Showing posts with label Soltis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soltis. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Horrible Innovation

›
One of my favorite chess writers is GM Andy Soltis. With over 100 books to his name, and almost 50 years as a chess columnist for the New Yo...
Friday, June 8, 2018

Jerome Gambit: Balanced Until Unbalanced

›
The Jerome Gambit is often presented as some kind of bashi-bazouk attack , referring to, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica , " m...
Saturday, September 29, 2012

It's hard to explain...

›
Often I find myself explaining the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) to people in conversations that go something lik...
Sunday, July 31, 2011

Sunday Book Review: Catalog of Chess Mistakes

›
Catalog of Chess Mistakes Andy Soltis David McKay (1979) softcover, 213 pages English descriptive notation Grandmaster Andy Soltis...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Sunday Book Review: Why You Lose at Chess, 2nd Ed.

›
Why You Lose at Chess 2nd Ed Tim Harding Dover (2001) softcover, 130 pages figurine algebraic notation I suppose that you can sens...
1 comment:
Thursday, June 16, 2011

Wrong Rook

›
I believe that it was GM Andy Soltis, long ago, who wrote that it can be difficult to decide, when there is a choice of either Rook to move ...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Welcome to the World of Wall

›
Of late, Bill Wall (see Chessville 's " Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess ") has been investigating the Jerome Gambit ...
Thursday, July 31, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Endnote)

›
Chess research is sometimes incomplete or contradictory and often a mystery wanting a solution. I gave analysis from Wolfgang Heidenfeld&...