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, March 14, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Fingerprints

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The following blitz game has Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+) fingerprints all over it. Alfil-de-Oro -  chipichipichapacha...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Jerome Gambit Endgame (Not)

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  I recently played a game that was enjoyable, and which suggested that I had been paying attention to my chess books over the years.  The f...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

Jerome Gambit: He Really Knows What He Is Doing

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The value of experience in chess can not be over-stated, as the following game demonstrates. angelcamina -  Aleyev-Iliya5953 1 0 bullet, lic...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Theme Song

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  Sometimes I think that every heroic chess opening should have a theme song - or at least some background music.  I have already looked at ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Things Fall Apart

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I don't think that there is any evidence that the poet W. B. Yeats played chess, but the following Jerome Gambit game put me in mind of ...
Monday, March 9, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Facing the Kitchen Sink

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In the following Jerome Gambit ( 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ ) game, my large pawn center is hit - hard. Counterplay is swift and st...
Sunday, March 8, 2026

Jerome Gambit: Counting

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  I currently have 16 games ongoing in tournaments at Chess.com (time controls are 1 day per move, and 3 days per move). That's a lot f...
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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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