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 15, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Dismiss At Your Own Peril Redux

The following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game is another example of the kind of trouble tht can befall Black when...

Friday, May 14, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Dismiss At Your Own Peril

One problem with dismissing the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) as a "junk" opening is that critical lines o...

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Not So Easy

When Joseph Henry Blackburne crushed the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) in 1884, he made it look easy. Ever since, an...

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Not Necessarily Time to Resign

It is interesting to look at the following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game, after having examined the game in yes...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Jerome Gambit: A Series of Shocks

I recently ran across a short YouTube video by Zaf Chess , presenting a Jerome Gambit game. It could easily have been titled "A Day in...

Monday, May 10, 2021

Jerome Gambit: King Safety

White's Bishop sacrifice in the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is designed to undermine Black's King's sa...

Sunday, May 9, 2021

JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 6)

JG: The New in Its Opening Theory, in Its Psychology (Part 6) (by Yury V. Bukayev ) In the Part 2 it was fixed that aft...

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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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