Saturday, September 23, 2023

Make the Best Move! (Part 2)

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  Make the Best Move! (Part 2) (by Yury V. Bukayev) Every chess beginner should learn strong combinations before learning to make risky atte...
Friday, September 22, 2023

Slips in the Polerio / Abrahams Jerome Gambit

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Slips happen. Forewarned is forearmed. onderch01 -  Schizophrenics 5 0 blitz, lichess.org, 2022 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+   Mentioned by Pol...
Thursday, September 21, 2023

Jerome Gambit: The SMH Variation

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  I have previously identified the "face palm variation" in the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ng5+ s ...
Wednesday, September 20, 2023

My Jerome Gambit Game as Black without My Rook on a8

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  My Jerome Gambit Game as Black without My Rook on a8 (by Yury V. Bukayev) Michael Schwarz from Moscow (born in GDR) is my new acquaintance...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Jerome Gambit: One More Thing...

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In the following game we see angelcamina and his opponent battling over the board in another example of how the defender can "solve&quo...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Jerome Gambit: HauntedKnight and DrMarlonsky

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One reason that I chose the following game to share can be found in the notes - a game by HauntedKnight at FICS. The Database shows that Hau...
Sunday, September 17, 2023

A Brief Time-Out

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  NN - perrypawnpusher The above position from a recent 5-minute game of mine at FICS is one of those Good News / Bad News things that refl...