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, March 13, 2021

Jerome Gambit: This "Refuted" Thing (Part 2, What to Do?)

[continued from previous post] So - what do you do, if your favorite opening is not appreciated by grandmasters or chess computers? Of co...

Friday, March 12, 2021

Jerome Gambit: This "Refuted" Thing (Part 1, A Basic Truth)

I recently received an email from a Reader of this blog who has been playing the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) succe...

Thursday, March 11, 2021

BSJG Improvement

A day after our first game , HanPeng and I met up again at FICS . He was comfortable playing the Blackburne Shilling Gambit. I was comfortab...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

BSJG Dumpster Fire

It has been almost 2 years since I played a Jerome Gambit game at blitz speed. That is kind of sad, as a quick peek at early blog posts (say...

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Inspiring

One thing I like about the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is that it often inspires (for example, see "Jerome Ga...

Monday, March 8, 2021

Jerome Gambit: First Steps (Part 8)

Ah, the Jerome Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 The two main continuations now are 6.Qh5+ and 6.d4 . Which ...

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Jerome Gambit: First Steps (Part 7)

You might think that by now it would be time to discuss the Jerome Gambit proper, but there is one more distinction to make. After 1.e4 e5...

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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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