Showing posts with label semi-Italian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label semi-Italian. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Impatience Wins Again

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What do you do, if you are excited by the Jerome Gambit, but don't want to wait for the whole opening to unfold? Well, perhaps, like...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Jerome Gambit: A Sideline, Then Another

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There are many refutations to the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) and its relatives, but that does not mean that every...
Friday, March 13, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Be Prepared

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If you are going to play bullet chess, you have to be prepared for just about anything. The story of the following game is that Black was no...
Monday, February 24, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Checkmate the King

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It is good to remember that your ultimate goal is to checkmate the enemy King. If you have some fun along the way, so much the better. ...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Database: Updated

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I recently updated The Database with games from the Free Internet Chess Server, through the end of 2019. The 62,000 games therin rep...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Transpositions Small and Large

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The following game goes mildly along its way, featuring an arcane transposition from a "modern" Jerome Gambit to a Semi-Italian Je...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Jerome Gambit: I Hate RoboCalls

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I hate robocalls - those annoying phone calls that provide an endless supply of scams and sales pitches. My home town has one of the lar...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Smites

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Cecil J. S. Purdy (1906 - 1979), world correspondence chess champion and author, editor, and chess teacher, suggested that when considering ...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Cautious in Bullet?

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I wonder if it pays to be cautious in bullet chess. Fending off attacks with your clock ticking down can not be much fun. It's probably ...