Sunday, February 26, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Still Not Worth One's Full Attention?

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Every day, players who use the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) experience opponents who act as if the opening and atta...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Rough and Tumble

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The Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) leads to positions that can be dangerous for both players.  The following game sho...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Not All Ideas Are Created Equal

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I have mentioned before that Gerald Abrahams wrote in his book, The Chess Mind , that the smallest unit in a chess game was not the move, bu...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: And That's That

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In a one-minute game, things happen quickly. In the following game Black misses the proper defensive line on move 6, and that's that... ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Jerome Gambit: An Experienced Player Faces A Position Full of Questions

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One way to get a feel for a particular opening variation is to play over a selection of games by someone who is exerienced and knowledgeable...
Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Deja Vu All Over Again

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Chances are that the first Jerome Gambit game you were exposed to was Amateur - Blackburne, London, 1884 .  Many chess players are at least ...
Monday, February 20, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Another Day, Another Refutation

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I just viewed the " Refuting the Jerome Gambit #shorts #chess " short video by  chesspages1512 on YouTube. The creator has about ...