Monday, July 17, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Just What the Doctor Ordered

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I have been ill the last few days, with a fever up to 102 degrees, which is not good for an old brain. Today I was restless: life on ginger ...
Sunday, July 16, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Appearances Can Be Deceiving

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The following game requires some attention to accurately assess the positions that arise. That is easy for us to do, as readers, but a bit m...
Saturday, July 15, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Time Management

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  I continue to be impressed at how angelcamina at lichess.org  regularly turns Jerome Gambit games into 1-minute wins. The following game i...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Jerome Gambit: The Temporal Finish Line

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When you play the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) in a bullet game, you can win with a devastating attack - or you can...
Thursday, July 13, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Another Strange and Shocking Opening

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I was wandering the internet the other day, when I came upon a rather outrageous and totally unsound gambit that made me think, of course, o...
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Jerome Gambit: First The Idea Arrives...

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When I am playing blitz, I noticed that first an idea for a move arrives, then I evaluate it. Only, sometimes I don't evaluate , I jus...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Lei Tingjie Has Beaten Ju Wenjun in Game 5 of the Women’s World Chess Championship Match with the Italian Game

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Lei Tingjie Has Beaten Ju Wenjun in Game 5 of the Women’s World Chess Championship Match with the Italian Game    (by Yury V. Bukayev)   ...