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)

Friday, July 3, 2015

Through - Whew!

As updated in " Shelter in Place ", I raced to the top of my first round group (without playing a Jerome Gambit) in an Italian ...

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Plenty of Lessons

Playing over lost games, or games where I played poorly, provides plenty of lessons for my chess improvement. The following game has a sh...

Monday, June 29, 2015

The Great Debate

Alonzo Wheeler Jerome was not only the inventor of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ), he was an ex-Civil War so...

Saturday, June 27, 2015

A Bit More on Chiodini's Gambit

In past posts we have looked at reversed Jerome Gambits, currently referred to as the Busch-Gass Gambit (see "Worth A Second Look...

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Another look at the Sarratt Attack

A propos the "Sarratt Attack" which I have looked at in a few posts on this blog, I should have mentioned the three-part seri...

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Can You "Jerome" everything?

A game I recently saw at quebecechecs.com got me thinking: can you "Jerome" everything ? Dorion,Francois - Ouellet,Paul-G 1993...

Sunday, June 21, 2015

A Tough Loss

I have to admit that I felt a little bad after discovering the following game. Played in the Under 1400 section of the 2014 Colorado Ope...

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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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