Showing posts with label Vitzthum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vitzthum. Show all posts
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Jerome Gambit: The Improved Face Palm Variation?!

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Having taken a look at what I called the " Face Palm Variation " of the Jerome Gambit, I wondered if there was an "improve...
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, May 2, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Worst vs Best (Part 4)

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So far: no confirmation of a Steinitz loss to the Jerome Gambit; very likely a win by Lasker against the Jerome, but the game is un...
Saturday, November 17, 2018

No Way A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit! (Part 1)

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Readers of this blog have seen a lot of creative and historical coverage of the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+,  and rel...
Saturday, April 16, 2016

Capt. Evans Faces the Sarratt Attack

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At different times on this blog, I have looked for possible fore-runners to the Jerome Gambit (inspirations to Alonzo Wheeler Jerome), i...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Another Example of the Vitzthum Attack

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Earlier on this blog, I have looked at the Sarratt or Vitzthum Attack as a possible fore-runner to the Jerome Gambit. (See " A Brid...
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 "...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Another Distant Relative?

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As promised, I have done more research on an opening variation that I previously looked at (see " A Bridge To... Somewhere " an...