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)

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Hard Working Queen

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Along with the Bishop sacrifice at f7, the active play of White's Queen typifies the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+...
Monday, April 12, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Well-Traveled King

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The following lengthy Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game is a bit much to wrap your head around. It was played at bu...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Another Paulsen

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The following game -  in Hans Renette's  Louis Paulson A Chess Biography with 719 Games  (2019) -  features a variation of the Scotch Ga...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

An Early Lewis Gambit

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I have been making my way through Louis Paulson A Chess Biography with 719 Games  (2019) by  Hans Renette and discovered an early example of...
Friday, April 9, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Simplicity Can Be Enough

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One defensive idea for facing the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is exchanging Queens - sometimes even at the cost of...
Thursday, April 8, 2021

Bxf7+ Leads to Execution

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The main idea behind 4.Bxf7+ in the Jerome Gambit and related openings is to checkmate the enemy King. Tactics are the key that lead to exe...
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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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