Saturday, September 21, 2024

Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit: Knight vs Knight

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Mutual Knights threating enemy Rooks - the Blackburne Shilling Jerome Gambit has tactics across the board. In the following game, Black paus...
Friday, September 20, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Find The Mate

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  Sometimes the Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) provides an attack that takes down the opponent quickly. Other times, ...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Jerome Gambit: A Tactic To Remember

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Things happen quickly in blitz games, and they are often ended by a killing tactic. The following game is a brutal example. rajasthan -  twa...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Is This Enough to Refute?

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  I have always encouraged those who visit this blog, and those who play the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+), to become ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Illusion

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In the following bullet game, White keeps calm as Black plans a deadly fork - that turns out to be an illusion.  shyamdangol -  pvp803 2 1 b...
Monday, September 16, 2024

Jerome Gambit: Anything Is Playable in 1-Minute Chess

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msc87 -  Xander1010 1 0 bullet, lichess,  2024 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+  4...Kxf7 5.d3  One of the "modern" Jerome Gamb...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

Abrahams Jerome Gambit: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other

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There are similarities between the Jerome Gambit, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+, and a similar sacrifice coming out of the Bishops ope...