Saturday, November 6, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Declining the Second Piece

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One way for a defender to deal with sacrifices is to decline them. This goes against the old adage that  The best way to refute a gambit is...
Friday, November 5, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Modern Top GM Interest's Origins (Part 2)

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  [continued from the previous post] The Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) started out as a club player's opening.  ...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Modern Top GM Interest's Origins (Part 1)

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  Long time readers of this blog - or those who have browsed earlier posts - may recall that I occasionally examine opening lines or histori...
Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Jerome Gambit: The Not-Quite-Blackburne Defense

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The following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game shows the kind of problems the defender can get into if he assemble...
Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Jerome Gambit: An Old Favorite Returns (Again)

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I have been having fun playing over some of williamnorge's Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) games at the online sit...
Monday, November 1, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Two Outstanding Marks of the Jerome Gambit

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There are two outstanding marks of the Jerome Gambit - the active Queen that often comes to h5 with check, and the sacrifice of the light sq...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

Jerome Gambit: Lesson for Both Defenders and Attackers

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One of the videos mentioned in the previous post,  " Chess Opening Jerome Gambit ", presented by  Main Chess , has the following g...