Monday, February 5, 2024

Classic Jerome Gambit Difficulty (for Black)

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Sometimes a small problem in a position, if unattended to, becomes larger and larger, placing the whole game in danger. The following game i...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Bamboozled

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There is an old saying, "If you can't baffle them with brilliance, bamboozle them with BS". That is pretty good advice when pl...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Jerome Gambit: A Decade Ago... (Part 2)

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  [continued from the previous post] perrypawnpusher -  CorH 3 12 blitz, FICS, 2014 How to respond to the Knight? 15.Qe2   The text is good,...
Friday, February 2, 2024

Jerome Gambit: A Decade Ago... (Part 1)

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Wandering through The Database I found yet another Jerome Gambit game that I had played, but not posted on this blog.  It looks a lot like ...
Thursday, February 1, 2024

The Bukayev-Grischuk Variation in Two Games – without and with the Winning Blow Bxf7+!

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  The Bukayev-Grischuk Variation in Two Games – without and with the Winning Blow Bxf7+!      (by Yury V. Bukayev)   Last year my ar...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Jerome Gambit: The Game Is Afoot, Again! (Part 2)

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                                               Although I remained skeptical that Paul Morphy ever played the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Jerome Gambit: The Game Is Afoot, Again! (Part 1)

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Lately, I have been thinking, as I did in the post " Jerome Gambit: Worse vs Best (Part 1) " As a serious fan of the Jerome Gambit...