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, July 15, 2017

Jerome Gambit: BossGambler Video

Recently posted online was a video of a 5 0 game between the YouTube personality BossGambler and the Radio Shack 1850 chess computer. It is...

Thursday, July 13, 2017

Jerome Gambit: First There Is The Confusion Factor

I am reading IM Sam Collins' Gambit Busters* (Everyman Chess, 2010) with a know-your-enemy focus, and enjoyed the following, from the c...

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Is Weirdness the 35th Piece or the 65th Square?

In a humorous vein I have referred to the chess clock as the " 33rd piece " and the computer mouse (for online games) as the "...

Sunday, July 9, 2017

The 34th Piece

I recently referred to the chess clock as "the 33rd piece" (see " Strangest Beast ") because it sometimes has a profound...

Friday, July 7, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Not Taking It Seriously Has Consequences

Recently I received some Jerome Gambit games from long-time unorthodox openings expert Bill Wall. He pointed out My chessbase database s...

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Strangest Beast

Here is the last game of the Philidor1792 - Slayman match, testing a particular opening. With a time control of 2 0, the outcome rests on an...

Monday, July 3, 2017

Faster Than A Speeding Strange Beast

Continuing to present the games from the bullet match at lichess.org between Philidor1792 and Slayman, using the unusual Jerome Gambitish l...

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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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