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, March 25, 2016

I Guess A Bad Trap Is Better Than No Trap At All

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I have been away from the Jerome Gambit (see" Reliable ") long enough that Bill Wall questioned if I had given it up. Not so, ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Missed By That Much

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In the following game, Black defends well against the initial gambit, and then a further couple of sacrifices. Things are not easy for h...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Who, Exactly, Was Smoking??

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I found the following Jerome Gambit game on a Reddit sub, with a heading about playing drunk or stoned. Whether that would help White'...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

The "Return" of the "Blackmar-Jerome Gambit"

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We have been here before: see " 'Tis A Puzzlement " and " The Blackmar-Jerome Gambit?! ". I was reading GM Bor...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Reliable

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It had been months since I had played the Jerome Gambit at blitz speed, and I worried that I might have forgotten too much. The following ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2016

PTSD In Chess

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In the previous post (see " Faster Than A Speeding Neuron ") we saw a lightning fast game where White blundered his Queen just...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

Faster Than A Speeding Neuron

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I can understand that playing the Jerome Gambit, or one of its variants, can give a player an edge in a fast tempo game where the defend...
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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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