Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Jerome Gambit to the Rescue

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I recently returned to playing blitz at the online FICS site.  Longtime readers of this blog will remember that the early Jerome Gambit gam...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Savage Queen, Timid King

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In the following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Bxf7+ ) game shows White's Queen plundering both the Queenside and the Ki...
Sunday, December 4, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Your Opponent Will Never Be Comfortable

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Recently  Nicolás Felgueras sent me a Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game with the comment I like to play chess aggre...
Saturday, December 3, 2022

Jerome Gambit: It's Catching

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The Jerome Gambit features the sacrifice of two pieces, to disrupt normal play, take Black out of his preparation, and expose the enemy King...
Friday, December 2, 2022

From My Psychology Career to This Blog & Wiki's Attention

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  Years ago, I wrote over 100 reviews for the online chess site, Chessville.com. Alas, it no longer exists - although content can be found v...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Common Sense Fails Again

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One of the interesting things about the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) is how often "common sense" defenses...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Jerome Gambit: Slowly Taking Advantage

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The following Jerome Gambit battle between two younger players shows the first player slowly taking advantage, then exchanging to a won endg...