The Jerome Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ...and related lines
(risky/nonrisky lines, tactics & psychology for fast, exciting play)

Saturday, January 10, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Unbalanced and Short on Time

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  When White sacrifices a couple of pieces in the Jerome Gambit, he creates an imbalance in material that he hopes will yield attacking chan...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Jerome Gambit: As Simple And As Few As Possible

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It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible wit...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Jerome Gambit: A Sudden Shift

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In the following Jerome Gambit game, it is interesting to see how a sudden shift in play changes the outcome. Arman-Avdalyan -  CoolStoryBob...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Jerome Gambit: If I Only Had...

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  I recently ran across the above cartoon, and it aptly illustrates how the wider chess-playing world sees the Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 ...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Avoid the Quicksand

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  Black's offer of a Rook in Whistler's defense to the Jerome Gambit is like an offer to step into quicksand - things might not turn...
Monday, January 5, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Fun

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  It is time to bring back, once again, the metaphor of "roller skating on ice" to describe the following 1-minute Jerome Gambit (...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Danger

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I am re-reading Amatzia Avni's classic, Danger in Chess, How to Avoid Making Blunders (Dover, 2003; Cadogan Books 1994). Just, because. ...
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Rick Kennedy
I've been researching Alonzo Wheeler Jerome's gambit since 2001. I am always interested in receiving games and analysis: as old as 1874, when the opening first was published, or as recent as today -- casual or serious, blitz or classical time settings, human or computer (or both). Readers can reach me at richardfkennedy@hotmail.com. perrypawnpusher is the name I play under at different chess sites. My book reviews and fiction were at Chessville.com - while it lived. I have written for Chess Life, School Mates, and Chess Life for Kids. Dedicated researchers may connect my name to that of Riley Sheffield - we co-wrote The Marshall Gambit in the French and Sicilian Defenses , published by Dale Brandreth's Caissa in 1988.
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