Showing posts with label Morphy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Morphy. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2020

Sarrat Attack: No Way A World Champion...

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In my never-ending search to uncover not only Jerome Gambit and Jerome-ish games, but also possible precursors that might have inspired Alo...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Down the Rabbit Hole, Again (Part 5)

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[continued from the previous post] Robey, James -  Steinitz, William London, 1865 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4  The Evans G...
Friday, January 31, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Down the Rabbit Hole, Again (Part 2)

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[continued from the previous post] Wilhelm Steinitz discussed Frederic Deacon in the September 1891 issue of his Inter...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Down the Rabbit Hole, Again (Part 1)

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I admit that after assembling the latest blog post concerning some chess history (see " Jerome Gambit: History Reset ") I tumble...
Monday, November 19, 2018

No Way A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit! (Part 2)

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[continued from previous post] It's true: Sad to say, you are not going to see a Grandmaster play the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

To Jerome or Not Jerome

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? Although the Jerome Gambit Declined, 1.e5 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kf8/e7 is rare (2.5 %, about 300 examples in ...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

The Sarratt Attack

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Of the Sarrat / Vitzthum Attack (see the recent " Another Distant Relative " as well as  " A Bridge To... Somewhere "...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

A Bridge To... Somewhere?

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Yesterday's game, Byrne [Bryne] - Farwell, San Francisco, 1859 , serves as a curious bridge between two pieces of Jerome Gambit ( 1....