Showing posts with label Unorthodox Chess Openings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unorthodox Chess Openings. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Mr. Fletcher's Gambits

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I recently stopped by the website of the  Bedford Chess Club , where I noted an interesting entry concerning " Mr. Fletcher's g...
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Advice to Defenders of the Jerome Gambit: Don't Slow Down

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When I ran in school, my teacher said not to stop at the finish line, but to aim for a spot well beyond there. He said that would keep...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

A) Good B) Bad C) Ugly D) None of the Above

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IM John Watson and NM Eric Schiller's new Taming Wild Chess Openings Good, Bad, and Ugly (New In Chess, 2015) is a revised and expa...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

A Choice of Checkmates

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An enjoyable game, the following contest ends up with White having the choice of three different ways of delivering checkmate, depending ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Be Prepared!

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The chessboard can be a scary place, and it is always a good idea to be prepared for what might show up there. This advice also refers to...
Thursday, October 1, 2009

Joker's Wild (conclusion)

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We conclude an article (see " Joker's Wild (1) " and " Joker's Wild (2) ") by Louis Morin ("mrjoker"...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009

UON

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In discussing the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) I have mentioned the Unorthodox Openings Newsletter on a number of...
Sunday, May 31, 2009

Real - and Un-Real

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Recently I exchanged emails with someone interested in unorthodox chess openings, in particular, the Jerome Gambit, via the Unorthodox Chess...
Friday, May 29, 2009

A Conspiracy of Silence?

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Yesterday's post (" Travelling a Dangerous Path ") showed a line in the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

I hope he's not holding his breath...

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From the Unorthodox Chess Openings news group on the internet, a number of years ago: 20.07.2002 [Internet - Unorthodox Openings - Nakamura]...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (23)

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A game wherin the human discovers that, all jokes aside (see " Jerome Gambit: Drilling Down (22) ") that the Jerome Gambit ( 1....
Monday, January 26, 2009

The next worst thing...

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Continuing the discussion from " London Calling... Seven Months of Blog " and " The next best thing... " based on my se...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

Another nail in the coffin...

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Readers are aware that I have not shied away from presenting refutations of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) when I...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

We are not alone...

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I was wandering the Internet the other day when I came upon an interesting blog -- HANGING PAWN :: Tip's Chess Blog sub-titled A Patzer&...