Showing posts with label Qwerty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Qwerty. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Disease 1, Cure 0

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If you are playing Black, and you are surprised by your opponent, it is tempting to try and fix the problem by, in turn, unleashing your own...
Monday, January 9, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Resolutely

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Sometimes, if you act resolutely, you can look like you know what you are doing - even if you don't. In the following game Black makes d...
Monday, December 28, 2015

A Long Day In The Life of the Jerome Gambit

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Sometimes Jerome Gambit games are easy, sometimes not. Sometimes they are pretty, sometimes pretty ordinary. Always they are complicated. Al...
Monday, January 12, 2015

A Second Chance to Decline

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Here is a recent game played by Philidor 1792, from a cache of games he sent not long ago. His opponent declines the offer of a second p...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Do As I Say...

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Readers are encouraged to enjoy the following quickie game, while recalling the charge: Do as I say, not as I do... perrypawnpusher - sc...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Don't drive like my brother

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Tom and Ray Magliozzi host the "Car Talk" program at NPR radio. They dole out auto advice in a humorous style, and they close each...
Friday, May 28, 2010

A Short Wall(k)

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Bill Wall (see " Welcome to the World of Wall ") likes short chess games. One way to find them is to play them himself , even usin...
Sunday, April 11, 2010

Bad Penny

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Like the proverbial bad penny, the 5...Ke8 variation of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) turns up here and there – ...