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, May 8, 2021

Jerome Pawns in Action

Petasluk is an early adopter of the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ). The Database has 535 of his games, going back to ...

Friday, May 7, 2021

Play Over and Examine

In the following blitz game White wins a miniature in a straightforward manner. Since it is always useful to play over and examine every gam...

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Jerome and Stafford Gambits: Spiritual Cousins

I have been exchanging emails with Dan Middlemiss, who is kind of partial to the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) as Wh...

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Tactical Magic

The following game features a creative Queen sacrifice - not to break down the walls of the enemy's fortress, but to gain a tempo . It i...

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Through A Mirror, Cracked

Every once in a while, while playing the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) White meets a defender who believes that copy...

Monday, May 3, 2021

Jerome Gambit: The Hurrieder I Go, The Behinder I Get

After the previous, complicated Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game, I thought I would share a simple one from the &q...

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Upon Further Examination

We continue the examination of the Blackburne Defense to the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) started in the previous p...

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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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