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)

Friday, April 10, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Finish Quickly

There are so many ways for those who defend against the Jerome Gambit to wander off of the main lines. In the following game, the attacker s...

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Return to the Literary Digest

In mid-1900, Alonzo Wheeler Jerome convinced the chess columnist for the Literary Digest to start a Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.B...

Monday, April 6, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Eminently Unsound

Recently, a little bit of online research took me to the pages of The Daily Colonist , of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and, in partic...

Saturday, April 4, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Risk Upon risk

If it is risky to play the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ), it is even more so to play it at the time control of one m...

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Sarrat Attack: No Way A World Champion...

In my never-ending search to uncover not only Jerome Gambit and Jerome-ish games, but also possible precursors that might have inspired Alo...

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

A GM Faces the BSJG: Not Quite (Part 4)

[continued from previous post] Regarding the early Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit game that we have been looking at (" A GM Faces...

Sunday, March 29, 2020

A GM Faces the BSJG: Not Quite (Part 3)

[continued from previous post] We continue to examine how a future GM handles the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit. Nater, Carl - Rog...

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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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