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, May 6, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Unresolved

Sometimes I run into a line in the Jerome Gambit that I don't (yet) know what to do with. A good (bad) example is in the following game....

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Risks & Rewards

Here is another game where White takes risks in a complex position to seek advantage - something he should not be able to do, but does. Succ...

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Is Jerome Gambit Sound?

? I just stumbled over a web page by Mato Jelic titled "Is Jerome Gambit Sound?" which asks the eternal question, referencing a...

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Break the Rules

The following game, the latest from chessfriend Vlasta, shows White "getting away with" the kind of behavior that usually dooms th...

Friday, April 28, 2017

Jerome Gambit: You Can't Always Tell

Pushing a Rook pawn can be wise or unwise; you can't always tell. A lot depends upon the position. A quick look will not always let you ...

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Lack of Development, Congestion, Disaster

Gambits are all about development and attack. Failing to defend against gambits is often about lack of development, and its consequences. Wi...

Monday, April 24, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Plenty of Ways to Block Development

The classic development problem for Black in the Jerome Gambit is to have his d-pawn stay unmoved, which blocks in the light-squared Bishop,...

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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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