Saturday, March 9, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 6)

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Familiarity with the Jerome Gambit lines is helpful in navigating its tricky ways. Be sure to check out Geoff Chandler's "Blunder T...
Friday, March 8, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 5)

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The Jerome Gambit is not a guaranteed win. Indeed, The Database has 36,195 games starting with  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ , and Wh...
Thursday, March 7, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 4)

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  Once again we see an interesting Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ), decided, this time, in a Queenless middlegame. It...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 3)

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  The Jerome Gambit is a good example of the notion that t he bigger the risk, the bigger the gain . This is particularly true when deciding...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 2)

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  From the Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament at Chess.com . Both players stick to accepted lines of play. Sometimes it takes endgame skill t...
Monday, March 4, 2024

Another Jerome Gambit Practice Tournament (Part 1)

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  Kevin O'Shaughnessy shared with me the games of a Jerome Gambit tournament that he hosted at Chess.com last year.  (You can see anoth...
Sunday, March 3, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Before I Knew It

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The other day, I had a few minutes, I was holding my phone, it had the Chess.com app... Before I knew it, I had challenged another computer...