG: Not Quite (Part 2)

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[continued from previous post] In the previous post, I mused Last year, on this blog, I had a lot of fun looking at the idea of a Grand...
Thursday, January 7, 2016

History Clouded

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In Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess  (1899), the notorious Jerome Gambit game Amateur - Blackburne was given as "played at Sim...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

The Best Jerome Gambit Game of the Year (Part 2)

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We continue from the previous post , considering a game that has lept to the top of the heap for Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 B...
Thursday, March 20, 2014

Updating the Blackburne Defense (Part 1)

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Chess players who know about the Jerome Gambit are most familiar with the game Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1885 .  Many believe that th...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Research Mystery

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Around 2003, Brazilian chess master Hindemburg Melão, Jr., wrote an article for the online chess site, SuperAjedrez, featuring Joseph Henry ...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

A Not-So-Instant Victory

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There is a line in the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit where the Black King wanders far in search of adventure (and material). In the foll...
Saturday, November 7, 2009

Why, I oughta...

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When I started writing this blog (not quite a year and a half ago), I decided to post every one of my Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3....
Friday, October 16, 2009

Sources

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Yesterday's post (see " A Question of Theory and Practice ") referred to Hindemburg Melao, Jr.'s 2003 internet article at...
Thursday, October 15, 2009

A Question of Theory and Practice

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"Theory" and "practice" in the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) can be light-heartedly summed up a...