Monday, April 15, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Just When Things Started to Become Interesting... (Part 2)

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The following recent game had barely gotten going before it ended. Again, not everyone has time for everything, every day.   cool64chess -  ...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Help Arrives in Time

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The Jerome Gambit can complicate a game to the point where the clock can be a factor - even in a game where the time control was 1 day per m...
Saturday, April 13, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Tournament Outcomes

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  The Italian Game tournament at Chess.com has finished. The winner, Seal_Island_Puffin, was also the top-rated player, of eight. I managed...
Friday, April 12, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Happiness and Sadness

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  The Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) and its relatives can produce very pretty games - and very ugly ones. It can pro...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Just When Things Started to Become Interesting... (Part 1)

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The clock intervenes, again... perrypawnpusher -  Borislav007 Giuoco Fun, Chess.com, 2024 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+   4...Kxf7 5.N...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Pins Galore

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Recently, I ran across a short, entertaining, YouTube video,  highlighting a Jerome Gambit game, Jerome Pioneer vs Angered Toddler . Skiller...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Assumed, Not Easily Seen

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The following game reached a position which should have been drawn, but it would have required a long string of Queen checks, the end of whi...