Showing posts with label ndrwgn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ndrwgn. Show all posts
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, September 23, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Made for Blitz

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The attacking mayhem of the Jerome Gambit was made for blitz play. Often the defender who is unaware of best play will first slip, and then ...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Jerome Gambit: Past is Prologue

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Here is a game from the first round of the Jerome Gambit tournament at RedHotPawn.com . Both White and Black clearly have a grasp of the ope...
Monday, October 19, 2015

A Tale of Two Knights

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The following game has a Knight sortie for Black, and one for White. One is effective, one is not. The "Jerome pawns" join in...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

"Reality" vs "the Book"

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Working on the previous blog post , I noticed that the defender (counter-attacker) had played that variation a few years earlier. The gam...
Monday, March 23, 2015

Pie-in-the-Face Examples

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Sometimes the best way to get the sense of an opening variation is to choose a player, and play through a series of games that he has ...