Saturday, December 1, 2018

Jerome Gambit: In the Style of World Champions

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I suppose that chess purists would recoil from me suggesting that the following Jerome Gambit game seems to be influenced by the recent Caru...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

Jerome Gambit: Overlooking Something

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One of the scariest defenses to the Jerome Gambit is what I have called a pie-in-the-face variation . After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bx...
Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Jerome Gambit: Yet Again, I Would Prefer Not To

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The Jerome Gambit brings along with its sacrifices a certain amount of psychology - many defenders are surprised and/or shocked at the bruta...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Jerome Gambit: I Would Prefer Not To

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The Jerome Gambit, from an "objective" standpoint, has to be considered a wonderful gift to the defending player - the gift of at ...
Friday, November 23, 2018

Tournament Update: Ahead of the Scrum

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As J.M. Barrie wrote in Peter Pan ,  All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again. And, so it is that, once again,  s...
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

No Way A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit (Part 3)

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[continued from previous post] Here is another recent game between two 2700+ rated Grandmasters, contesting an opening that had its heyda...
Monday, November 19, 2018

No Way A GM Plays the Jerome Gambit! (Part 2)

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[continued from previous post] It's true: Sad to say, you are not going to see a Grandmaster play the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc...