Saturday, December 2, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Never Knew What Hit Them (Part 2)

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As mentioned in the previous post, recently I was exploring the internet and ran across a number of fun games by Vladymyr Yurev, of Ukraine,...
Thursday, November 30, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Never Knew What Hit Them (Part 1)

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I was exploring the internet the other day, and ran across a number of fun games by Vladymyr Yurev, of Ukraine, at InstantChess.com. Some ga...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Been Around A While

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It can be fun to play over the games of experienced Jerome Gambit players and watch their struggles, successes and failures. The games of Pe...
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Reverse Psychology

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I always enjoy the advance of the "Jerome pawns" in different attacking Jerome Gambit games. There is a sub-group of games, howe...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Jerome Gambit Declined: Long But Not Winding Road

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The following is one of two recent Jerome Gambit Declined games played between Petasluk (408 games in The Database, scoring 65%) and ROYBY. ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Jerome Gambit: Give Me A Break

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I have maintained The Database of Jerome Gambit games to help me get a sense of how certain lines or moves succeed or fail - from a practica...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Risk vs Experience

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The following game is a riot of a 3-minute battle, as White takes risks and even more risks, while Black relies on his experience in the lin...