Monday, November 2, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Read Up on Hikaru Nakamura

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                                  Regular readers of this blog know that Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, United States champion and top blitz c...
Sunday, November 1, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Split Second Thinking

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The following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game is another 1/2 minute bullet game that defies understanding - at le...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

The Writer Could Well Have Been Thinking of the Jerome Gambit

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  The following excerpt is from the June 11, 2017 Los Angeles Times . The writer could well have been thinking of the Jerome Gambit... Over ...
Friday, October 30, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Terminal Oversight

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In the following game, White - Andrew Tang, a very strong blitz and bullet player - plays the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4....
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Jerome Gambit: It's A Busy World

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Chess players are busy. When they can, they catch a game. Often they play online, because it can be easier than travelling down to a club. O...
Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Jerome Gambit: Not-So-Evil Twin

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The "Nibs" variation of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is a dangerous line - for White - based on  an i...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

JG: The New (Part 3)

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JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 3)    (by Yury V. Bukayev)   If you play 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7...