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 18, 2019

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit Mess

The following game is a mess. White makes mistakes (more than usual). Black makes mistakes (plenty enough to lose). Quickly. Because, to b...

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Improved Crunch

In the following game, White improves his play, and quickly ushers his opponent into checkmate. Of course, in bullet chess, everything happe...

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Not A Jerome Gambit - But, No Matter

I would guess that this game was played after the one previously posted on this blog. Having tasted the Jerome Gambit in a painful bullet (...

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Why, Did I Play Bullet?

Bullet chess - one minute time control, no increment - is beyond my comprehension. So is trying to defend against a strange opening variatio...

Friday, May 10, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Don't Lose Focus

"All" you have to do to defeat the Jerome Gambit is: pay attention, then pay some more attention, and then continue to pay attenti...

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Jerome Gambit: At the Speed of Thought

I remember a trend, years ago, in some of the science fiction that I was reading. Travel by space ship "at the speed of light" bec...

Monday, May 6, 2019

Jerome Gambit: Underestimated Again

One of the reasons that many of us play the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is that it is so outrageous , our opponent...

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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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