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 31, 2017

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Black Runs Out of Energy

In the following game Black is vigorous in his response to White's gambit. However, he seems to run out of energy at the end. Is being d...

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Jerome Gambit: This Just Doesn't Seem to Be Her Day

In the Jerome Gambit Black's King is often the center of attention - being attacked. However, in the following game Black is able to pla...

Monday, March 27, 2017

Non-Bxf7 Jerome Bukayev Gambit (for blitz)

Here is another creative idea from the inventive Yury Bukayev, as mentioned in a recent email. (I have added a diagram.) What do reade...

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Schooled

I have not had the time to play much chess on the internet these days, but I still try to get in a Jerome Gambit or two at Chess.com, where ...

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Eyes on the King

After all is said and done, in the Jerome Gambit White wants to attack and checkmate Black's King. Sometimes that is goal enough. Wall...

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Ooops...

I have given periodic updates on the Giuoco Piano thematic tournament at Chess.com that I am playing in, under the belief that I - surpri...

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: This Is Why We Play It

White has several very reasonable responses to Black's third move, only one of which - 4.Bxf7+ - calls to mind the Jerome Gambit. Still,...

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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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