The Jerome Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ...and related lines
(risky/nonrisky lines, tactics & psychology for fast, exciting play)

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Don't encourage them!

guest127 - guest494 Internet Chess Club, 2002 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxe5 d6 8.Qxh8 Qg5 9.Qxh7+ K...

Friday, August 1, 2008

Jerome Gambit Tournament: Chapter VII

Ok, here we go again. Playing the White side of the Jerome Gambit. So far I have a disastrous loss thanks to introducing a "Theore...

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Endnote)

Chess research is sometimes incomplete or contradictory and often a mystery wanting a solution. I gave analysis from Wolfgang Heidenfeld&...

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part III)

Referred to by some as the "Immortal Draw," Hamppe - Meitner, Vienna 1872 can still amuse and delight chess players today. Here...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part II)

Wilhelm Steinitz never faced the Jerome Gambit, as far as we know, but he did encounter Meitner's counter gambit – see " Godfathe...

Monday, July 28, 2008

Godfather of the Jerome Gambit? (Part I)

It is not (yet) clear from what Alonzo Wheeler Jerome received his inspiration to create the Jerome Gambit 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bx...

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Jerome Gambit Tournament: Chapter VI

There is room for exploration in the c3 systems for White, as played here and in other battles in this tournament, but the current game is ...

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About Me

Rick Kennedy: I've been researching Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's gambit since 2001. I am always interested in receiving games and analysis: as old as 1874, when the opening first was published, or as recent as today -- casual or serious, blitz or classical time settings, human or computer (or both). Readers can reach me at richardfkennedy@hotmail.com. perrypawnpusher is the name I play under at different chess sites. My book reviews and fiction were at Chessville.com - while it lived. I have written for Chess Life, School Mates, and Chess Life for Kids. Dedicated researchers may connect my name to that of Riley Sheffield - we co-wrote The Marshall Gambit in the French and Sicilian Defenses , published by Dale Brandreth's Caissa in 1988.

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