Showing posts with label chessmanjeff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chessmanjeff. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

More Jerome Gambit Fun

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I have followed the games of different players online, for years. One is chessmanjeff, who enjoys the Jerome Gambit, and has battled in m...
Thursday, May 31, 2018

Jerome Gambit: Just Play It!

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A recent game illustrates why people play the Jerome Gambit - it just moves along, with various tactical ideas and traps that are often hidd...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Delayed Pie-in-the-Face

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The difference between a very strong counter in the Jerome Gambit at move 6 and an ineffective defensive line (the same move one tempo lat...
Saturday, May 6, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Unresolved

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Sometimes I run into a line in the Jerome Gambit that I don't (yet) know what to do with. A good (bad) example is in the following game....
Friday, April 14, 2017

Jerome Gambit: To Be Fair...

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To be fair, after all those Jerome Gambit Queen sacrifice and double check "smothered mates" against Black in The Databas...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Jerome Gambit: White Beware

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Not all of the traps and surprises are for Black in the Jerome Gambit. The following game has a nasty snare that White steps in; and it is d...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Jerome Gambit: Find Something New

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The following game shows the benefit of going further off the beaten path in an already unusual opening. Bill Wall varies from previous expe...
Thursday, October 13, 2016

Jerome Gambit: Sending Pieces to the Wilderness

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In the following game, Bill Wall sends one piece, then another, far from the action - or so it seems. Each returns, only to be traded o...