The Jerome Gambit pops up in the oddest places...

I was doing a Google Books search for Jerome Gambit references, and came across the following one from a review in The British Chess Magazine, Volume 108, 1988




Lettisches Gambit by Dr. L. Orban, Verlag Das Schach Archiv, Hamburg x: 1987 L. 90pp. ₤ 7.12 overseas ₤7.32 US $13.50

100 games with light notes on 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5. Also four - numbered five - supplementary games, though one of these illogically opens 2.Bc4 f5 and another one: 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Bc5 4 Bxf7+ - The Jerome Gambit! Many CC games of course.

My head is spinning

Three reasons why this Jerome Gambiteer has a goofy grin on his face these days:

1) The latest issue of Kaissiber is available.

Contents

Computerschach
Arno Nickel: Freistil

Bent Larsen: Die Meisterzüge

Eröffnungen
Michiel Wind: Vorsicht Skandinavisch
Nachlese: Du Chattels System
Bücker: Am Triumphlager des Königsgambits
Diskussion: Schara-Hennig-Gambit
Gawehns: Owen-Verteidigung II

Schachgeschichte
Peter Anderberg: Sammi Fajarowicz 100
JahreAlfred Diel: Vera Menchik

Literatur


2) Rybka 3.0, with its own graphical interface, is due out in early August.

As they say on the website --

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* Handicap play (Elo-level 900-3100; material handicaps)
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* State of the art chess trees (fast, powerful, compact)
* Engine matches and tournaments
* Rybka 3 UCI includes versions for 32 Bit and 64 Bit processors
* A database with 3,300,000 games
* On-line access to Nalimov endgame tablebases (3-6 pieces)
* UCI Engine for connection to Fritz, ChessBase, etc.
* Chess Internet Resource Server: Weekly updates, exchange data
* Free broadcast and Playing zone


3) There is a new book out with some analysis on the Jerome Gambit... sort of.

It's Laszlo Orban's Schach Eröffnungen Das Königsbauerspiel als Schlüssel zu erfolgreichen Eröffnungssystemen erschienen, published October 2007.

Actually, in honor of Orban's 100th birthday, it's a reprint of his book written decades earlier.

But it does have the Jerome Gambit in it.