Saturday, November 18, 2023

Jerome Gambit: I'm Really Getting Too Old For This Fast Stuff... (Part 1)

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After participating as a subject in the latest round of an ongoing study on dementia - you would think that my devotion to the Jerome Gambit...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Invisible Lines of Play

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With an infinite time control, players would probably still not see "everything", but as the time control became shorter and short...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Baffling

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From the   What's Up in Chess?   Chess News and Chess Gems   website comes the entry " What to do against BAFFLING Chess openings ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Jerome Gambit: White Queen, Black Queen

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Here is another game by  ryuugu-rena. That is not surprising.  He has  682 games in The Database, scoring 56%. Here, his Queen sets the temp...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Queen or King?

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In the following rapid game, Black is soon faced with an impossible choice. ryuugu-rena -  juen1234 10 0 rapid, lichess.org, 2023 1.e4 e5 2....
Monday, November 13, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Wrong Turn

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Sometimes in a chess game, you make the wrong turn. It happens. It doesn't mean much, even strong players do it - not as often as weak ...
Sunday, November 12, 2023

Jerome Gambit: Again, the "Jerome Pawns"

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It can be great fun to use the crashing, smashing style of Jerome Gambit attacking to produce a checkmate. Sometimes, though, as we have see...