Friday, April 24, 2020

Jerome Gambit + blitz chess = exciting play

›
It has been fun following the games of many Jerome Gambit players, including, recently,  DANNYALBERTO  at the online site  FICS . In the fol...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit Mystery

›
I have added to The Database some more Jerome Gambit (and Jerome-ish) games played online at FICS from the first quarter of 2020. Making my ...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Jerome Gambit: A Sideline, Then Another

›
There are many refutations to the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) and its relatives, but that does not mean that every...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Jerome Gambit: From Smash, Bang, to Drip, Drip

›
Sometimes the pace of White's attack in the Jerome Gambit can be a bit of smash and bang . In the following game, Black adopts a defens...
Thursday, April 16, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Yet, Ever Onward

›
The third round of  Chess.com 's "Italian game Classic" tournament has started, and I find myself in Group 1 - which consist...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Jerome Gambit: The Choice of Chess Hooligans!

›
Searching the internet the other day, I ran across a couple of videos (Russian language, I believe), each covering an online Jerome Gambit (...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Horrible Innovation

›
One of my favorite chess writers is GM Andy Soltis. With over 100 books to his name, and almost 50 years as a chess columnist for the New Yo...